The National Science Foundation National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

Why Geographic Factors are Necessary in Development Studies

“…Some geographers see the answers to these questions in embarrassment over the discipline's earlier excesses of environmental determinism, i.e., that geography's previous bout with generalization had so prominently featured the role of the physical environment that geographic theory could regain credibility only by rejecting environment outright (Abler 1987;Fitzsimmons 1989;Kates 1987)' (Hanson 1999, 136).…”

The changing nature of GIS and the provision of formal GIS education in the UK: a case study

“…The NCGIA worked on defining a core curriculum for GIS (Goodchild and Kemp, 1990;Kemp and Goodchild, 1991) and paralleled initiatives in the UK (Abler, 1987). The intention was not to produce a comprehensive GIS textbook, but to provide a fundamental core curriculum that GIS lecturers could dip into and adapt to suit the needs of their own students.…”

Geographical Information Systems. Principles and Applications.

“…D'autres, comme Aangeenbrug (1991), sont plutôt d'avis que l'étendue et l'esprit des SIG doivent transcender les divisions disciplinaires actuelles et promouvoir une collaboration multidisciplinaire plus riche et productive. On peut aussi, comme Abler (1987), considérer les SIG comme une nouvelle technologie qui aura un impact aussi important sur la recherche en géographie que le microscope, le télescope ou l'analyse systémique pour d'autres disciplines.…”