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For generations, the map has been central to how societies function all over the world. Cybercartography is a new paradigm for maps and mapping in the information era. Defined as the organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topic...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Modern cartography ;
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/13630814/4 |
| Summary: |
For generations, the map has been central to how societies function all over the world. Cybercartography is a new paradigm for maps and mapping in the information era. Defined as the organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topics of interest to society, cybercartography is presented in an interactive, dynamic, multisensory format with the use of multimedia and multimodal interfaces. Cybercartography: Theory and Practice examines the major elements of cybercartography and emphasizes the importance of interaction between t |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 574 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780444516299 0444516298 9780080472300 0080472303 |
| Index Number: | GA139 |
| CLC: | P28-39 |
| Contents: |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. The Theory and Practice of Cartography: An Introduction -- 2. POMP and Circumstance: Plain Old Map Products in a Cybercartographic World -- 3. Exploring the Concept of Cybercartography Using the Holonic Tenets of Integral Theory -- 4. Cybercartography from a Modeling Perspective -- 5. Cybercartography and Society -- 6. Technology and Culture in Cybercartography -- 7. The Cartographer as a Mediator: Cartographic Representation from Shared Geographic Information -- 8. Cybercartography and the New Economy: Collaborative Research in Action -- 9. I The theory and practice of cybercartography: an introduction / D.R. Fraser Taylor -- POMP and circumstance: plain old map products in a cybercartographic world / Mark Monmonier -- Exploring the concept of cybercartography using the holonic tenets of integral theory / Brian G. Eddy and D.R. Fraser Taylor -- Cybercartography from a modeling perspective / Mari a Del Carmen Reyes -- Cybercartography and society / Elvia Marti nez and Mari a Del Carmen Reyes -- Technology and culture in cybercartography / Mari a Del Carmen Reyes and Elvia Marti nez -- The cartographer as mediator: cartographic rep |