ABSTRACT
Technological change not only affects the environment and the location of economic activity, as outlined in earlier chapters, it also affects the way we do things. This chapter discusses the impact of computers on the way we study geography. Geographers have always been in the forefront of projects to use geographical information to compile atlases and maps on special themes and on countries or regions. Because geographers are primary users, they have the ability to foster understanding of the interrelationships between the geographical characteristics that make up an area.
