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Advances in Cartography and GIScience

Selections from the International Cartographic Conference 2017

  • Presents a collection of contributions to the International Cartographic Conference, which is held every two years and is a major focus for research in the discipline
  • Offers a representative cross-section of the latest international research on cartography and geographic information systems (GISs)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 papers)

  1. Evaluating Map Quality

    1. Characterizing Maps from Visual Properties

      • Catherine Dominguès, Laurence Jolivet
      Pages 223-238
    2. How Hard Is It to Design Maps for Beginners, Intermediates and Experts?

      • Gáspár Albert, Virág Ilyés, Csaba Szigeti, Dávid Kis, Dávid Várkonyi
      Pages 239-253
    3. Interaction Problems Found Through Usability Testing on Interactive Maps

      • Elaine Gomes Vieira de Jesus, Patricia Lustosa Brito, Vivian de Oliveira Fernandes
      Pages 255-268
    4. The Apprehension of Overlaid Information in a Web Map

      • Dzenan Dumpor, Terje Midtbø
      Pages 269-281
    5. Visualization of Environment-related Information in Augmented Reality: Analysis of User Needs

      • KateÅ™ina ChmelaÅ™ová, ÄŒenÄ›k Å aÅ¡inka, ZdenÄ›k Stachoň
      Pages 283-292
  2. Geographic Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
    2. Analysis and Visualization of the Urban Residents’ Income-Related Happiness Index in China

      • Ying Song, Yang Yu, Yanfang Liu, Zixi Liu, Qianyi Li, Guoguang Xu
      Pages 295-307
    3. Mapping Community Vulnerability to Poaching: A Whole-of-Society Approach

      • Peter M. U. Schmitz, Duarte Gonçalves, Merin Jacobs
      Pages 325-340
    4. Mapping Urban Landscapes Along Streets Using Google Street View

      • Xiaojiang Li, Carlo Ratti, Ian Seiferling
      Pages 341-356
  3. Numerical Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 357-357
    2. Cross-Scale Analysis of Sub-pixel Variations in Digital Elevation Models

      • Mehran Ghandehari, Barbara P. Buttenfield, Carson J. Q. Farmer
      Pages 359-373
    3. Extraction of Ridge Lines from Grid DEMs with the Steepest Ascent Method Based on Constrained Direction

      • Wenping Jiang, Daping Xi, Xiaolong Deng, Lina Huang, Shen Ying
      Pages 375-387
    4. Using the A\(^{\!\star }\) Algorithm to Find Optimal Sequences for Area Aggregation

      • Dongliang Peng, Alexander Wolff, Jan-Henrik Haunert
      Pages 389-404
    5. Quantitative Expressions of Spatial Similarity in Multi-scale Map Spaces

      • Haowen Yan, Liming Zhang, Zhonghui Wang, Weifang Yang, Tao Liu, Liang Zhou
      Pages 405-416
    6. Balanced Allocation of Multi-criteria Geographic Areas by a Genetic Algorithm

      • Shahin Sharifi Noorian, Christian E. Murphy
      Pages 417-433
  4. Routing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 461-461
    2. A Confidence-Based Approach for the Assessment of Accessibility of Pedestrian Network for Manual Wheelchair Users

      • Amin Gharebaghi, Mir-Abolfazl Mostafavi, Geoffrey Edwards, Patrick Fougeyrollas, Patrick Morales-Coayla, François Routhier et al.
      Pages 463-477

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About this book

This book presents a selection of manuscripts submitted to the 2017 International Cartographic Conference held in Washington, DC at the beginning of July and made available at the conference. These manuscripts have been selected by the Scientific Program Committee and represent the wide-range of research that is done in the discipline. It also forms an important international collection representing research from at least 30-40 countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography and Geology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, USA

    Michael P. Peterson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Cartography and GIScience

  • Book Subtitle: Selections from the International Cartographic Conference 2017

  • Editors: Michael P. Peterson

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57336-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57335-9Published: 31 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86137-1Published: 04 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57336-6Published: 30 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1863-2246

  • Series E-ISSN: 1863-2351

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 542

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 197 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace

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