Domination of Technological Tools in Cartographic Advancement: Perspective of Spatial Analysis

Recent advancement in technology is incomparable to any other discipline. Besides the credit of development diverse information and communication technologies, these advancements had also led to the development of various tools, applications and gadgets. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an academic discipline, it is one of forefront disciplines that had experienced one of the most enormous progresses lately. Similarly, communication paradigm also paves ways for the advancement of diverse cartographic techniques beyond mere making maps to a more sophisticated tool of communication. This study reviewed how the traditional cartographic techniques of map making completely transformed from conventional map making to a sophisticated digitized tool of spatial referencing in addition integration of modern mutual Spatial, Temporal, Geostatistics and Statistical data for spatial referencing and identifications. During the 1990s, cartographic techniques have been undergoing series of developments and advancements that facilitates the exact identification of more precise locations with precision on surface of the earth. Though, these forms of spatial identifications are only possible with aid of computer devices and other lightweight devices such as mobile devices, phones, gadgets and terminals. However, the emergence of geographic information system and its application in spatial analysis in 1960s have simplified the identification of geographical locations, spatial referencing and projections which led to the coordination of system that consequently gave birth to the fasted-growing GIS-Computer Aided Design for spatial analyst. Moreover, GIS and other related tools of spatial analyses have capability of enabling both individuals and cooperate decision making that are beyond the scopes of simple visual analyses.