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The academic success of GIS in geography: Problems and prospects

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The success of GIS has in some ways proved to be a mixed blessing to academic geography. While quantitative geography has developed as a disciplinary specialism over a long period of time, the infusion of GIS has been more rapid and applications-led. Geography has been a consumer, not producer, of mainstream GIS software, and as such GIS may even contribute towards accelerated de-skilling of the discipline. The technology nevertheless provides a crucial means of dealing with the current proliferation of digital data, and has important implications for the future development of geography.

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  1. School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (e-mail: Paul.Longley@bristol.ac.uk), , , , , , GB

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Longley, P. The academic success of GIS in geography: Problems and prospects. J Geograph Syst 2, 37–42 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101090050027

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