Visualization in Geographical Information Systems
Published on 28. March 1994
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-0-471-94435-5 (ISBN)
Description
Scientific visualization is a set of research methods developed in computer science to enable the controlled manipulation of data presented graphically to enhance its readability, or to reveal or demonstrate unsuspected patterns, regularities or connections. Its effectiveness depends on the availability of large volumes of computer power, a rigorous and sophisticated development of programmes, procedures and routines and the most advanced data handling and presenting technologies. It is proving, however, to be a powerful research tool, enabling graphic analysis of often very abstract and huge data sets to allow dramatic and important results to emerge. As such, it is ideally suited for application to GIS and this book provides an introduction to the techniques of scientific visualization in this burgeoning field. Conceived as a "team-written" text, it brings together the world's leading research practitioners to produce an integrated, practical manual of the techniques and their application.
Published in association with the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), this should be a major source for GIS practitioners in academic and consultancy research, cartographers, data scientists, and all other research scientists whose work involves the graphical presentation of spatial or areal data.
Published in association with the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), this should be a major source for GIS practitioners in academic and consultancy research, cartographers, data scientists, and all other research scientists whose work involves the graphical presentation of spatial or areal data.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, plates, figures, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94435-5 (9780471944355)
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Content
Part 1 Visualization in GIS: ViSC and GIS - some fundamental considerations, M. Wood and K. Brodlie; the traditional map as a visualization technique, M. Wood; visualization in GIS, cartography and ViSC, M. Visvalingam; cogent GIS visualizations, A. Turk; a typology for scientific visualization, K. Brodlie; state of the art in visualization software, J. Gallop. Part 2 Advances in visualizing spatial data: introduction to advances in visualizing spatial data, A. MacEachren, I. Bishop, D. Dorling, J. Dykes and A. Gatrell; the role of visual realism in communicating and understanding spatial change and process, I. Bishop; density estimation and the visualization of point patterns, A. Gatrell; towards improved visualization of socio-economic data, I. Bracken; cartograms for visualizing human geography, D. Dorling; area-value data - new visual emphases and representations, J. Dykes; time as a cartographic variable, A. MacEachren; some ideas about the use of map animation as a spatial analysis tool, S. Openshaw, D. Waugh and A. Cross. Part 3 Visualizing data validity: Introduction to visualizing data validity, M. Goodchild, B. Buttenfield and J. Wood; graphical and geographical components of data quality, B. Buttenfield and K. Beard; visualizing fuzzy maps, M. Goodchild, L. Chih-Chang and Y. Leung; visualizing contour interpolation accuracy in digital elevation models, J. Wood; animation and sound for the visualization of uncertain spatial information, P. Fisher. Part 4 Human factors in visualization: introduction - the importance of human factors, C. Davies and D. Medyckyj-Scott; psychology and displays in GIS, H. Hearnshaw; visualization and human-computer interaction in GIS, D. Medyckyj-Scott; epistemological aspects of visualization, J. Petch. Appendix: software systems referred to in the text.