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
– 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
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Table of Content
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.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 252 ● ISBN 9783642297700 ● File size 10.2 MB ● Editor Karel Kriz & William Cartwright ● Publisher Springer Berlin ● City Heidelberg ● Country DE ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2663555 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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