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Understanding Different Geographies

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

von: Karel Kriz, William Cartwright, Michaela Kinberger
96,29 €
Verlag:	Springer
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	10.10.2012
ISBN/EAN:	9783642297700
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	252

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Titelbeschreibung

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From 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.

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Sonderbeitrag

Unique treatment of the application of geographical analysis and cartographic technique to understanding different geographies Trans-disciplinary approach to the mapping of non-physical and non-human geographies Contemporary approaches to mapping praxis and theory Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras