Abernathy, David Ray <br/><br/>
Using Geodata & Geolocation in the Social Sciences :  Mapping Our Connected World / 
David Abernathy. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Los Angeles :  SAGE,  2017. 
 - xiv, 327 pages, 2 unnumbered pages :  color illustrations, color maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 1. Introduction: The Power of Where<br/>  2. A Brief History of the Geoweb<br/>  3. “Big Geodata”: Managing Spatial Data in a Connected Age<br/>  4. Citizen Cartographers: Neogeography, VGI and the Democratization of Data Production<br/>  5. Challenges of the Geoweb: Data Accuracy, Privacy, and Surveillance<br/>  6. Introduction to Geodata: Types of Geodata; [see p. 9] How do we Identify and Gather Location-Based Data?<br/>  7. Capturing Absolute Location with the Global Positioning System<br/>  8. Geocoding, Geotagging & Geoparsing<br/>  9. Social Media Geodata: Capturing Location-Based Twitter Data<br/>  10. Mapping the Emerging Internet of Things<br/>  11. Visualizing Data in Geographic Information Systems with QGIS<br/>  12. Working with Geodata in GRASS<br/>  13. Working with Geodata in R<br/>  14. Web Mapping<br/>  15. Epilogue: Weaving the Geoweb 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781473908178 9781473908185 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geography--Statistical methods.<br/>Geography--Statistical methods.--Data processing.<br/>Geodatabases--Social aspects.<br/>Social sciences--Geographic information systems.<br/>Geographic information systems
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>910.21  / ABU