Essays about: "digital-cartography"
Found 3 essays containing the word digital-cartography.
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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 institutionenAbstract : 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
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2. A Graph-Based Approach to Procedural Terrain
University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)Abstract : Procedural terrain generation is a field that handles procedural, not by hand, generated realistic looking terrain for use in simulations, video games, movie special effects or art. It allows for creation of vast and far more detailed terrain than humans can create by hand. In this paper a new method for procedural terrain generation is presented. READ MORE
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3. Magellan on Foursquare
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesignAbstract : The paper explores the rise of digital cartography and subsequently location-based services, using Foursquare as case study. In fact, the rise of smartphones and wireless technologies have made Internet ubiquitous and online services accessible from anywhere. READ MORE