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Understanding Different Geographies

Karel Kriz, William Cartwright, Michaela Kinberger (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 252 Seiten

2012 | 2013
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-29769-4 (ISBN)

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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

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.10.2012
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Zusatzinfo	IX, 252 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	529 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte	Different Geographies Symposium • [Geo]Graphic Artefacts • Geography • Geospatial Analysis • Geospatial Representation • mapping • Trans-disciplinary research
ISBN-10	3-642-29769-2 / 3642297692
ISBN-13	978-3-642-29769-4 / 9783642297694
Zustand	Neuware