Essays about: "What is cartography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words What is cartography.

  1. 1. The Use of User-Produced Maps as Heritage Knowledge Sources : What user-produced maps of Visby reflect about heritage values

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofia Parmelee; [2023]
    Keywords : user-produced; digital cartography; cultural heritage; sustainability;

    Abstract : This thesis engages with sustainable cultural heritage by considering how user-produced maps may reveal new knowledge about heritage values. Through interrogating whether authorized heritage values and unauthorized heritage values are aligned, as manifested in cartographical sources, by taking the World Heritage city of Visby, Sweden as a case study. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who can “I” or “we” be without Gender? An online ethnographic study to understand identity inside the alchemy of agender

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Felicity Markdal; [2022]
    Keywords : Agender; Non-binary; Phenomenology; Genderqueer; Alchemy; Eidetic reduction; Queer theory; Husserl; Braidotti; Irigaray;

    Abstract : This research is a curiosity for the spaces outside the gender binary, the spaces where an “I” and a “we” could manifest unencumbered by this hierarchical binary[1]. The binary is often in gender research considered a system of understanding sexed peoples in this world based on their differential position in relation to one another. READ MORE

  4. 3. Custom Base Maps for Utility Network Applications

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Rasmus Eduards; [2019]
    Keywords : GIS; cartography; base map; background map; utility network; user centred design; map design;

    Abstract : Web maps are today used more than ever. These are often displayed in geographical information system solutions. Web maps are often constructed in the terms of different layers where the bottom-most layer is called base map or background map. A specific kind of base maps are those that are the canvas for utility networks. READ MORE

  5. 4. En fallstudie av The Travelling Transect : att upptäcka en plats i analys och design

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Emma Henriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : The Travelling Transect; transekt-er; Ytterön; platsanalys; efemära aspekter; designprocess;

    Abstract : Platsanalysen är en central och väsentlig del av designprocessen inom landskapsarkitektur för att den är med och skapar förståelsen av en plats såväl som ett landskaps förutsättningar. Designprocessen begränsas ofta av en kort tidsram med få eller inga platsbesök. READ MORE

  6. 5. Visualizing the third dimension : map guidelines for a 3D detailed development plan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Stephanie Elizabeth Judge; [2019]
    Keywords : physical geography and ecosystem analysis; 3D Visualization; public participation; map guidelines; detailed development plan; sustainable development; geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Public participation during urban development is key for setting a project up for success and for supporting sustainable growth, but current detailed development plans available in paper-based 2D format are difficult for the public to understand. The literature has shown that the introduction of 3D visualizations can improve citizens’ understanding of a plan proposal; however, moving from static 2D to digital 3D space requires effective visualization tailored to this specific application. READ MORE