Introduction -- Description and generalization of point clustering features -- Description and generalization of contour lines -- Description and generalization of road networks -- Description and generalization of river networks -- Description and generalization of continuous areal features -- Algorithms for discrete areal feature generalization -- Concluding words.This book focuses on the gen…
Introduction -- Basic Concepts of WebGIS -- Disaster Management Concepts -- Evolution of the Applications of GIS Technology for Disaster Management -- Earthquakes Applications -- Flood Modeling and Prediction Applications -- Infrastructure Modeling Applications -- Urban Emergency Management Scenarios -- Pandemics and Health Monitoring Applications -- Decision-making Constraints using WebGIS for…
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A philosophy perspective on Theoretical Cartography and GIScience -- 2. Is there a Quantum Geography? -- 3. Some Philosophical Issues Regarding Mathematical Modeling in GIS -- 4. Space, Time, and the Representation of Geographical Reality -- 5. Is the Map Really Not the Territory: Abstraction and Representation in GIS, Cartography, and Science -- 6. On …
Introduction -- 1. Quantities and Measures -- 2. Variables and Functions -- 3. Trigonometry, Geometry of Plane and Space -- 4. Cartography -- 5. Derivation -- Integration and Differential Equations.This undergraduate textbook presents a unique comprehensive overview on Mathematics in Earth Sciences and Geography. It deals with fundamental theoretical and applied mathematics, needed by bachelor …
Introduction -- 1 Material Base of Sustainable Development - Landscape as a Geosystem -- 2 Landscape as a Geosystem -- 3 Construction and Mapping of Geosystems -- 4 Characteristics of Geocomplexes -- 5 Application of the Geosystems in Model Territory - An Example -- Conclusion.The book analyses the landscape as a geosystem in all its complexity (from the abiotic environment, and land use to soc…
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Henricus Martellus and his Works -- 2 The Legends on the Yale Martellus Map -- 3 Toponyms in Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia -- 4 Toponyms on the Western and Southern Coasts of Africa -- 5 Southern Africa and the Egyptus novelo maps -- 6 The Influence of the Yale Martellus Map -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendix A: Equipment and Techniques Used in the Multispectral Imag…
Introduction -- Chapter 1 Infusing Educational Practice with Three Implementations of Web GIS -- Chapter 2 Implementing geospatial thinking in education -- Chapter 3 Computer games in support for spatial learning purposes: lessons learned from two project based school projects on sustainable spatial planning with Minecraft in the Netherlands -- Chapter 4 Youthmetre -- Chapter 5 Brain as GIS mak…
Computational Planning and Management for Smart Cities: An Introduction -- Sejong Smart City: on the Road to be a City of the Future -- Data Protection Law and City Planning: Role of Open Data in Climate Resilience and Governance of National Capital Territory of Delhi, India -- Exploring Shared-Bike Travel Patterns Using Big Data: Evidence in Chicago and Budapest -- Can Social Media Play a Role…
Chapter1: Introduction- The practice of spatial analysis -- Chapter2: Pavlos Kanaroglou, his McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics and Research Contributions to the City of Hamilton (2007-2016) -- Chapter3: An ontological framework for spatial socioeconomic units -- Chapter4: Spatial microsimulation and agent-based modelling -- Chapter5: Spatial Patterns of Accessibility between I…
This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th–20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East …