Author： Crampton J.
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 1743-2774
Source： The Cartographic Journal, Vol.29, Iss.2, 1992-12, pp. : 145-150
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Abstract
Taylor (1991) raises many timely issues and contributes to an ongoing debate about cartography's future developments in response to exciting new technologies. In reply, I place Taylor's comments in a wider context, to understand that technological developments are not simply neutral tools for cartographers to use, but arise because of understandable driving forces, which in turn come to dominate the discipline. I explore the implications of a technological and scientific cartography and argue that it is unnecessarily restrictive. An 'alternative cartographies' approach is proposed to supplement scientific cartography, which would include themes mooted by Harley, such as deconstruction and ethical cartography.
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