TY - BOOK AU - Abernathy, David Ray TI - Using Geodata & Geolocation in the Social Sciences: Mapping Our Connected World SN - 9781473908178 U1 - 910.21 PY - 2017/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Geography KW - Statistical methods KW - Data processing KW - Geodatabases KW - Social aspects KW - Social sciences KW - Geographic information systems N1 - 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 ER -