Essays about: "cartography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 essays containing the word 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. Automatic icon placement approach for improved association & walkability on city wayfinding maps

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sofia Apostolidou; [2023]
    Keywords : Physical Geography; Ecosystem Analysis; Cartography; Icon placement; High density; City wayfinding maps; Quality metrics; Association; Disturbance; Legibility; Cartographic guidelines; Grid algorithm; Evaluation; Multi-objective optimization; NSGA-II; Pareto front; Walkability; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : With the evolution of cartography from hand-drawn to digital maps, the task of icon placement has become increasingly complex. Nowadays there is a need to automate this process to produce high quality results in less time. READ MORE

  4. 3. Customer Usage and User-Experienced Quality of NVDB Bicycle Data

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Linnea Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Bicycle data; Data quality; NVDB; Cykeldata; datakvalitet; NVDB;

    Abstract : The national road database, NVDB, contains data on Swedish roads, streets, bicycle paths, and their attributes. Ensuring good data quality of bicycle data is important since it can help develop the bicycle infrastructure and strengthen the role of cycling in the transport system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Compact Digital Track Maps: Enhancing Train Traveller Information at the Crossing of Accuracy and Availability : A comparative analysis of algorithms for generating compact representations of railway tracks

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Adam Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Train positioning; Digital track map; Digital map generation; Position measurement; Global navigation satellite system; Cartography; Tågpositionering; Digitala spårkartor; Generering av digitala kartor; Positionsmätning; Satellitnavigation; Kartograf;

    Abstract : Trains are constrained to the railway tracks they operate on. This can be leveraged for absolute train positioning, where a train’s position can be mapped onto a digital track map (DTM). Extensive research has been dedicated to enhancing the accuracy of DTMs. READ MORE

  6. 5. Non-fungible tokens: tracing shifts in the art market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Julius Woeste; [2022]
    Keywords : NFT; art market; actor-network theory; Bourdieu; cartography of controversies;

    Abstract : Given the advent and market boom of NFTs, this thesis concerns itself with observing how NFTs are shifting the art market, and how those shifts can be explained, as the two seemingly disparate markets have different actors, processes and characteristics. In order to answer these questions the thesis takes an abductive case study design and employs an actor-network theory (ANT) approach to observe shifts in the markets by both human and non-human actors. READ MORE