Overview

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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Author:   Andreas Vassilopoulos (Geocultural Park of Eastern Aegean, Athens, Greece) ,  Niki Evelpidou (University of Athens, Greece) ,  Oliver Bender (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria) ,  Alenka Krek (HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780415468596

ISBN 10:   0415468590
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   04 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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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