Quantitative limits to qualitative engagements: GIS, its critics, and the philosophical divide

Professional Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-365

  Leszczynski, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical geography; Formal ontology; GIS; Hybrid geographies; Philosophical divide

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GIS; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70149110000     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120902932026     Document Type: Article

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