Geospatial technology and the role of location in science [electronic resource] / edited by Daniel Z. Sui [and others]

Tracing the adoption and dissemination of Geospatial Technology in a range of disciplines, this book examines the impact this technology has had, and is likely to have, on the explanation of spatial behaviour, phenomena and processes. Focusing on its innovative usage, it explores scientific contribu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Sui, Daniel Z. (Daniel Zhi), 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Dordrecht] : Springer, ©2009.
Series:GeoJournal library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Geospatial technology and the role of location in science / Niels van Manen, Henk J. Scholten and Rob van de Velde
  • Location across disciplines : reflections on the CSISS experience / Donald G. Janelle and Michael F. Goodchild
  • Location awareness 2020 : addressing auto-identification and location in the 2020s / Euro Beinat and John Steenbruggen
  • Visualising landscapes : do pictures represent theory or data? / Chunglin Kwa, Mieke van Hemert and Lieuwe van der Weij
  • Past in place : the role of geo-ICT in present-day archaeology / Alfred J. Wagtendonk [and others]
  • No place in history : geo-ICT and historical science / Onno W.A. Boonstra
  • Geo-ICT in demography : the impact of developments in geoinformation and geotechnology on the discipline of demography / John Stilwell
  • The adoption of geo-ICT in economics : increasing opportunities for spatial research in economics / Jasper Dekkers and Piet Rietveld
  • Spatial planning and geo-ICT : how spatial planners invented GIS and are still learning how to use it / Arjen de Wit [and others]
  • Geo-ICT : connecting physical and virtual geographies / Josef Strobl
  • The role of place and time in the epidemiology of tropical diseases / Mark Cresswell
  • Real crimes on virtual maps : the application of geography and GIS in criminology / Johan G.J. van Schaaik and Jasper J. van der Kemp
  • Geo-ICT for risk and disaster management / Sisi Zlatanova and Andrea G. Fabbri
  • Geo-ICT in transportation science / Maria Teresa Borzacchiello [and others]
  • Geographical information systems and geography teaching / Joop van der Schee and Henk J. Scholten
  • Synthesis : geospatial technology and the role of location in science / Niels van Manen [and others]