Developments in 3D Geo-Information Sciences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neutens, Tijs (Editor), Maeyer, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Geophysics.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Realistically representing our three-dimensional world has been the subject of many (philosophical) discussions since ancient times. While the recognition of the globular shape of the Earth goes back to Pythagoras’ statements of the sixth century B. C. , the two-dimensional, circular depiction of th...