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Computer-Aided Design

Volume 22, Issue 3, April 1990, Pages 136-150
Computer-Aided Design

Mapping with desktop CAD: a critical review

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Abstract

General-purpose CAD software running on desktop computers is being increasingly used for a variety of mapping applications, either alongside or instead of specialist mapping software. This paper critically examines the contributions that PC-based CAD software can make to mapping, and identifies some of the problems that exist in adopting such general-purpose software for this specialist application.

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