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
| ISBN: | 9783642297694 |
| Publication date: | 11th October 2012 |
| Author: | Understanding Different Geographies Symposium, William Cartwright, Karel Kriz, Michaela Kinberger |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography |
| Genres: |
Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing |