Cartography from Pole to Pole

This volume comprehends a selection of papers presented during the 26 th International Cartographic Conference held in Dresden from the 26 th to the 30 th of August 2013. It covers many fields of relevant Mapping and GIS research subjects, such as cartographic applications, cartographic tools, generalisation and update Propagation, higher dimensional visualisation and augmented reality, planetary mapping issues, cartography and environmental modelling, user generated content and spatial data infrastructure, use and usability as well as cartography and GIS in education.

Spans the whole scientific discipline from questions of appropriate geo-data sources over various forms of processing the geo-data, to an appropriate cartographic design and answers related to the user-interaction and perception of the cartographic products Gives a comprehensive account of topic geographic issues Publication of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

This volume comprehends a selection of papers presented during the 26th International Cartographic Conference held in Dresden from the 26th to the 30th of August 2013. It covers many fields of relevant Mapping and GIS research subjects, such as cartographic applications, cartographic tools, generalisation and update Propagation, higher dimensional visualisation and augmented reality, planetary mapping issues, cartography and environmental modelling, user generated content and spatial data infrastructure, use and usability as well as cartography and GIS in education.

Inhalt
Art and Cartography.- Atlases.- Cartography and Children.- Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management.- Cognitive Visualization.- Data Quality.- Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage.- Education and Training.- Generalization and Multiple Representation.- Geoinformation Infrastructures and Standards.- Geospatial Analysis And Modeling.- Geovizualisation.- Geoinformation for Sustainability.