Re-Presenting GIS

'Geographical information science' 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 'inside' 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.

Autorentext

Peter Fisher is the editor of Re-Presenting GIS, published by Wiley.

David J. Unwin, MPhil, formerly Professor of Geography at Birkbeck College in the University of London, UK, is currently Director of Learning Programmes at UKeUniversities Worldwide. He is also the author of Computer Programming for Geographers (with J. A. Dawson) and coeditor of Visualization in Geographic Information Systems (with Hilary M. Hearnshaw), both published by Wiley.

Zusammenfassung
'Geographical information science' 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 'inside' 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.

Inhalt

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.