The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kent, Alexander J.; Specht, Doug

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a relevant and comprehensive reference point for research and practice in this dynamic field. It offers detailed explanations of geospatial technologies, provides critical reviews and appraisals of their application in society within international and multi-disciplinary contexts as agents of change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 694
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000834437
• Artikelnr.: 68307568

Autorenporträt

Alexander J. Kent is Honorary Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, and leads the Coastal Connections project for World Monuments Fund and English Heritage. Doug Specht is a Chartered Geographer and a Reader in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Westminster, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Origins and Perspectives of Geospatial Technologies
1. Latitude, Longitude, and Geospatial Technologies to 1884 2. The
Photo-mechanical Era of Cartography: A Recollection 3. The Roots of GIS 4.
Positivism, Power, and Critical GIS 5. Geospatial Standards: An Example
from Agriculture 6. Technology, Aesthetics, and Affordances 7. Race and
Mapping 8. Feminist Geography and Geospatial Technologies 9. Mapping the
Subaltern 10. Geospatial Technologies and Rural and Indigenous Spatial
Knowledges 11. Social Constructivism and Geospatial Technologies:
Neogeography, Big Data, and Deep Maps Part II: Understanding Geospatial
Technologies 12. Mobile Mapping 13. Airborne and Ground-based Laser
Scanning 14. Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 15. Airborne
Photogrammetric Mapping 16. Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) 17. Extended
Realities (XR) 18. Free and Open-Source Software for Geospatial
Applications (FOSS4G) 19. APIs, Coding and Language for Geospatial
Technologies 20. Spatial Analysis and Modelling 21. The Geovisualisation of
Big Data 22. Machine Learning and Geospatial Technologies 23. Artificial
Intelligence for Geospatial Applications Part III: Applications of
Geospatial Technologies 24. Location Matters: Trends in Location-Based
Services 25. Mapping Buildings and Cities 26. Underground Mapping 27.
Geospatial Technology and Food Security: Forging a Four-Dimensional
Partnership 28. The Past, Present and Future of Technologies for Improved
Water Management 29. Ocean Mapping: Taxonomies of the Fluid Geospatial 30.
Geospatial Technologies in Transport: Shaping and Recording Everyday Lived
Experiences 31. Geospatial Technologies in Electrical Systems 32.
Geospatial Technologies and Public Health 33. Applications of GIScience to
Disease Mapping: A COVID-19 Case Study 34. Geosurveillance and Society 35.
Geospatial Technology and Journalism in a Post-truth World 36. Advancing
Sustainability Research through Geospatial Technology and Social Media 37.
Crisis and Hazard Mapping 38. Humanitarian Relief and Geospatial
Technologies 39. Geospatial Technology and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) 40. Maps of Time 41 Geospatial Technologies in Archaeology 42.
Mapping Planetary Bodies Part IV: New Ontologies and Strategies for
Geospatial Technologies 43. Toward the Democratization of Geospatial Data:
Evaluating Data Decisioning Practices 44. Developing Geospatial Strategies
45. Map Thinking Across the Life Sciences 46. Spatial Anthropology:
Understanding Deep Mapping as a Form of Visual Ethnography 47. The Quantum
Turn for Geospatial Technologies and Society 48. The Locus Charter: Towards
Ethical Principles and Practice for Location Data Services