Advances in cartography
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Advances in cartography
Published on behalf of the International Cartographic Association by Elsevier Applied Science, c1991
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume provides an overview of existing and future research in cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Although the focus is clearly on cartographic issues, those are often related to GIS issues also, such as the storage, management and analysis of spatial data or the role of institutions in promoting or defeating new technological practices. It summarizes the joint effort of a group of international experts dealing with issues regarding the design, management, exploitation, representation and communication of spatial information. Each chapter provides a practitioner's summary which states the achievements to this date, and a projective summary which gives an outline of research in the field of cartography and GIS required in the future. There are eleven chapters, covering three main areas: 1. Design and development of geographic information, 2. Exploitation including management and standards, and 3. Applications including navigation, representation and communication.
Table of Contents
Prospects for the impediments against a new cartography in the 1990s (J.C. Muller). Design of cartographic databases (A.U. Frank). Development of cartographic databases (F. Salge). Cartographic data management (P. Haywood). Spatial query languages (V.B. Robinson). Issues of quality and uncertainty (M.F. Goodchild). Cartographic database exchange standards (H. Moellering). Vehicle navigation systems (H. Claussen, D.M. Mark). Computer-assisted map design (W.D. Rase). Cognitive cartography: a new heart for a lost soul (D. Medyckyj-Scott, C. Board). Institutional and societal components of cartographic research (N.R. Chrisman). Index.
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