Edited by
Thierry Joliveau, Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne, France.
Matthieu Noucher, CNRS at the PASSAGES laboratory in Bordeaux, France.
ISBN : 9781789452419
Publication Date : April 2026
Hardcover 270 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
The world is experiencing a widespread and accelerated geodigitalization. Everything that can be located on Earth now seems to be transcribed into digital data. This data has become pervasive across all technical systems. Spatial data is at the heart of territorial governance, social interactions and cultural practices. It is transforming knowledge and contributing to the emergence of new professions.
Geographic information technologies, geomatics and digital cartography are central to this evolution, even though if their presence is diffuse and the systems in which they are embedded remain opaque.
Geospatial Technologies and Society analyzes the use of digital geographic information in various fields by different actors, opening up numerous avenues for reflection and research. This book invites us to overcome the “technological somnambulism” that characterizes our era and to develop and multiply critical approaches in geomatics and geographic information sciences to better understand – and transform – the geospatial world that we are collectively creating.
1. Understanding the Geospatial Factory, Thierry Joliveau.
2. Algorithmics at the Heart of Web-based Geographic Data Production, Teriitutea Quesnot.
3. From a Database to a Digital Commons: The OpenStreetMap Project, Boris Mericskay.
4. Maps and Geographic Information in Planning, Juliette Davret.
5. GIS Dissemination Facing Territorial Disparity, Grégoire Feyt.
6. On the Intersection of Geomatics and Digital Humanities, Juliette Morel and Baptiste Hautdidier.
7. Uses and Unconsidered Aspects of Geographic Data in OSINT Investigations, Allan Deneuveville.
8. Exploring Geospatial Technology Imaginaries, Thierry Joliveau.
Thierry Joliveau is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Geomatics at Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne, France. He is also a member of the MAGIS Research Group.
Matthieu Noucher is Geographer and Director of Research at the CNRS at the PASSAGES laboratory in Bordeaux, France. He is also a member of the MAGIS Research Group.
