The focal main objective of the book is to constitute a meaningful linkage among research problems, geoinformation methods and corresponding applications. The research goals, related both to theoretical and practical issues, derive from multidisciplinary fields such as archaeology, history, geography, landscape planning, environment, geoinformation science, geology and geomorphology. All the aforementioned scientific areas have the spatial dimension in common, i.e. the vast amount of spatially referenced data. Their research issues can be addressed and analysed with geoinformation technology; though, the researchers should get familiar to the range of available geoinformation methods. The book provides description of a variety of research problems issues and technological ‘solutions’approaches that can be used to support processes of data capturing, mapping and analysis. These techniques and concepts are illustrated on numerous practical examples. along with specific examples, where these have been applied. The current structure of the book includes the following four chapters: introduction, data capturing and mapping, analysis and modelling, and study cases. In the following we provide a more detailed content of each chapter listing the main topics included within the selected articles.

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The research goals, both theoretical and practical, originate from multidisciplinary fields such as archaeology, history, geography, landscape planning, environment, geoinformation science, geology and geomorphology. Illustrated with practical examples, this book links research problems, geoinformation methods, and corresponding applications.
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1. Introduction: Research components linking papers; Data quality, scales, errors and accuracy; What is geo-cultural landscape; Are we interested in what modern man caused to the landscape? - 2. Data capturing and mapping: Introduction; Vertical photogrammetry; Oblique aerial photography; Lidar; High resolution satellite image interpretation; Global Positioning Systems; Field data collection; Vectorisation and rectification of historical maps; Technical concept of WebGIS - 3. Analysis and modeling: Introduction; Surface modelling; Linear landscape features; Landscape characterisation; Land use analysis; Landscape metrics; Geo-cultural modeling; Visualisation - 4. Case Studies: a. Roscommon, Ireland; b. Lincolnshire, Great Britain; c. Thira, Akrotiri, Greece; d. Vindobona, Austria; e. Eastern Andalusia, Spain; f. Potenza valley, Italy; g. Eastern Andalusia, Spain; h. Potenza valley, Italy; i. Lac de Montady, France.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415468596
Publisert
2008-12-04
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press
Vekt
703 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
308

Biographical note

Andreas Vassilopoulos, Niki Evelpidou, Oliver Bender, Alenka Krek