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Thinking Big Data in Geography delivers vital theoretical and empirical perspectives on the problems and possibilities of spatialized data in both extraordinary circumstances and everyday life. --Craig Dalton, assistant professor of global studies and geography at Hofstra University--Craig Dalton (09/19/2017) This collection is a key step along the road from hyperbole to engagement with regard to the significance and impacts of big spatial data. It offers key insights into big spatial data as both means and object of researcher, tracing the socio-spatial and epistemological possibilities and limits of this dynamic phenomenon. --Sarah Elwood, professor of geography at the University of Washington --Sarah Elwood (09/19/2017) The drumbeat of 'big data' is reorganizing everyday life, for some. This important collection takes the pulse of this hype from the perspective of the discipline of geography, pursuing questions that highlight the peculiarities of this location-based, techno-cultural moment. --Matthew W. Wilson, associate professor of geography at the University of Kentucky --Matthew W. Wilson (09/19/2017)

Thinking Big Data in Geography delivers vital theoretical and empirical perspectives on the problems and possibilities of spatialized data in both extraordinary circumstances and everyday life. -Craig Dalton, assistant professor of global studies and geography at Hofstra University -- Craig Dalton This collection is a key step along the road from hyperbole to engagement with regard to the significance and impacts of big spatial data. It offers key insights into big spatial data as both means and object of researcher, tracing the socio-spatial and epistemological possibilities and limits of this dynamic phenomenon. -Sarah Elwood, professor of geography at the University of Washington -- Sarah Elwood The drumbeat of `big data' is reorganizing everyday life, for some. This important collection takes the pulse of this hype from the perspective of the discipline of geography, pursuing questions that highlight the peculiarities of this location-based, techno-cultural moment. -Matthew W. Wilson, associate professor of geography at the University of Kentucky -- Matthew W. Wilson

In recent years, big data has been frequently touted as the new reality in research, business, and nearly everything else. This work examines the promise and realities of big data specifically as it relates to geographically referenced information. -J. Cummings, Choice -- J. Cummings * Choice * The drumbeat of 'big data' is reorganizing everyday life, for some. This important collection takes the pulse of this hype from the perspective of the discipline of geography, pursuing questions that highlight the peculiarities of this location-based, techno-cultural moment. -Matthew W. Wilson, associate professor of geography at the University of Kentucky -- Matthew W. Wilson This collection is a key step along the road from hyperbole to engagement with regard to the significance and impacts of big spatial data. It offers key insights into big spatial data as both means and object of researcher, tracing the socio-spatial and epistemological possibilities and limits of this dynamic phenomenon. -Sarah Elwood, professor of geography at the University of Washington -- Sarah Elwood Thinking Big Data in Geography delivers vital theoretical and empirical perspectives on the problems and possibilities of spatialized data in both extraordinary circumstances and everyday life. -Craig Dalton, assistant professor of global studies and geography at Hofstra University -- Craig Dalton

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Jim Thatcher is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Washington Tacoma. Josef Eckert is an academic advisor for the Master of Library and Information Science program at the University of Washington. Andrew Shears is an assistant professor of geography at Mansfield University.  

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