GeoFocus Revista Internacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Información Geográfica

Resumen

As with every other walk of life, maps have been transformed by computers and advanced communications systems. In the old days maps were line drawings; today maps are data. Today maps are built with GIS technology, remote sensors, complex algorithms, and story telling. The declining cost and capability of storage, processing and dissemination has made it possible to build maps with nearly unlimited amounts of data and analytical capacity.