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OverviewThis book is the provisional result of more than 10 years of continued discussion with friends and colleagues from neighbouring disciplines. Although only a small minority ofthe millions of GIS users on this planet are geographers, it seems that somehow, geographers are a kind ofnatural contact persons for historians, archae- ologists, economists, social scientists or others who are looking for appropriate ways ofworking with spatial data. We received constant encouragements and many valuable suggestions from our colleagues. Particularly we wish to thank the members ofthe GIS Study Group of the German Association of Geography (AK GIS) as well as the participants of a workshop in June 2000 on ""Mapping Europe's historic boundaries and borders"" which was generously sponsored by the European Science Foundation. Among the individuals we owe special appreciation are Humphrey Southall and Ian Gregory (The Great Britain Historical GIS Programme, University ofPortsmouth), Michael Goerke (European University Institute, Florence), Konrad Pierau (Center for His- torical Social Research, University of Cologne), Bernhard Holfter (Forderverein Historische Grundkarte, Leipzig) and Stephan Riediger (Department of History, University of Mannheim). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Ott , Frank SwiacznyPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.391kg ISBN: 9783642624872ISBN 10: 3642624871 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 03 October 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 1.1 The relationship of space and time.- 1.2 Targets and contents of the book.- 1.3 Further Reading.- 2 Conceptualising real world entities in spatio-temporal GIS.- 2.1 The geographer’s perspective on space and time.- 2.2 Modelling the real world in Geographic Information Systems.- 2.3 The representation of space in GIS.- 2.4 Integration of external models in Geographic Information Systems.- 2.5 Spatio-temporal dimensions in GIS.- 3 Integrating time in Geographic Information Systems.- 3.1 Different types of time.- 3.2 Conceptualising time in GIS.- 3.3 Event and database time.- 3.4 Version management.- 3.5 Types of temporal databases.- 4 Implementation of time in GIS.- 4.1 Implementation problems.- 4.2 Project design.- 4.3 Implementation constraints.- 4.3.2 Spatio-temporal GIS approaches.- 5 Processing and analysis of temporal data inside a GIS.- 5.1 Common GIS analysis functions.- 5.2 Spatial and thematic queries.- 5.3 Temporal queries.- 5.4 Process analysis and simulation.- 6 The visualization of spatio-temporal processes.- 6.1 Basic concepts of spatio-temporal visualisation.- 6.2 Displaying time on a map.- 6.3 Multidimensional GIS.- 6.4 GIS and Multimedia.- 7 Examples.- 7.1 Building a historical GIS.- 7.2 Studying historical transport networks.- 7.3 Exploring cultural landscape change.- 7.4 Working with cadastres.- 7.5 Predicting wildfires.- 7.6 Mapping urban growth.- 7.7 Reconstructing archaeological excavations.- 7.8 Mining for business data.- 8 Conclusion.- 8.1 Summary.- 8.2 Outlook.- 9 Appendix.- 9.1 Research bibliography.- 9.2 Internet links.- CD-ROM with examples / code from the book.ReviewsFrom the reviews of the first edition: The integration of time in predominantly spatially driven and static geographical information systems (GIS) has been biased towards theoretical concepts rather than practical solutions. This book by Ott and Swiaczny provides a new addition to the small but growing collection of textbooks that are available on temporal GIS. ... This book will be of use to graduate students and senior undergraduate students ... . Professionals whose work involves the development of spatiotemporal databases will find interest in this book. (Suzana Dragicevic, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 30, 2003) From the reviews of the first edition: The integration of time in predominantly spatially driven and static geographical information systems (GIS) has been biased towards theoretical concepts rather than practical solutions. This book by Ott and Swiaczny provides a new addition to the small but growing collection of textbooks that are available on temporal GIS. ... This book will be of use to graduate students and senior undergraduate students ... . Professionals whose work involves the development of spatiotemporal databases will find interest in this book. (Suzana Dragicevic, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 30, 2003) From the reviews of the first edition: The integration of time in predominantly spatially driven and static geographical information systems (GIS) has been biased towards theoretical concepts rather than practical solutions. This book by Ott and Swiaczny provides a new addition to the small but growing collection of textbooks that are available on temporal GIS. ... This book will be of use to graduate students and senior undergraduate students ... . Professionals whose work involves the development of spatiotemporal databases will find interest in this book. (Suzana Dragicevic, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 30, 2003) "From the reviews of the first edition: ""The integration of time in predominantly spatially driven and static geographical information systems (GIS) has been biased towards theoretical concepts rather than practical solutions. This book by Ott and Swiaczny provides a new addition to the small but growing collection of textbooks that are available on temporal GIS. … This book will be of use to graduate students and senior undergraduate students … . Professionals whose work involves the development of spatiotemporal databases will find interest in this book."" (Suzana Dragicevic, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 30, 2003)" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |