Understanding Different Geographies

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kriz, Karel (Editor), Cartwright, William (Editor), Kinberger, Michaela (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:IX, 252 p. 131 illus., 100 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783642297700
ISSN:1863-2246