This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the Understanding Different Geographies Symposium held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011. The Symposium focussed on Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts. The general topics of the chapters cover:

• Exploring geographic knowledge
• Maps in exhibition spaces
• Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic artefacts
• Extracting meaning from visualisations of different geographies

• Deconstructing maps of information - and other spaces

  Unique treatment of the application of geographical analysis and cartographic technique to understanding different geographies Trans-disciplinary approach to the mapping of non-physical and non-human geographies Contemporary approaches to mapping praxis and theory Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

  Inhalt
  From the Contents: Maps and Design.- Cartography utilizing Geo-Communication.- Understanding different geographies: the case for drawings and sketches.- Artefacts and geospaces.- Understanding Artefacts through Geographies Perceiving Geographies through Artefacts.- Harriet Edquist and Lisa Byrne: Understanding Place.- When countries become gods some thoughts on the geospatial aspect of deities and demons in India.- Exhibitions and Geospace.- Potential Information Gains for Exhibition Makers and their audience in Mapping the Movement of Objects.- Representations and Geospace.- The Geography of Uncertainty: Outcomes Spaces and Uncertainty Visualization.