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Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Map making & projections

Cartography from Pole to Pole - Selected Contributions to the XXVIth International Conference of the ICA, Dresden 2013... Cartography from Pole to Pole - Selected Contributions to the XXVIth International Conference of the ICA, Dresden 2013 (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Manfred Buchroithner, Nikolas Prechtel, Dirk Burghardt
R5,234 Discovery Miles 52 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume comprehends a selection of papers presented during the 26th International Cartographic Conference held in Dresden from the 26th to the 30th of August 2013. It covers many fields of relevant Mapping and GIS research subjects, such as cartographic applications, cartographic tools, generalisation and update Propagation, higher dimensional visualisation and augmented reality, planetary mapping issues, cartography and environmental modelling, user generated content and spatial data infrastructure, use and usability as well as cartography and GIS in education.

The King's Two Maps - Cartography & Culture in Thirteenth-Century England (Hardcover): Daniel Birkholz The King's Two Maps - Cartography & Culture in Thirteenth-Century England (Hardcover)
Daniel Birkholz
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


While a culture may have a dominant way of 'mapping', its geography is always plural, not singular, and there is always competition among conceptions of space. Beginning with this understanding, this book traces the map's early development into an emblem of the state, and charts the social and cultural implications of this phenomenon.
Instead of presenting a sequence of medieval mapping metaphors, Daniel Birkholz offers an account of the ways in which medieval cartographic discourse itself produces its artefacts, and so produces cultural meaning. This book chronicles the specific technologies, material and epistemological, by which the map - a peculiar artefact, part image and part treatise - shows itself capable of accessing, organizing and reorienting a tremendous range of information.

Cartographic Abstraction in Contemporary Art - Seeing with Maps (Paperback): Claire Reddleman Cartographic Abstraction in Contemporary Art - Seeing with Maps (Paperback)
Claire Reddleman
R1,399 Discovery Miles 13 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Claire Reddleman introduces her theoretical innovation "cartographic abstraction" - a material modality of thought and experience that is produced through cartographic techniques of depiction. Reddleman closely engages with selected artworks (by contemporary artists such as Joyce Kozloff, Layla Curtis, and Bill Fontana) and theories in each chapter. Reconfiguring the Foucauldian underpinning of critical cartography towards a materialist theory of abstraction, cartographic viewpoints are theorised as concrete abstractions. This research is positioned at the intersection of art theory, critical cartography and materialist philosophy.

Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering (Hardcover): Matos. M. Fernandes Applications of Computational Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering (Hardcover)
Matos. M. Fernandes
R5,835 Discovery Miles 58 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The third international workshop on applications of computational mechanics in geotechnical engineering discussed the area of computational mechanics applied to geotechnical problems. During the event, topics such as ground reinforcement and computational models were covered.

GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes (Hardcover): Kevin M. O'Connor, Charles H. Dowding GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes (Hardcover)
Kevin M. O'Connor, Charles H. Dowding
R5,392 Discovery Miles 53 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes examines Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) research and provides information on its use as a robust, reliable, and economical production tool.
Common uses for TDR technology include telecommunications and power industries, but the text examines applications such as measurement of moisture of unsaturated soils; detection of fluids for leak and pollution; measurement of water levels for hydrological purposes; measurement of water pressures beneath dams; and deformation and stability monitoring of mines, slopes, and structures.
Chapters discuss:
· basic physics of signal generation, transmission, and attenuation along the coaxial cable
· probe designs and procedures for calibration as well as the variation in probe responses to changes in water content and soil mineralogy
· variations in waveform characteristics associated with cable, deformation, cable calibration, and installation techniques for metallic cables in rock
· several cases demonstrating the use of TDR cables in soil as well as weathered and soft rock
· a rationale for the use of compliant cable in soil
· the use of metallic cable (MTDR) and optical fiber (OTDR) to monitor response of structures
· sensor/transducer components, connections from the sensors to the TDR pulser/sampler, and system control methods
· available software for transmission and analysis of TDR signatures
The diverse interest and terminology within the TDR community tends to obscure commonalities and the universal physical principles underlying the technology. The authors seek to crystallize the basic principles among the seemingly divergent specialties using TDR technology in geomaterials. By examining varied experiences, GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes provides a synergistic text necessary to unify the field.

