Editors:
- Is the first comprehensive book focused on the concepts grounding geography and GIS in the contemporary debate
- Includes (in only 200 pages) the most important and cited contributions, which investigate the relationships and the dynamics between philosophy and GIScience
- Is a useful philosophical tool for geoscientists (researchers and practitioners)
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophical Issues in GIS and GIScence
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Front Matter
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Representing the Geographic World
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Front Matter
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Geo-ontological Perspectives
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Front Matter
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More Theory, Practice and Applications
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The first part of the book is devoted to explore some of the main philosophical questions arising from GIS and GIScience, which include, among others, investigations in ontology, epistemology, linguistics and geometrical modeling. The second part concerns issues related to spatial and cartographical representations of the geographical world. The third part is focused on the ontology of geography, specifically in terms of geographical entities, objects and boundaries. Finally, in the fourth part, the topic of GIS constitutes a starting point for exploring themes such as quantum geography and disorientation, and for defining professional profiles for geographers with competences in GIS environment.
This book on a new and unexplored field of research could be a fundamental point of reference for professional philosophers and geographers interested in the theoretical reflection about the foundational concepts of GIScience. It is also interesting reading material for students (both undergraduates, postgraduates and Ph.D. students) in philosophy, geography, applied ontology, GIScience, geomatics and computer science.
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Editors and Affiliations
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University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
Timothy Tambassi
About the editor
Moreover, he was an ICUB Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, a Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Eastern Piedmont, and a Visiting Scholar at the Universities of Milan, Columbia in the City of New York and Durham.
His main interests of research include Metaphysics, Formal Ontology, Philosophy of Geography, Geo-ontologies and the Philosophy of E.J. Lowe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Philosophy of GIS
Editors: Timothy Tambassi
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16829-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16828-5Published: 18 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16831-5Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16829-2Published: 04 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 269
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Environmental Philosophy, Ontology, Topology