Re-presenting GIS

2Geographical information science2 is not merely a technical subject but also poses theoretical questions on the nature of geographic representation and whether there exist limits on the ability of GI systems to deal with certain objects and issues. This book presents the debate surrounding technical GIS and theory of representation from an 2inside2 GIS perspective. Chapters are authored by leading researchers from a range of fields including geographers, planners, ecologists and computer scientists from Europe and North America.

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Re-presenting Geographical Information Systems (Peter Fisher and David J. Unwin). PART I: NOT JUST OBJECTS. 2. Not Just Objects: Reconstructing Objects (Ola Ahlqvist, Peter Bibby, Matt Duckham, Peter Fisher, Francis Harvey and Nadine Schuurman). 3. Social Dimensions of Object Definition in GIS (Nadine Schuurman). 4. The Linguistic Trading Zones of Semantic Interoperability (Francis Harvey). 5. GIS, Worldmaking and Natural Language (Peter Bibby). 6. Land Use and Land Cover: Contradiction or Complement (Peter Fisher, Alexis Comber and Richard Wadsworth). 7. Transformation of Geographic Information using Crisp, Fuzzy and Rough Semantics (Ola Ahlqvist). 8. Uncertainty and Geographic Information: Computational and Critical Convergence (Matt Duckham and Joanne Sharp). PART II: NOT JUST SPACE. 9. Not Just Space: An Introduction (Michael Batty, Antony Galton and Marcos Llobera). 10. The QSS Framework for Modelling Qualitative Change: Prospects and Problems (Antony Galton). 11. Network Geography: Relations, Interactions, Scaling and Spatial Processes in GIS (Michael Batty). 12. The Nature of Everyday Experience: Examples from the Study of Visual Space (Marcos Llobera). PART III: TIME AS WELL. 13. Time As Well: An Introduction (Jonathan Raper, Harvey J. Miller, Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Robert Muetzelfeldt and Tao Cheng). 14. Spatio-Temporal Ontology for Digital Geographies (Jonathan Raper). 15. Modeling and Visualizing Linear and Cyclic Changes (Tao Cheng). 16. What about People in Geographic Information Science? (Harvey J. Miller). 17. Dynamic Spatial Modelling in the Simile Visual Modelling Environment (Robert Muetzelfeldt and Matt Duckham). 18. Telling Stories with Models: Reflecting on Land Use and Ecological Trends in the San Pedro Watershed (Subhrajit Guhathakurta). PART IV: NOT 'THERE' YET? 19. Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda (David J. Unwin and Peter Fisher). Index.