Artistic Approaches to Cultural Mapping - Activating Imaginaries and Means of Knowing (Hardcover): Nancy Duxbury, Alys Longley,... Artistic Approaches to Cultural Mapping - Activating Imaginaries and Means of Knowing (Hardcover)
Nancy Duxbury, Alys Longley, W. F. Garrett-Petts
R4,732 Discovery Miles 47 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Making space for imagination can shift research and community planning from a reflective stance to a "future forming" orientation and practice. Cultural mapping is an emerging discourse of collaborative, community-based inquiry and advocacy. This book looks at artistic approaches to cultural mapping, focusing on imaginative cartography. It emphasizes the importance of creative process that engages with the "felt sense" of community experiences, an element often missing from conventional mapping practices. International artistic contributions in this book reveal the creative research practices and languages of artists, a prerequisite to understanding the multi-modal interface of cultural mapping. The book examines how contemporary artistic approaches can challenge conventional asset mapping by animating and honouring the local, giving voice and definition to the vernacular, or recognizing the notion of place as inhabited by story and history. It explores the processes of seeing and listening and the importance of the aesthetic as a key component of community self-expression and self-representation. Innovative contributions in this book champion inclusion and experimentation, expose unacknowledged power relations, and catalyze identity formation, through multiple modes of artistic representation and performance. It will be a valuable resource for individuals involved with creative research methods, performance, and cultural mapping as well as social and urban planning.

Re-Mapping Archaeology - Critical Perspectives, Alternative Mappings (Hardcover): Mark Gillings, Piraye Haciguzeller, Gary Lock Re-Mapping Archaeology - Critical Perspectives, Alternative Mappings (Hardcover)
Mark Gillings, Piraye Haciguzeller, Gary Lock
R4,498 Discovery Miles 44 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Maps have always been a fundamental tool in archaeological practice, and their prominence and variety have increased along with a growing range of digital technologies used to collect, visualise, query and analyse spatial data. However, unlike in other disciplines, the development of archaeological cartographical critique has been surprisingly slow; a missed opportunity given that archaeology, with its vast and multifaceted experience with space and maps, can significantly contribute to the field of critical mapping. Re-mapping Archaeology thinks through cartographic challenges in archaeology and critiques the existing mapping traditions used in the social sciences and humanities, especially since the 1990s. It provides a unique archaeological perspective on cartographic theory and innovatively pulls together a wide range of mapping practices applicable to archaeology and other disciplines. This volume will be suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for established researchers in archaeology, geography, anthropology, history, landscape studies, ethnology and sociology.

The Writer's Map - An Atlas of Imaginary Lands (Hardcover): Huw Lewis-Jones The Writer's Map - An Atlas of Imaginary Lands (Hardcover)
Huw Lewis-Jones; Prologue by Philip Pullman
R1,361 R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Save R188 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It's one of the first things we discover as children, reading and drawing: Maps have a unique power to transport us to distant lands on wondrous travels. Put a map at the start of a book, and we know an adventure is going to follow. Displaying this truth with beautiful full-color illustrations, The Writer's Map is an atlas of the journeys that our most creative storytellers have made throughout their lives. This magnificent collection encompasses not only the maps that appear in their books but also the many maps that have inspired them, the sketches that they used while writing, and others that simply sparked their curiosity. Philip Pullman recounts the experience of drawing a map as he set out on one of his early novels, The Tin Princess. Miraphora Mina recalls the creative challenge of drawing up "The Marauder's Map" for the Harry Potter films. David Mitchell leads us to the Mappa Mundi by way of Cloud Atlas and his own sketch maps. Robert Macfarlane reflects on the cartophilia that has informed his evocative nature writing, which was set off by Robert Louis Stevenson and his map of Treasure Island. Joanne Harris tells of her fascination with Norse maps of the universe. Reif Larsen writes about our dependence on GPS and the impulse to map our experience. Daniel Reeve describes drawing maps and charts for The Hobbit film trilogy. This exquisitely crafted and illustrated atlas explores these and so many more of the maps writers create and are inspired by--some real, some imagined--in both words and images. Amid a cornucopia of 167 full-color images, we find here maps of the world as envisaged in medieval times, as well as maps of adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, nursery rhymes, literary classics, and collectible comics. An enchanting visual and verbal journey, The Writer's Map will be irresistible for lovers of maps, literature, and memories--and anyone prone to flights of the imagination.

