This book provides an introduction to HCI and usability aspects of Geographical Information Systems and Science. Its aim is to introduce the principles of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); to discuss the special usability aspects of GIS which designers and developers need to take into account when developing such systems; and to offer a set of tried and tested frameworks, matrices and techniques that can be used within GIS projects.
Geographical Information Systems and other applications of computerised mapping have gained popularity in recent years. Today, computer-based maps are common...
This book provides an introduction to HCI and usability aspects of Geographical Information Systems and Science. Its aim is to introduce the principle...
This book introduces and reviews recent advances in the field in a comprehensive and non-technical way by focusing on the potential of emerging citizen-science and social-computation frameworks, coupled with the latest theoretical and modeling tools developed by physicists, mathematicians, computer and social scientists to analyse, interpret and visualize complex data sets.
There is overwhelming evidence that the current organisation of our economies and societies is seriously damaging biological ecosystems and human living conditions in the short term, with potentially catastrophic...
This book introduces and reviews recent advances in the field in a comprehensive and non-technical way by focusing on the potential of emerging cit...
