TY - BOOK ID - 145800833 TI - Computing geographically : bridging giscience and geography PY - 2024 SN - 9781462553938 PB - New York : The Guilford Press, DB - UniCat KW - Système d'information géographique. KW - Géomatique. KW - Géographie (discipline) KW - Geographic information science. KW - Geographic information systems. KW - Geography KW - Méthodologie. KW - Methodology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145800833 AB - "Geographic information science (GISc) and systems (GIS) have grown rapidly in recent decades, increasingly on a separate track from geographic thought. As geography's "big ideas"--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book considers how key concepts have developed in geography and are represented (or not) in GISc, with a view to bridging gaps between the two. David O'Sullivan shows how revisiting the theoretical underpinnings of geography offers insights on enduring GIS challenges--including map projections, the modifiable areal unit problem, scale and map generalization, and the nature of space and place--while also enriching geographic thought. The book uses examples from across geography's subdisciplines to promote understanding. Chapters are self-contained essays that can easily form the basis of classroom discussions. "-- ER -