Understanding Maps (Paperback, 2nd New edition): J.S. Keates Understanding Maps (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
J.S. Keates
R2,496 Discovery Miles 24 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addresses the fundamental principles of visual perception and map symbolism and critically examines the assumptions behind the theories of psychophysical testing and cartographic communication. This revised and expanded edition includes new sections on the relationship between cartography and art, and the distinction between knowledge and skill.

Map Projections - A Reference Manual (Paperback): L.M. Bugayevskiy, John Snyder Map Projections - A Reference Manual (Paperback)
L.M. Bugayevskiy, John Snyder
R3,584 Discovery Miles 35 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form, be that two-dimensional paper or two- or three- dimensional electronic representations. The central focus of this book is on the theory of map projections. Mathematical cartography also takes in map scales and their variation, the division of maps into sets of sheets and nomenclature, and addresses the problems of making measurements and conducting investigations which make use of geodetic measurements and the development of graphical methods for solving problems of spherical trigonometry, marine- and aeronavigation, astronomy and even crystallography.

Data Visualization for Design Thinking - Applied Mapping (Hardcover): Winifred E Newman Data Visualization for Design Thinking - Applied Mapping (Hardcover)
Winifred E Newman
R5,541 Discovery Miles 55 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Data Visualization for Design Thinking helps you make better maps. Treating maps as applied research, you'll be able to understand how to map sites, places, ideas, and projects, revealing the complex relationships between what you represent, your thinking, the technology you use, the culture you belong to, and your aesthetic practices. More than 100 examples illustrated with over 200 color images show you how to visualize data through mapping. Includes five in-depth cases studies and numerous examples throughout.

Formula 1 Circuits - Maps and Statistics from Every Grand Prix Track (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Maurice Hamilton,... Formula 1 Circuits - Maps and Statistics from Every Grand Prix Track (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Maurice Hamilton, Collins Books
R986 R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Save R143 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The ideal gift for Grand Prix fans this Christmas Explore the unique stories behind every Grand Prix track in this fully updated second edition. Written by award-winning journalist Maurice Hamilton and complete with bespoke digital maps of each course, this is the ultimate guide to the circuits of Formula One. Each venue is listed in chronological order from the first time it hosted a Grand Prix, starting with Monza, then taking in renowned locations such as Spa, Nurburgring, Monaco and Silverstone, all the way up to F1's latest destination: Miami. Uncover little-known facts about famous circuits and discover the story behind some of the sport's lesser-known venues. This fully updated second edition includes: * All 77 Formula 1 circuits, featuring six additional venues from the previous edition * Bespoke digital maps of every racetrack * Statistics including circuit lengths, lap records, and names of corners and straights * Alphabetical and 'by country' indices for ease of reference

Maps and Travel in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period - Knowledge, Imagination, and Visual Culture (Hardcover): Ingrid... Maps and Travel in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period - Knowledge, Imagination, and Visual Culture (Hardcover)
Ingrid Baumgartner, Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, Katrin Kogman-Appel
R3,655 Discovery Miles 36 550 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The volume discusses the world as it was known in the Medieval and Early Modern periods, focusing on projects concerned with mapping as a conceptual and artistic practice, with visual representations of space, and with destinations of real and fictive travel. Maps were often taken as straightforward, objective configurations. However, they expose deeply subjective frameworks with social, political, and economic significance. Travel narratives, whether illustrated or not, can address similar frameworks. Whereas travelled space is often adventurous, and speaking of hardship, strange encounters and danger, city portraits tell a tale of civilized life and civic pride. The book seeks to address the multiple ways in which maps and travel literature conceive of the world, communicate a 'Weltbild', depict space, and/or define knowledge. The volume challenges academic boundaries in the study of cartography by exploring the links between mapmaking and artistic practices. The contributions discuss individual mapmakers, authors of travelogues, mapmaking as an artistic practice, the relationship between travel literature and mapmaking, illustration in travel literature, and imagination in depictions of newly explored worlds.

Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West - Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of... Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West - Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Martijn Storms, Mario Cams, Imre Josef Demhardt, Ferjan Ormeling
R7,303 Discovery Miles 73 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th-20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. Topics addressed included Asia's place in the world, the Dutch East India Company, toponymy, Philipp Franz von Siebold, maritime cartography, missionary mapping and cadastral mapping.

A Cartographic Turn (Hardcover): Jacques Levy A Cartographic Turn (Hardcover)
Jacques Levy
R2,453 Discovery Miles 24 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contemporary cartography faces a threefold, simultaneous set of pressures. First, it is clear that a restricted circle of specialists no longer holds a monopoly over cartographic production and that there is no longer any implicit agreement about maps. Secondly, scientific and technological innovations are rapidly modifying the boundaries between what a map is and is not, increasing the importance of the individual user or map maker. Finally there is a great need for cartographic instruments to empower the citizen-cartographers, tools to help them make sense of the maps that they are making. What is needed is an innovative framework able to help us to think about cartography not only in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of ethics. Ethics is approached here as a fundamental component of an overall emerging self-reflexive attitude: what actually are the social values and responsible attitudes that are at stake in cartographic practices? If we are able to understand how the relationship between a society and its maps tends to design new configurations, we can enhance scientific and technological innovation. We can also contribute to a more general public debate on spatial visualization, which would imply the breaking up of the impermeable borders that persist between academic disciplines.

A History of America in 100 Maps (Hardcover): Susan Schulten A History of America in 100 Maps (Hardcover)
Susan Schulten 1
R989 R847 Discovery Miles 8 470 Save R142 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps have the power to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Schulten draws on both official and ephemeral artefacts - maps of exploration, political conflict and territorial control as well as education, science and tourism. Many of the maps in this volume have been deemed important for their role in exploration, statecraft, and diplomacy. But readers will also find lesser-known maps made by soldiers on the front, Native American tribal leaders, and the first generation of girls to be publicly educated. By exploring both iconic as well as unfamiliar treasures, Susan Schulten offers us a fresh perspective on the American past. Most of the maps in this book are from the British Library collection - the richest storehouse of American mapping outside North America. Many have not been reproduced before.

The Sky Atlas - The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe (Hardcover): Edward Brooke-hitching The Sky Atlas - The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe (Hardcover)
Edward Brooke-hitching 2
R794 R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Beautiful ... endless, brilliant unforgettable stories' Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6 'Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images' Daily Mail After the enormous international success of The Phantom Atlas and The Golden Atlas, Edward Brooke-Hitching's brilliant book unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during mankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography - a glorious genre of map-making often overlooked by modern map books - as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments and other appealing curiosities. This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars and planets, but also of gods, devils, weather wizards, flying sailors, medieval aliens, mythological animals and rampaging spirits. The reader is taken on a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats, Mongolian astral prophets and Sir William Herschel's 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity. Even stranger are the forgotten stories from European history, like the English belief of the Middle Ages in ships that sailed a sea above the clouds, 16th-century German UFO sightings and the Edwardian aristocrat who mistakenly mapped alien-made canals on the surface of Mars. As the intricacies of our universe are today being revealed with unprecedented clarity, there has never been a better time for a highly readable book as beautiful as the night sky to contextualise the scale of these achievements for the general reader.

