Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies

This book chapter focuses on the use of three-dimensional representations of landscape, where digital terrain data is used as a backdrop to place cultural heritage information including passages from works of literature, diaries, and sketches, into a broader landscape context. Three case studies, wh...

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Main Author: Priestnall, Gary
Other Authors: Cooper, D.
Format: Book Section
Published: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29192/
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description This book chapter focuses on the use of three-dimensional representations of landscape, where digital terrain data is used as a backdrop to place cultural heritage information including passages from works of literature, diaries, and sketches, into a broader landscape context. Three case studies, which offer examples of different presentation techniques, one based on a computer monitor, one on a physical landscape model, and one on a mobile device, are described. The studies engage with the same geographic area, upland Cumbria in North West England, where surface relief is a dominant feature of the landscape. Each case study, however, uses different technologies appropriate to the contexts of display and a set of stated aims. The chapter summarises the affordances of each technique, presents observations from their use, and discusses some of the opportunities and design challenges that apply when utilising geospatial technology and digital landscape models for communicating spatial context.
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spelling nottingham-291922020-05-04T20:34:47Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29192/ Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies Priestnall, Gary This book chapter focuses on the use of three-dimensional representations of landscape, where digital terrain data is used as a backdrop to place cultural heritage information including passages from works of literature, diaries, and sketches, into a broader landscape context. Three case studies, which offer examples of different presentation techniques, one based on a computer monitor, one on a physical landscape model, and one on a mobile device, are described. The studies engage with the same geographic area, upland Cumbria in North West England, where surface relief is a dominant feature of the landscape. Each case study, however, uses different technologies appropriate to the contexts of display and a set of stated aims. The chapter summarises the affordances of each technique, presents observations from their use, and discusses some of the opportunities and design challenges that apply when utilising geospatial technology and digital landscape models for communicating spatial context. Ashgate Publishing Ltd Cooper, D. McDonald, C. Murrieta-Flores, P. Book Section PeerReviewed Priestnall, Gary Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies. In: Literary mapping in the digital age. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. (In Press) Spatial frame of reference virtual globe physical landscape model locative media geographic visualization.
spellingShingle Spatial frame of reference
virtual globe
physical landscape model
locative media
geographic visualization.
Priestnall, Gary
Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title_full Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title_fullStr Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title_full_unstemmed Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title_short Spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
title_sort spatial frames of reference for literature using geospatial technologies
topic Spatial frame of reference
virtual globe
physical landscape model
locative media
geographic visualization.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29192/