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Using Geodata & Geolocation in the Social Sciences : Mapping Our Connected World / David Abernathy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2017.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 327 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781473908178
  • 9781473908185 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.21 ABU
Contents:
1. Introduction: The Power of Where
2. A Brief History of the Geoweb
3. “Big Geodata”: Managing Spatial Data in a Connected Age
4. Citizen Cartographers: Neogeography, VGI and the Democratization of Data Production
5. Challenges of the Geoweb: Data Accuracy, Privacy, and Surveillance
6. Introduction to Geodata: Types of Geodata; [see p. 9] How do we Identify and Gather Location-Based Data?
7. Capturing Absolute Location with the Global Positioning System
8. Geocoding, Geotagging & Geoparsing
9. Social Media Geodata: Capturing Location-Based Twitter Data
10. Mapping the Emerging Internet of Things
11. Visualizing Data in Geographic Information Systems with QGIS
12. Working with Geodata in GRASS
13. Working with Geodata in R
14. Web Mapping
15. Epilogue: Weaving the Geoweb
Item type: Books List(s) this item appears in: Urban & Rural Planning Disciplines
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Books Books KU Central Library Rack No. : 52 Shelve No. : A-01 Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books) 910.21 ABU 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 (NI) Not For Loan 51421

Covering context, concepts, and theories, as well as the practice of how to capture and visualize geodata, this text introduces readers to the Geoweb and how best to incorporate location-based data into research.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: The Power of Where

2. A Brief History of the Geoweb

3. “Big Geodata”: Managing Spatial Data in a Connected Age

4. Citizen Cartographers: Neogeography, VGI and the Democratization of Data Production

5. Challenges of the Geoweb: Data Accuracy, Privacy, and Surveillance

6. Introduction to Geodata: Types of Geodata; [see p. 9] How do we Identify and Gather Location-Based Data?

7. Capturing Absolute Location with the Global Positioning System

8. Geocoding, Geotagging & Geoparsing

9. Social Media Geodata: Capturing Location-Based Twitter Data

10. Mapping the Emerging Internet of Things

11. Visualizing Data in Geographic Information Systems with QGIS

12. Working with Geodata in GRASS

13. Working with Geodata in R

14. Web Mapping

15. Epilogue: Weaving the Geoweb

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