An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration 3e (Paperback, 3rd Edition): P Kearey An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration 3e (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
P Kearey
R1,743 Discovery Miles 17 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new edition of the well-established Kearey and Brooks text is fully updated to reflect the important developments in geophysical methods since the production of the previous edition. The broad scope of previous editions is maintained, with even greater clarity of explanations from the revised text and extensively revised figures. Each of the major geophysical methods is treated systematically developing the theory behind the method and detailing the instrumentation, field data acquisition techniques, data processing and interpretation methods. The practical application of each method to such diverse exploration applications as petroleum, groundwater, engineering, environmental and forensic is shown by case histories.

The mathematics required in order to understand the text is purposely kept to a minimum, so the book is suitable for courses taken in geophysics by all undergraduate students. It will also be of use to postgraduate students who might wish to include geophysics in their studies and to all professional geologists who wish to discover the breadth of the subject in connection with their own work.

Decolonizing the Map - Cartography from Colony to Nation (Hardcover): James R Akerman Decolonizing the Map - Cartography from Colony to Nation (Hardcover)
James R Akerman
R1,955 Discovery Miles 19 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, develop their national identity, establish their role in the community of nations, and more. The contributors to Decolonizing the Map explore this complicated relationship between mapping and decolonization while engaging with recent theoretical debates about the nature of decolonization itself. These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth, contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, Decolonizing the Map is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long and clearly unfinished parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world.

History of Cartography (Paperback, 2nd edition): Leo Bagrow History of Cartography (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Leo Bagrow
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, and to tell us something of their development, their makers and printers, their varieties and characteristics. The authors' chief concern is with the appearance of maps: they exclude any examination of their content, or of scientific methods of mapmaking. This book ends in the second half of the eighteenth century, when craftsmanship was superseded by specialized science and the machine. As a history of the evolution of the early map, it is a stunning work of art and science.

This expanded second edition of Bagrow and Skelton's "History of Cartography" marks the reappearance of this seminal work after a hiatus of nearly a half century. As a reprint project undertaken many years after the book last appeared, finding suitable materials to work from proved to be no easy task. Because of the wealth of monochrome and color plates, the book could only be properly reproduced using the original materials. Ultimately the authors were able to obtain materials from the original printer Scotchprints or contact films made directly from original plates, thus allowing the work to preserve the beauty and clarity of the illustrations.

Old maps, collated with other materials, help us to elucidate the course of human history. It was not until the eighteenth century, however, that maps were gradually stripped of their artistic decoration and transformed into plain, specialist sources of information based upon measurement. Maps are objects of historical, artistic, and cultural significance, and thus collecting them seems to need no justification, simply enjoyment.

The Girl of Ink & Stars (illustrated edition) (Hardcover): Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Girl of Ink & Stars (illustrated edition) (Hardcover)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave; Illustrated by Olia Muza
R805 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A stunning illustrated edition of the magical bestseller - a perfect gift for Christmas! Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize Beautiful, thrilling and magical, Sunday Times bestselling-author Kiran Millwood Hargrave's critically-acclaimed first novel is a modern classic. 'Absolutely loved it from start to finish' TOM FLETCHER 'I read it, I loved it' MALORIE BLACKMAN 'Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a spellbinding world of magic, myth and adventure' EMMA CARROLL Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her cartographer father once mapped. When her friend disappears, she volunteers to guide the search. The world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland - and beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a fire demon is stirring from its sleep. Soon, following her map, her heart and an ancient myth, Isabella discovers the true end of her journey: to save the island itself. A beautifully written, multi award-winning story of friendship, discovery, myths and magic for any age - perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Frances Hardinge or Katherine Rundell A perfect gift for Christmas, illustrated in colour by Olia Muza, and featuring a bonus chapter From the author of Julia and the Shark, Leila and the Blue Fox and The Mercies, chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club Set in an extensive and stunningly-imagined parallel world imbued with magical realism

Advances in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Jiayao Wang, Fang Wu Advances in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Jiayao Wang, Fang Wu
R5,194 Discovery Miles 51 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reviews and summarizes the development and achievement in cartography and geographic information engineering in China over the past 60 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It comprehensively reflects cartography, as a traditional discipline, has almost the same long history with the world's first culture and has experienced extraordinary and great changes. The book consists of nineteen thematic chapters. Each chapter is in accordance with the unified directory structure, introduction, development process, major study achievements, problem and prospect, representative works, as well as a lot of references. It is useful as a reference both for scientists and technicians who are engaged in teaching, researching and engineering of cartography and geographic information engineering.

