Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 594 pages
- Published by: Elsevier Science; Har/Cdr edition January 26, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0444516298
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0444516299
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Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Book Description
For generations, the map has been central to how societies function all over the world. Cybercartography is a new paradigm for maps and mapping in the information era. Defined as the organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topics of interest to society, cybercartography is presented in an interactive, dynamic, multisensory format with the use of multimedia and multimodal interfaces.
Cybercartography: Theory and Practice looks at the major elements of cybercartography and emphasizes the importance of interaction between theory and practice in developing a paradigm which moves beyond the concept of Geographic Information Systems and Geographical Information Science. It argues for the centrality of the map as part of an integrated information, communication, and analytical package.
This volume is a result of a multidisciplinary team effort and has benefited from the input of partners from government, industry and other organizations. The international team reports on major original cybercartographic research and practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including the humanities, social sciences including human factors psychology, cybernetics, English literature, cultural mediation, cartography, and geography. This new synthesis has intrinsic value for industries, the general public, and the relationships between mapping and the development of user-centered multimedia interfaces.
* Discusses the centrality of the map and its importance in the information era
* Provides an interdisciplinary approach with contributions from psychology, music, and language and literature
* Describes qualitative and quantitative aspects of cybercartography and the importance of societal context in the interaction between theory and practice
* Contains an interactive CD-Rom containing color images, links to websites, plus other important information to capture the dynamic and interactive elements of cybercartography
Back Cover Copy
The map has been a central for generations to show how societies all over the world function. This book argues for a new paradigm for maps and mapping the information era: Cybercartography - The organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topics of interest to society in an interactive, dynamic, multisensory format with the use of multimedia and multimodal interfaces.
The book looks at the major elements of cybercartography and argues for the importance of interaction between theory and practice in developing a paradigm which moves beyond the concept of GIS and Geographical Information Science and argues for the centrality of the map as part of an integrated information, communication and analytical package.
The chapters of the book report on major original cybercartographic research and practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including the humanities and the social sciences. This new synthesis has intrinsic value for industry and the general public but of equal importance is the development of new relationships between mapping and the development of user-centered multimedia interfaces. The cybermap is shown to be key to navigation through the growing sea of data threatening to drown all of us.
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