Understanding Different Geographies

• Author(s): Karel Kriz, William Cartwright, Michaela Kinberger,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 3642297706
  ISBN_13: 9783642297700
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Technology & Engineering / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems ,

Description:... 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