'Geographical information science' is not merely a technical subject but also poses theoretical questions on the nature of geographic representation and whether there exist limits on the ability of GI systems to deal with certain objects and issues. This book presents the debate surrounding technical GIS and theory of representation from an 'inside' GIS perspective.* Chapters are authored by leading researchers from a range of fields including geographers, planners, ecologists and computer scientists from Europe and North America.
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"It would be a pity if this valuable collection of essays were left to an academic audience alone ... definitely relevant for the professionals too." (GIS Professional, March/April 2006) "This book is a welcome addition to the GIS literature for researchers and practitioners." (The Geographical Journal 2006)
List of Contributors. Preface.
1. Re-presenting Geographical Information
Systems (Peter Fisher and David J. Unwin). PART I: NOT JUST OBJECTS.
2. Not
Just Objects: Reconstructing Objects (Ola Ahlqvist, Peter Bibby, Matt
Duckham, Peter Fisher, Francis Harvey and Nadine Schuurman).
3. Social
Dimensions of Object Definition in GIS (Nadine Schuurman).
4. The Linguistic
Trading Zones of Semantic Interoperability (Francis Harvey).
5. GIS,
Worldmaking and Natural Language (Peter Bibby).
6. Land Use and Land Cover:
Contradiction or Complement (Peter Fisher, Alexis Comber and Richard
Wadsworth).
7. Transformation of Geographic Information using Crisp, Fuzzy
and Rough Semantics (Ola Ahlqvist).
8. Uncertainty and Geographic
Information: Computational and Critical Convergence (Matt Duckham and Joanne
Sharp). PART II: NOT JUST SPACE.
9. Not Just Space: An Introduction
(Michael Batty, Antony Galton and Marcos Llobera).
10. The QSS Framework for
Modelling Qualitative Change: Prospects and Problems (Antony Galton).
11.
Network Geography: Relations, Interactions, Scaling and Spatial Processes in
GIS (Michael Batty).
12. The Nature of Everyday Experience: Examples from the
Study of Visual Space (Marcos Llobera). PART III: TIME AS WELL.
13. Time As
Well: An Introduction (Jonathan Raper, Harvey J. Miller, Subhrajit
Guhathakurta, Robert Muetzelfeldt and Tao Cheng).
14. Spatio-Temporal
Ontology for Digital Geographies (Jonathan Raper).
15. Modeling and
Visualizing Linear and Cyclic Changes (Tao Cheng).
16. What about People in
Geographic Information Science? (Harvey J. Miller).
17. Dynamic Spatial
Modelling in the Simile Visual Modelling Environment (Robert Muetzelfeldt and
Matt Duckham).
18. Telling Stories with Models: Reflecting on Land Use and
Ecological Trends in the San Pedro Watershed (Subhrajit Guhathakurta). PART
IV: NOT 'THERE' YET?
19. Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda (David J.
Unwin and Peter Fisher). Index.
