Computing geographically : bridging giscience and geography / by David O'Sullivan.
| Author/creator | O'Sullivan, David, 1966- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : The Guilford Press, 2024. |
| Description | pages cm |
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| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Building Bridges -- A History of My Spaces -- Plan of the Book -- 2. Location and Space -- The Nature of Space -- Space in Giscience -- Prospects for Relative/Relational Giscience -- 3. Scale and Projection -- Scale in Geographical Theory -- Scale in Giscience -- The Salience of Scale -- 4. Place and Meaning in Space -- From Space to Place- -- Place in Giscience -- 5. Lines and Areas -- Drawing Lines -- Territory and Territoriality -- When the Map Is and Is Not the Territory -- The Arbitrariness of Boundaries -- Moving On from Geometry -- 6. Relations, Networks, Flows -- Relations, Space, and Place -- Graph Drawings as (Possible) Projections -- Networks Are Flows Frozen in Place -- 7. Time and Dynamics -- Time and Space: A Coin with Two Sides -- Hägerstrand's Time Geography -- Limits to Time Geography -- Mobilities and Human Dynamics -- From Time to Dynamic Processes -- 8. Process and Pattern -- Process Philosophies -- The Place of Complexity Theory -- Simulation Models -- Process and Pattern Revisited -- 9. Doing Giscience Doing Geography -- Common Ground: A Space to Think -- Doing Giscience: Representation as a Process -- Toward Doing Differently -- Finally -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- . |
| Abstract | "Geographic information science (GISc) and systems (GIS) have grown rapidly in recent decades, increasingly on a separate track from geographic thought. As geography's "big ideas"--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book considers how key concepts have developed in geography and are represented (or not) in GISc, with a view to bridging gaps between the two. David O'Sullivan shows how revisiting the theoretical underpinnings of geography offers insights on enduring GIS challenges--including map projections, the modifiable areal unit problem, scale and map generalization, and the nature of space and place--while also enriching geographic thought. The book uses examples from across geography's subdisciplines to promote understanding. Chapters are self-contained essays that can easily form the basis of classroom discussions. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2023048057 |
| ISBN | 9781462553938 |
| ISBN | 1462553931 |
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