02982nam 22004815 450 991016413050332120200702112647.010.1007/978-94-024-1011-2(CKB)3710000001053515(DE-He213)978-94-024-1011-2(MiAaPQ)EBC4804201(PPN)198866402(EXLCZ)99371000000105351520170211d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMapping Across Academia /edited by Stanley D. Brunn, Martin Dodge1st ed. 2017.Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (X, 394 p. 128 illus., 77 illus. in color.) 94-024-1009-0 94-024-1011-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.What is where? The role of map representations and mapping practices in advancing scholarship -- Physical landscapes -- Making sense of cities: The role of maps in the past, present, and future of urban planning -- Ecology and space: A case study in mapping harmful invasive species -- Mapping the universe -- Mapping the human body: A GIS perspective -- The brain and its maps: An illustrative history -- Weather maps -- Mapping in public health -- Languages. Landscape: The thing about landscape’s nature: Is it a creature/monster of the map?.This book addresses the role and importance of space in the respective fields of the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses how map representations and mapping processes can inform ongoing intellectual debates or open new avenues for scholarly inquiry within and across disciplines, including a wide array of significant developments in spatial processes, including the Internet, global positioning system (GPS), affordable digital photography and mobile technologies. Last but not least it reviews and assesses recent research challenges across disciplines that enhance our understanding of spatial processes and mapping at scales ranging from the molecular to the galactic.Geographical information systemsHuman geographyGeographical Information Systems/Cartographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J13000Human Geographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X26000Geographical information systems.Human geography.Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.Human Geography.910.285Brunn Stanley Dedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDodge Martinedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910164130503321Mapping Across Academia2508056UNINA