Geoinformation Technologies for Geo Cultural Landscapes: European - Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Andreas Vassilopoulos, Niki Evelpidou, Oliver Bender, Alenka Krek Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: Andreas Vassilopoulos, Andreas (Geocultural Park of Easter Vassilopoulos, Andreas Evelpidou Vassilopoulos, Vassilopoulos Andreas, VASSILOPOULOS ANDREAS EVELPIDOU
• Assisted by: Oliver Bender (Editor), Oliver (Austrian Academy of Sciences Bender (Editor), Bender Oliver (Editor), Niki Evelpidou (Editor), Niki (University of Athens Evelpidou (Editor), Evelpidou Niki (Editor), Alenka Krek (Editor), Alenka (Hafencity University Hamburg Krek (Editor), Krek Alenka (Editor), Andreas Vassilopoulos (Editor), Andreas (Geocultural Park of Eastern Aegean Vassilopoulos (Editor), Vassilopoulos Andreas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415468596
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46859-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Landscape art & architecture, NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Human Geography, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Landscape architecture and design, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Geology & The Lithosphere, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing