Understanding Different Geographies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kriz, Karel. (Editor), Cartwright, William. (Editor), Kinberger, Michaela. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29770-0
• Physical Description: IX, 252 p. 131 illus., 100 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642297700
• ISSN: 1863-2246

This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the Understanding Different Geographies Symposium held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011.� The Symposium focussed on Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts .� The general topics of the chapters cover: - Exploring geographic knowledge - Maps in exhibition spaces - Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic artefacts - Extracting meaning from visualisations of different geographies - Deconstructing maps of information - and other spaces