David Abernathy

Using Geodata and Geolocation in the Social Sciences

Mapping Our Connected World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Abernathy provides a truly accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to geodata and geolocation covering both the conceptual and the practical. It is a must read for students or researchers looking to make the most of the spatial elements of their data" - Luke Sloan, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Cardiff University

Using Geodata and Geolocation in the Social Sciences: Mapping our Connected World provides an engaging and accessible introduction to the Geoweb with clear, step-by-step guides for:
Capturing Geodata from sources including GPS, sensor networks and Twitter Visualizing Geodata using programmes including QGIS, GRASS and R
Featuring colour images, practical exercises walking you through using data sources, and a companion website packed with resources, this book is the perfect guide for students and teachers looking to incorporate location-based data into their social science research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9781473908178
• ISBN-10: 1473908175
• Artikelnr.: 42907890

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Power of Where
A Brief History of the Geoweb
"Big Geodata": Managing Spatial Data in a Connected Age
Citizen Cartographers: Neogeography, VGI and the Democratization of Data Production
Challenges of the Geoweb: Data Accuracy, Privacy, and Surveillance
Introduction to Geodata: Types of Geodata; [see p. 9] How do we Identify and Gather Location-Based Data?
Capturing Absolute Location with the Global Positioning System
Geocoding, Geotagging & Geoparsing
Social Media Geodata: Capturing Location-Based Twitter Data
Mapping the Emerging Internet of Things
Visualizing Data in Geographic Information Systems with QGIS
Working with Geodata in GRASS
Working with Geodata in R
Web Mapping
Epilogue: Weaving the Geoweb

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Introduction: The Power of Where
A Brief History of the Geoweb
"Big Geodata": Managing Spatial Data in a Connected Age
Citizen Cartographers: Neogeography, VGI and the Democratization of Data
Production
Challenges of the Geoweb: Data Accuracy, Privacy, and Surveillance
Introduction to Geodata: Types of Geodata; [see p. 9] How do we Identify
and Gather Location-Based Data?
Capturing Absolute Location with the Global Positioning System
Geocoding, Geotagging & Geoparsing
Social Media Geodata: Capturing Location-Based Twitter Data
Mapping the Emerging Internet of Things
Visualizing Data in Geographic Information Systems with QGIS
Working with Geodata in GRASS
Working with Geodata in R
Web Mapping
Epilogue: Weaving the Geoweb

Rezensionen

It will provide students and researchers in social science and humanities with a solid foundation for handling quantitative data from
the geoweb. Stefano De Sabbata,