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Understanding Different Geographies
Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
ISBN/EAN: 9783642297694
Umbreit-Nr.: 3303732
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: ix, 252 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 11.10.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
- Zusatztext
- This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the "Understanding Different Geographies Symposium" held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011. The Symposium focussed on "Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts". The general topics of the chapters cover: Exploring geographic knowledge Maps in exhibition spaces Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic artefacts Extracting meaning from visualisations of different geographies Deconstructing maps of information and other spaces
- Kurztext
- These revised papers from the eponymous symposium held in Austria in 2011 detail the latest transdisciplinary techniques for mapping non-physical and non-human geographies. The subjects range from maps in exhibition spaces to interpreting mapped data.
- Schlagzeile
- InhaltsangabeFrom the Contents: Maps and Design.- Cartography utilizing Geo-Communication.- Understanding different geographies: the case for drawings and sketches.- Artefacts and geospaces.- Understanding Artefacts through Geographies - Perceiving Geographies through Artefacts.- Harriet Edquist and Lisa Byrne: Understanding Place.- When countries become gods - some thoughts on the geospatial aspect of deities and demons in India.- Exhibitions and Geospace.- Potential Information Gains for Exhibition Makers and their audience in Mapping the Movement of Objects.- Representations and Geospace.- The Geography of Uncertainty: Outcomes Spaces and Uncertainty Visualization.