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Geospatial Vision [electronic resource] :New Dimensions in Cartography / edited by Antoni Moore, Igor Drecki.

by Moore, Antoni [editor.]; Drecki, Igor [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.Description: XXIV, 234p. 81 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9783540709701.Other title: Selected Papers from the 4th National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2008, New Zealand.Subject(s): Geography | Geographical information systems | Geography | Geographical Information Systems/Cartography | Computer Applications in GeosciencesDDC classification: 910.285 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Facilitating the Handling of Interactive Atlases by Dynamic Grouping of Functions – The Example of “Smart Legend” -- A User-defined Virtual Reality Chart for Track Control Navigation and Hydrographic Data Acquisition -- Mechanisms on Graphical Core Variables in the Design of Cartographic 3D City Presentations -- An Egocentric Urban Viewshed: A Method for Landmark Visibility Mapping for Pedestrian Location Based Services -- A Multi-scale Dynamic Map Using Cartograms to Reflect User Focus -- Exploring Tessellation Metaphors in the Display of Geographical Uncertainty -- Simulation and Representation of the Positional Errors of Boundary and Interior Regions in Maps -- Global Morphometric Maps of Mars, Venus, and the Moon -- Scalability of Techniques for Online Geographic Visualization of Web Site Hits -- Afterword.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The book comprises a set of chapters relating to research presented at the 4th National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2008, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand on September 1st to 3rd, 2008. The Conference is endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA). The book delivers a representative, valuable and timely selection of cutting edge research in the fields of cartography and geovisualisation, with contributions from leading researchers worldwide. Each chapter has been reviewed by three international experts. The book incorporates sections on Representation, Egocentric Cartography, Geovisual Exploration of Uncertainty and Terrain, and Web Mapping.
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Facilitating the Handling of Interactive Atlases by Dynamic Grouping of Functions – The Example of “Smart Legend” -- A User-defined Virtual Reality Chart for Track Control Navigation and Hydrographic Data Acquisition -- Mechanisms on Graphical Core Variables in the Design of Cartographic 3D City Presentations -- An Egocentric Urban Viewshed: A Method for Landmark Visibility Mapping for Pedestrian Location Based Services -- A Multi-scale Dynamic Map Using Cartograms to Reflect User Focus -- Exploring Tessellation Metaphors in the Display of Geographical Uncertainty -- Simulation and Representation of the Positional Errors of Boundary and Interior Regions in Maps -- Global Morphometric Maps of Mars, Venus, and the Moon -- Scalability of Techniques for Online Geographic Visualization of Web Site Hits -- Afterword.

The book comprises a set of chapters relating to research presented at the 4th National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2008, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand on September 1st to 3rd, 2008. The Conference is endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA). The book delivers a representative, valuable and timely selection of cutting edge research in the fields of cartography and geovisualisation, with contributions from leading researchers worldwide. Each chapter has been reviewed by three international experts. The book incorporates sections on Representation, Egocentric Cartography, Geovisual Exploration of Uncertainty and Terrain, and Web Mapping.

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