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This third volume of Naturally Hypernatural explores contemporary concepts of landscape in the humanities and the arts in relation to the notion that our age is defined by a geology of the human and that this reckoning constitutes a new epoch, aptly named the anthropocene.
The thesis of this volume that there is no homogeneous concept of landscape, just as there is no uniform definition of nature or culture was developed concurrently at a conference at the University of Graz and at a series of exhibitions centered on film, painting and photography at the Kunsthaus Graz. This...

There has never been a universal algebra of data. Mathematics has been widely employed by software in many ways: numerical analysis, statistics, algorithms, mathematical modeling, and so on, but it has never been used to formally define data in all its variety.

This changed when mathematical research into data algebra--carried out for Algebraix Data Corporation by one of the authors of this book--matured and was tested in an extensive range of data management, data integration, and performance optimization contexts. The purpose of this book is to explain that data algebra.

Geographic Information Systems are a compelling way to present data as well as offering a learning platform for students to become proficient with a variety of digital, graphical, analytical and technical skills.

Open the Door to GIS offers a way for teachers to use this powerful software in their classes without having to become experts, with freely downloadable Open-Source GIS, QGIS.

Using one of the oldest forms of teaching in the world, storytelling, each chapter offers students a fun and engaging way to learn about GIS, with a weekly story and activity, covering...

Open the Door to GIS guides you through a set of stories that will teach you how to use the most popular Open Source Geographic Information System available---QGIS. This book is recommended for students age 10--15 years.

You'll learn how to:

• Operate new software
• Design a digital map
• Generate a 3D map
• Communicate with maps
• Advance your creativity with a graphics package
• Invent solutions using software
• Successfully manage working as a group
• Develop a learning strategy for approaching new software
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