Abstract:GIS as an applied technology has blossomed rather recently (http://envstudies.brown.edu/Thesis/2001/james/gishistory.html). With increasing computational power, researchers are able to handle massive amounts of data. However, as with all quantitative analysis, they often lack depth of analysis. Anthropologists, through their case studies, have long provided tremendous social and cultural depth (http://www.yale.edu/hraf/) and have provided perspectives and used approaches which permit the linking of qualitative… Show more
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