Exploring geovisualization
By: edited byJ. Dykes, A.M. MacEachren, M.-J. Kraak.
Contributors: Dykes, J.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 710
Subjects: Digital mapping.; Geographic information systems.; Cartography -- Automation.; Visualization.
Description: Drawing on perspectives from information science, computer science, cartography and other fields, the contributors to this volume discuss the emerging field of geovisualization, touching on such topics as software approaches to geovisualization perspectives and design and evaluation issues.
Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM contains digital appendices with over        250 color images

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Section A. Geovisualization in context: perspectives from        related disciplines; title: Section B. Creating instruments for        ideation: software approaches to geovisualization        perspectives; title: Section C. Using 3D in visualization; title: Section D. Connecting people, data and resources:        distributed geovisualization; title: Section E. Making useful        and useable geovisualization: design and evaluation issues; title: Conclusion: advancing geovisualization