Spatial mathematics theory and practice through mapping

"Spatial mathematics and analysis, two different approaches to scholarship, yield different results and employ different tools. This book explores both approaches to looking at real world issues that have mathematics as a critical, but often unseen, component. Readers learn the mathematics requ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Arlinghaus, Sandra L.
Other Authors Kerski, Joseph J.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.
Subjects
Geography > Mathematics.
Cartography > Mathematics.
Geographic information systems > Software.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466505339
Physical Descriptionxxviii, 272 p. : ill., maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Geometry of the sphere
  • 2. Location, trigonometry, and measurement of the sphere
  • 3. Transformations : analysis and raster/vector formats
  • 4. Replication of results : color and number
  • 5. Scale
  • 6. Partitioning of data : classification and analysis
  • 7. Visualizing hierarchies
  • 8. Distribution of data : selected concepts
  • 9. Map projections
  • 10. Integrating past, present, and future approaches.

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