1st Edition

Multidimensional Geographic Information Science

By Jonathan Raper Copyright 2000
320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

332 Pages
by CRC Press

The way people normally view a GIS is 2-dimensional, a greatly limiting form. However, as developments occur within the field, researchers and practitioners are finding ways to make a GIS 3-dimensional, and in some instances even 4-dimensional. Being able to view a GIS in more than 2 dimensions greatly enhances its usability. This forward-looking text, looks at the ways in which 3- and... Read more
1. Critique of Two Dimensional GIS 2. Concepts of Space 3. 3D and 4D Spatial Represenations 4. Multimedia and VR Spatial Representation 5. Multidimensional Represenation in Geographic Space 6. Hypermedia Structuring of Geographic Information 7. Handling Dynamic Geographic Phenomena Using Georeferenced Multimedia 8. Creating Georeferenced Virtual Worlds 9. Three Dimensional Modelling of Geoscience Phenomena 10. Spatio-temporal Exploratory Data Analysis

Biography

Jonathan Raper