Understanding Different Geographies

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kriz, Karel (Editor), Cartwright, William (Editor), Kinberger, Michaela (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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