sophisticated interactive maps are increasingly used to explore information-guilding us through data landscapes to provide information and prompt insight and understanding. geovisualization is an emerging domain that draws upon disclipnes such as computer science, human-computer interaction design, cognitive sciences, graphical statisyics, data visualization, information visualization, geographic information sciences and cartography to discuss, develop and evaluate interactive cartography. this review and exploration of the current and future status of geovisualization has been produced by key researchers and practitioners from around the world in various cognate fields of study. the thirty-six chapters present summaries of work undertaken, case studies focused on new methods and their application, system descriptions, tests of their implementation, plans for colaboration and reflections on experiances of using and developing geovisualization techniques. sections of the book focus on software approaches to creating geovisualization;distributed geovisualization;design and evaluation issues that make geovisualization useful and usable. each is preceded by a joint perspective, co-authored by contributors to the sections. A context-setting introduction features key authors in information visualization, human-computer interaction design and GL science. in total, over 50 pages of colour are provided in the book along with more than 250 colour images in the associated digital appendices (provided on CD). the increasing inportance and use of spatial information and the map metaphor establishes geovisualization as an essential element of 21st century information use, a genuine opportunity for 21st century cartography and a requirement for modern map users. the chapters are mapped on the cover of this book using spatialization techniques that are described and explored within. whilst you may not be able to judge the book from its cover, these maps provide some insight into the scope of the book and the relationships between the chapters. they demonstrate some of the techniques and solutions that are developing in this exciting field and documented inside.

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