Every piece of geographic information invokes some set of assumptions, a framework of axioms. Objectivity' is thus a myth. The technology we see developed under a peculiar set of conditions, embedded within its context, so it cannot be seen as inevitable. When originally proposed, none of the final choices were clear. The use of copmuter technology does not cleanse a data source from the procedures that were used to construct it.
All measurements are theory-laden.
There is no unifying neighborhood that delimits the zone of influence on a given technology. Every event has its own past. Most mapping technology over the past two hundred years has increased the specialization and centralization of technology. They also relocated the creation of information from the field to office workplaces. Divisions of labor appeared where the processs used to be all connected.