GIS 是不是科学目前感觉还没有定论,建议大家看:
Wright, D., Goodchild, M., and Proctor, J. 1997. “Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as a Tool versus Science”. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87(2): 346-362.
Openshaw, H. 1991. “A View on the GIS Crisis, or, using GIS to put Humpty-Dumpty Back Together Again”. Environment and Planning A, 23:621-628.
Shuurman, N. 1999. “Lessons in Constructing a Science: Promises and Pitfalls of GIS”. Cartographica 36(4): 23-49.