Geographic Visualization Concepts, Tools and

Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applicationsis a 'state of the art' review of the latest developments in the subject, that examines how new concepts, methods and tools can be creatively applied to solve problems relevant to a wide range of topics. Themes covered include: the impact of three-dimensional displays on user interaction; the potentialities in animation and how to create temporally sensitive visualizations; the capability to handle mobile data and to represent uncertainty; and the role of participatory visualization systems and exploratory methods. Chapters are written by leading scholars and researchers in a range of cognate fields, including, cartography, GIScience, architecture, art, urban planning and computer graphics, drawn from Europe, North America and Australia. The book is richly illustrated throughout and includes numerous case studies and accessible discussion of important visualization concepts that make it understandable for non-technical audiences. The book offers a contemporary assessment of the diverse forms of geographic visualization and, drawing upon a number of theoretical perspectives and disciplines, provide an insightful commentary on new methods, techniques and tools.

Martin Dodge
Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK

Martin Dodge works at the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in Human Geography. His research focuses primarily on the geography of cyberspace, particularly ways to map and visualize the Internet and the Web. He is the curator of a web-based Atlas of Cyberspace (www.cybergeography.org/atlas) and has co-authored two books,Mapping Cyberspace (Routledge, 2000) and Atlas of Cyberspace (Addison-Wesley 2001), both with Rob Kitchin.

Mary McDerby
Visualization Support Officer
Research Computing Services, University of Manchester, UK

Mary McDerby is visualization support officer in Research Computing Services providing visualization, computer graphics, multimedia and image processing services to the University of Manchester. Her research is in the visualization of complex datasets within a virtual reality environment, as well as medical visualization. She is active in both national and international computer graphics/visualization communities such as Eurographics, and has been a co-editor of the proceedings of the UK chapter for the past three years.

Martin Turner
Visualization Team Leader
Research Computing Services, University of Manchester, UK

Martin Turner is the Visualization Team Leader within Research Computing Services at the University of Manchester. He gained his PhD in the Computer Laboratory, at Cambridge University. His research in visualization and image processing has resulted in a Fellowship with British Telecom, a published book, Fractal Geometry in Digital Imaging (Academic Press, 1998) as well as over 50 other publications, and he has supervised to completion seven successful MPhil/PhD students. Key activities and grants cover both local and nationally funded high-end visualization services as well as commercial contracts.

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Authors' Biographies	p. xix
The Power of Geographical Visualizations	p. 1
Aims	p. 2
The nature of geographic visualization	p. 2
The visualization process	p. 4
Digital transition and geographic visualization	p. 5
The politics of visualization	p. 6
The utility of geographic visualization	p. 8
Conclusions	p. 8
References	p. 9
What does Google Earth Mean for the Social Sciences?	p. 11
Introduction	p. 11
Major features of Google Earth	p. 12
Fundamental spatial concepts	p. 15
The social perspective	p. 18
Research challenges	p. 20
Conclusions	p. 22
References	p. 23
Coordinated Multiple Views for Exploratory GeoVisualization	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
Data preparation	p. 28
Informative visualizations	p. 31
Interaction and manipulation	p. 34
Tools and toolkits	p. 40
Conclusions	p. 41
References	p. 42
The Role of Map Animation for Geographic Visualization	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
Types of time	p. 52
The nature of animated maps	p. 53
Potential pitfalls of map animation	p. 56
Conclusions	p. 61
References	p. 62
Telling an Old Story with New Maps	p. 67
Introduction: re-visualizing our world	p. 67
Method and content	p. 68
The champagne glass of income distribution	p. 105
References	p. 107
Re-visiting the Use of Surrogate Walks for Exploring Local Geographies Using Non-immersive Multimedia	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Queenscliff Video Atlas	p. 111
GeoExploratorium	p. 113
Townsville GeoKnowledge Project	p. 118
Jewell Area prototype	p. 118
Melbourne Historical Buildings Demonstration Product	p. 122
Testing the user's perception of space and place	p. 123
Further development work	p. 137
Conclusion	p. 138
Acknowledgements	p. 138
References	p. 139
Visualization with High-resolution Aerial Photography in Planning-related Property Research	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Applications of aerial photography in planning-related property research	p. 148
Aerial photography, property and surveillance	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 155
References	p. 156
Towards High-resolution Self-organizing Maps of Geographic Features	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Self-organizing maps	p. 160
High-resolution SOM	p. 162
High-resolution SOM for Climate Attributes	p. 166
Summary and outlook	p. 179
Acknowledgements	p. 180
References	p. 180
The Visual City	p. 183
The development of digital space	p. 183
Creating place and space	p. 184
Visual cities and the visual Earth	p. 188
The development of virtual social space	p. 192
The future: the personal city	p. 196
References	p. 196
Travails in the Third Dimension: A Critical Evaluation of Three-dimensional Geographical Visualization	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
What is gained by going from 2D to 3D?	p. 201
Some problems with 3D views	p. 204
Conclusions	p. 217
Acknowledgements	p. 218
References	p. 218
Experiences of Using State of the Art Immersive Technologies for Geographic Visualization	p. 223
Introduction	p. 223
The human visual system	p. 224
Constructing large-scale visualization systems	p. 232
Rules and recommendations	p. 236
The future - a better and cheaper place	p. 238
References	p. 239
Landscape Visualization: Science and Art	p. 241
Landscape visualization: contexts of use	p. 241
The need for ground truth	p. 242
Outcomes from fieldwork exercises	p. 244
Broadening the context	p. 246
The Chat Moss case study	p. 247
Discussion	p. 254
Conclusion	p. 256
Acknowledgements	p. 257
References	p. 257
Visualization, Data Sharing and Metadata	p. 259
Introduction	p. 259
The data documentation initiative and the aggregate data extension	p. 260
Implementing the DDI within the GB Historical GIS	p. 262
Driving visualization in Vision of Britain	p. 267
Conclusion	p. 273
Acknowledgements	p. 275
References	p. 275
Making Uncertainty Usable: Approaches for Visualizing Uncertainty Information	p. 277
Introduction: the need for representations of uncertainty	p. 277
The complexity of uncertainty	p. 278
Uncertainty visualization: a user-centred research agenda	p. 286
Conclusion	p. 288
References	p. 288
Geovisualization and Time - New Opportunities for the Space-Time Cube	p. 293
Introduction	p. 293
Hagerstrand's time geography and the space-time cube	p. 295
Basics of the space-time cube	p. 296
The space-time cube at work	p. 297
Discussion	p. 303
References	p. 305
Visualizing Data Gathered by Mobile Phones	p. 307
Introduction	p. 307
What are we visualizing?	p. 308
How can we visualize this data?	p. 309
Case studies	p. 311
Discussion	p. 314
Conclusion	p. 316
References	p. 316
Index	p. 319
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