Chapter 3 Information Technology as Megaengineering: The Impact of GIS
We normally think of engineering, and particularly megaengineering, in terms of big iron: large-scale physical investments in the form of ports, bridges, highways, and dams. Science has its own versions, such as the Hubble Telescope, the CERN Large Hadron Collider, and the South Pole Research Statio...
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| Summary: | We normally think of engineering, and particularly megaengineering, in terms of big iron: large-scale physical investments in the form of ports, bridges, highways, and dams. Science has its own versions, such as the Hubble Telescope, the CERN Large Hadron Collider, and the South Pole Research Station, each designed in its |
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