International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet

丛 书 名：Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

版本说明：2008

作     者：Michael P Peterson 

I S B N：(纸本) 9783540720287 

出 版 社：Springer Berlin Heidelberg 

出 版 年：2008年

摘      要：The Internet has redifined how maps are used. No longer restricted to paper, maps are now transmitted almost instantly and delivered to the user in a fraction of the time required to distribute maps on paper. They are viewed in a more timely fashion. Weather maps, for example, are updated continously throughout the day. Most importantly, maps on the Internet are more interactive. They are accessed through a hyperlinking structure that makes it possible to engage the map user on a higher-level than is possible with a map on paper. Finally, the Internet is making it possible to more easily distribute different kinds of cartographic displays such as animations. The Internet presents the map user with both a faster method of map distribution and different forms of mapping. This book provides an international perspective on this growing area of information dissemination.