Life and Motion of Socio-Economic Units - GISDATA Volume 8

The amount of data collected by governments, business and research organisations has increased markedly in recent years. Geographic Information Systems have been more widely used than ever before for the storage and analysis of this information. Most GIS handle this data spatially rather than temporally, and have difficulty with the management of socio-economic time series which relate to changing spatial units.
Accordingly, this book covers the issues ranging from a formal model to differentiate aspects of spatio-temporal data, through philosophical and fundamental reconsideration of time and space, to the development of practical solutions to the problem. This book draws together an interdisciplinary group of scientists in the field of geography, computing, surveying and philosophy. It presents the definitive sourcebook on temporal GIS as applied to socioeconomic units.
Key Features:
* The definitive sourcebook on temporal GIS and socio-economic units
* A wide-ranging interdisciplinary study * Sets the issues in an international context

List of contents

1. Introduction by the Editors 2. Setting the Stage 3. Ontological Background 4. Databases for Temporal GIS: Applications 5. Definition of Socio-economic Units

About the author

Frank\, Andrew; Raper\, Jonathan; Cheylan\, J. P.

Summary

A wide-ranging and inter-disciplinary study of the way data is collected by governments, business and research organisations. Most GIS handle this data spatially and have difficulty with the socio-economic aspect. The definitive sourcebook.

Product details

• Assisted by: J. P. Cheylan (Editor), Andrew Frank (Editor), Andrew (University of Vienna Frank (Editor), Frank Andrew (Editor), Jonathan Raper (Editor), Jonathan (City University Raper (Editor), Raper Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780748408450
• ISBN: 978-0-7484-0845-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Weight: 875 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing