ABSTRACT
The contributors to this edited collection demonstrate that geographic information research is truly global in character, cutting across a wide range of disciplines and addressing conceptual, methodological, technical, ethical and political issues alike. Of the six themes, two are broadly concerned with data integration (geographic data infrastructures, GIS diffusion and implementation); two are more technical and conceptual in nature (generalisation, concepts and paradigms), and two reflect to a larger extent the application-driven nature of GIS technology (spatial analysis and multimedia). Each section is introduced by chapters highlighting the key research issues. Further chapters explore these issues in greater depth, and benefit from the international collaboration. Through the comparison of results included in this book, the prospects for advancing the field and addressing the challenges of GIS research are greatly improved.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|75 pages
Geographic Data Infrastructure
chapter Chapter Five|12 pages
Infrastructures for Sharing Geographic Information: Lessons from the Great Lakes and the Columbia River
part Two|92 pages
GIS Diffusion and Implementation
chapter Chapter Nine|17 pages
In Search of the Dependent Variable: Toward Synthesis in GIS Implementation Research
chapter Chapter Ten|19 pages
Leading and Managing the GIS Implementation Process: Beyond the Myth of the GIS Champion
chapter Chapter Eleven|20 pages
GIS Technology and Organisational Context: Interaction and Adaptation
part Three|110 pages
Generalisation
chapter Chapter Fifteen|15 pages
Efficient Handling of Large Spatial Data Sets by Generalised Delaunay Networks
chapter Chapter Sixteen|14 pages
Shape-based Reconstruction of Natural Surfaces: An Application to the Antarctic Sea Floor
part Four|102 pages
Concepts and Paradigms
chapter Chapter Twenty-One|14 pages
The Role of Spatial Abilities in the Acquisition and Representation of Geographic Space
chapter Chapter Twenty-Two|14 pages
Modelling Semantical 1 , Spatial and Temporal Information in a GIS
chapter Chapter Twenty-Three|20 pages
CON.G.O.O.: A Conceptual Formalism for Geographic Database Design
chapter Chapter Twenty-Four|14 pages
Agent-based Pattern Identification in Imagery: Exploring Spatial Data with Artificial Life
part Five|125 pages
Spatial Analysis
chapter Chapter Twenty-Seven|15 pages
Linking GIS and Multilevel Modelling in the Spatial Analysis of House Prices
chapter Chapter Twenty-Nine|15 pages
GIS in Quantitative Geomorphology – Assessment of Denudation Rates in the Central Kenya Rift
chapter Chapter Thirty|14 pages
A Study of Voter Turnout in New York City Elections using Spatial Statistics
chapter Chapter Thirty-Two|15 pages
Ecologists, Farmers, Tourists – GIS Support Planning of Red Stone Park, China
chapter Chapter Thirty-Three|15 pages
A Generic Spatial Decision-support System for Planning Retail Facilities
chapter Chapter Thirty-Four|12 pages
A Spatial Decision-support System for Collaborative Solid Waste Planning
part Six|73 pages
New Data Types: GIS and Multimedia