----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In the inaugural editorial that launched the International Journal of GIS, Coppock and Anderson suggested that "GIS is as old as cartography, and predates computers" (1987). My GIS students have recently been exploring the relationship between GIS and the cartographic tradition, and have been trying to answer the question: "does the relationship between the two disciplines [cartography and GIS] represent symbiosis, or is it the hegemony of one profession over the other?". I would be interested to know what you folks think? Most of you are map librarians, but I think there are also some practicing cartographers belonging to both the analogue and digital traditions - and possibly also some covert GISers listening in to MAPS-L discussions as well? So it would be interesting to hear your views... Most of my students, incidentally, hedged their bets and saw arguments in favour of both sides without coming down one way or another! :-) Darius Bartlett *************************************************************************** Darius Bartlett Darius Bartlett Department of Geography Roinn na Tireolaiochta University College Cork Colaste na hOllscoile Corcaigh Cork, Ireland Corcaigh, Eire Phone: (+353) 21 902835 Fax: (+353) 21 271980 Mobile (in Ireland): 086 8238043 Mobile (from abroad): (+353) 86 8238043 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web URL: http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/geography/djb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was transmitted using 100% recycled electrons.... ***************************************************************************