Urban and Regional Data Management - UDMS 2007 Annual (Hardcover): Massimo Rumor, Volker Coors, Elfriede M. Fendel, Sisi... Urban and Regional Data Management - UDMS 2007 Annual (Hardcover)
Massimo Rumor, Volker Coors, Elfriede M. Fendel, Sisi Zlatanova
R7,676 Discovery Miles 76 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Spatial technologies like GIS, CAD, and spatial DBMS have proved their applicability and usability in almost every sector of urban development. Urban Planning Systems, Public Participation Systems, and others have been continuously developed and improved contributing to better decision making, communicating ideas between different actors as well as receiving feedback concerning alternatives or implemented designs. The Urban Data Management Society (UDMS) aims at providing a forum to discuss urban planning processes, exchange ideas, share information on available technology and demonstrate and promote successful information systems in local government. The initial focus has been on urban applications, but considering the close link with regional and rural issues, these have increasingly been represented and have grown recently in importance. From an economic point of view land becomes scarce and therefore much more valuable. Urban and Regional Data Management. UDMS Annual 2007 addresses the following themes: - Geo-collaboration in Urban and Regional Environments - Urban and Regional Computing - GIS in Urban and Regional Data Management for Sustainable Development The book will be a useful source of information for urban data-related professionals, such as GIS engineers, geomatic professionals, photogrammetrists, land surveyors, mapping specialists, urban planners and researchers, as well as for postgraduate students and lecturers.

The Nine Lives of John Ogilby - Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets (Paperback): Alan Ereira The Nine Lives of John Ogilby - Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets (Paperback)
Alan Ereira 1
R411 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R51 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Four hundred years ago, every barrister had to dance because dancing put them in harmony with the universe. John Ogilby's first job, in 1612, was to teach them. By the 1670s, he was Charles II's Royal Cosmographer, creating beautiful measured drawings that placed roads on maps for the first time. During the intervening years, Ogilby had travelled through fire and plague, war and shipwreck; had been an impresario in Dublin, a poet in London, a soldier and sea captain, as well as a secret agent, publisher and scientific geographer. The world of his youth had been blown up and turned upside down. Beset by danger, he carefully concealed his biography in codes and cyphers, which meant that the truth about his life has remained unknown... until today. In this enlightening book, Alan Ereira brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve a conspiracy of kings and England's undoing. The Nine Lives of John Ogilby is the story of a remarkable man, and of a covert journey which gave birth to the modern world.

Programming ArcObjects with VBA - A Task-Oriented Approach, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Kang-Tsung Chang Programming ArcObjects with VBA - A Task-Oriented Approach, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Kang-Tsung Chang
R4,498 Discovery Miles 44 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

If you're ready to take your knowledge of ArcGIS to the next level, then you need to learn how to work with ArcObjects. But with thousands of objects, properties, and methods, how can you ever hope to sort through the ArcObjects model diagrams? The first edition of Chang's Programming ArcObjects with VBA: A Task-Oriented Approach gave us the answer. The author's task-oriented approach shows you how to sort through the massive ArcObjects collection by examining only the objects, properties, and methods you need to perform specific tasks. What's new in the second edition? This edition adds macros and explanations for the new Geoprocessing object introduced in ArcGIS 9.x. Instead of treating this new feature in separate chapters, the author incorporates Geoprocessing code into the existing chapters. The code appears conveniently in boxes that allow you to easily compare sample macros. Get Started with Ready-to-Use Code The downloadable resources contain 95 complete ArcObjects macros and 33 Geoprocessing macros, along with datasets to execute the code. Each program begins with a short usage description and a list of key properties and methods, followed by the listing and explanation of the code itself. Regardless of your programming experience, Programming ArcObjects with VBA: A Task-Oriented Approach, Second Edition gives you the key to unlock the power and versatility of using ArcObjects to help you manage GIS activities.

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