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Thematic Cartography for the Society

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Editors:
  1. Temenoujka Bandrova

    1. Department of Photogrammetry and Cartography, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  2. Milan Konecny

    1. Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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  3. Sisi Zlatanova

    1. GISt, OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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  • New technologies and cartographic methods for GI visualization
  • New techniques for user applications: decision making, orientation, education, etc
  • New methods for education using Web cartographic applications
  • Cartography and Social Media

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (LNGC)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. User-Friendly Internet and Web Cartography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Open Data Platform for Data Integration, Visualisation and Map Design

      • Tomas Mildorf, Jan Jezek, Otakar Cerba, Christian Malewski, Simon Templer, Michal Sredl et al.
      Pages 3-11

    3. A Web-Oriented Geoinformation System Application for Forest Fire Danger Prediction in Typical Forests of the Ukraine

      • Nikolay Baranovskiy, Marina Zharikova
      Pages 13-22

    4. An Integrated Web Mapping Solution to Assess the Effect of SLR on the Northern Coast of EGYPT: EGSLR

      • Aymen A. Solyman, Mamdouh M. El-Hattab, Rifai I. Rifai, Waleed M. T. Fakhar
      Pages 23-31

    5. Heattile, a New Method for Heatmap Implementations for Mobile Web-Based Cartographic Applications

      • Sebastian Meier, Frank Heidmann, Andreas Thom
      Pages 33-44

  3. User-Oriented Map Design and Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Designing Simple and Complex Animated Maps for Users from Different Age Groups, Employing the Appropriate Selection of Static and Dynamic Visual and Sound Variables

      • Dariusz Dukaczewski
      Pages 47-60

    3. Optimising the Selection of a Number of Choropleth Map Classes

      • Ali M. Al-Ghamdi
      Pages 61-77

    4. Elaboration of the Technology for Development of Planning Freedom Maps Using GIS Tools

      • Krystyna Kurowska, Hubert Kryszk, Ryszard Cymerman
      Pages 79-93

    5. The Solution of Massive Tasks in GIS Exemplified by Determining Terrain Surface Types Above Gas Pipelines in the Czech Republic

      • Dalibor Bartoněk, Jiří Bureš, Irena Opatřilová
      Pages 95-104

    6. Approaches to Infrastructure Provision of Spatial Water-Ecological Data on the Ob’ River Basin Systems

      • Irina N. Rotanova, Olga V. Lovtskaya
      Pages 105-118

    7. Cartography and Geovisualisation Techniques in the Exploratory Study of Geodiversity: Almeria Case Study

      • Rufino Pérez-Gómez, Juan-José Ibáñez
      Pages 119-129

    8. The Geographical Size of a Country and Methods for Its Calculation and Mapping

      • Vladimir S. Tikunov, Olga Yu. Chereshnya
      Pages 131-140

    9. The Academic Atlas of Czech History

      • Tomáš Janata, Jiří Cajthaml, Pavel Seemann, Růžena Zimová
      Pages 141-154

  4. Context-Oriented Cartographic Visualisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Cognitive Aspects of Geovisualisation: A Case Study of Active and Passive Exploration in a Virtual Environment

      • Asli Yilmaz, Serkan Kemec, H. SebnemDuzgun, Murat P. Cakir
      Pages 157-170

    3. Assessing the Completeness and Positional Accuracy of OpenStreetMap in China

      • Shudan Zheng, Jianghua Zheng
      Pages 171-189

    4. Combining Geographical and Social Dynamics in Dynamic 3D Environments

      • Mingyuan Hu, Hui Lin, Weitao Che, Tianpeng Lin, Zhang Fan
      Pages 191-208

    5. Cartographic Symbols Depicting Ecoregion Properties

      • Stella Whisler Todd
      Pages 209-220
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About this book

“Thematic Cartography for the Society” is prepared on the basis of the best 30 papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Cartography and GIS held in Albena, Bulgaria in 2014.

The aim of the conference is to register new knowledge and shape experiences about the latest achievements in cartography and GIS worldwide. At the same time, the focus is on the important European region - the Balkan Peninsula. The following topics are covered: User-friendly Internet and Web Cartography; User-oriented Map Design and Production; Context-oriented Cartographic Visualization; Map Interfaces for Volunteered Geographic Information; Sensing Technologies and their Integration with Maps; Cartography in Education. Focus on user-oriented cartographic approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Photogrammetry and Cartography, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Temenoujka Bandrova

  • Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Milan Konecny

  • GISt, OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Sisi Zlatanova

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