Title: Re-presenting GIS /
Authors: Fisher, Peter F., 1955-; Unwin, D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Geographic information systems; Systèmes d'information géographique.; Geoinformationssystem.; Geographic information systems
Abstract: "The academic underpinning of GIS, 'Geographical Information Science' is not merely a technical subject; it poses difficult theoretical questions on the nature of geographic representation and whether or not there exist limits on the ability of GIS to deal with certain objects and issues. This book attempts to synthesize the different strands of debate between technical GIS issues and social-theory of GI Science representation by looking at the conceptual and applied aspects of the subject in one cohesive volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Re-presenting geographical information systems / Peter Fisher and David Unwin -- Not just objects / Ola Ahlquuist ... [et al.] -- Social dimensions of object definition in GIS / Nadine Schuurman -- The linguistic trading zones of semantic interoperability / Francis Harvey -- GIS, world making and natural language / Peter Bibby -- Land use and land cover / Peter Fisher, Lex Comber and Richard Wadsworth -- Transformation of geographic information using crisp, fuzzy and rough semantics / Ola Ahlquuist -- Uncertainty and geographic information / Mat Duckham -- Not just space / Antony Galton, Michael Batty, and Marcos Llobera -- The QSS framework for modelling spatial change / Antony Galton -- Network geography / Michael Batty -- The nature of everyday experience: examples in the study of visual space / Marcos Llobera -- Time as well / Jonathan Raper ... [et al.] -- Spatio-temporal ontology for digital geographies / Jonathan Raper -- Modeling and visualising uncertainties of spatio-temporal information / Tao Cheng -- What about people in geographic information science / Harvey Miller -- Dynamic spatial modelling in the simile visual modelling environment / Robert Muetzefeldt and Matt Duckham -- Telling stories with models / Subhro Guhathakurta -- Towards a research agenda / David Unwin and Peter Fisher.