GIS-facilitated spatial narratives: Danish plantations in Ghana
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GIS-facilitated spatial narratives : Danish plantations in Ghana. / Møller-Jensen, Lasse; Jeppesen, Henrik; Kofie, Richard Y.
I: Geografisk Tidsskrift, Bind 108, Nr. 2, 2008, s. 49-57.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - GIS-facilitated spatial narratives
T2 - Danish plantations in Ghana
AU - Møller-Jensen, Lasse
AU - Jeppesen, Henrik
AU - Kofie, Richard Y.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The paper examines the implementation and dissemination of spatial narratives within a geographical information system context with specific reference to portable GPS-enabled devices. The overall goal is to establish a framework for the creation of computer assisted 'guided tours' based on the thematically and narrative linking of a set of locations within an area. A spatial narrative that describes the - largely unsuccessful - history of Danish plantations on the Gold Coast (1788-1850) is implemented through the Google Earth client. This client is seen both as a type of media in itself for ‘home-based' exploration of sites related to the narrative and as a tool that facilitates the design of spatial narratives before implementation within portable GIS devices. The Google Earth-based visualization of the spatial narrative is created by a Python script that outputs a web-accessible KML format file. The KML-file defines extended functionality for navigating within the narrative as well as additional data layers.
AB - The paper examines the implementation and dissemination of spatial narratives within a geographical information system context with specific reference to portable GPS-enabled devices. The overall goal is to establish a framework for the creation of computer assisted 'guided tours' based on the thematically and narrative linking of a set of locations within an area. A spatial narrative that describes the - largely unsuccessful - history of Danish plantations on the Gold Coast (1788-1850) is implemented through the Google Earth client. This client is seen both as a type of media in itself for ‘home-based' exploration of sites related to the narrative and as a tool that facilitates the design of spatial narratives before implementation within portable GIS devices. The Google Earth-based visualization of the spatial narrative is created by a Python script that outputs a web-accessible KML format file. The KML-file defines extended functionality for navigating within the narrative as well as additional data layers.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Ghana
KW - gps
KW - gis
KW - spatial narratives
KW - Ghana
KW - portable devices
KW - gps
KW - gis
M3 - Journal article
VL - 108
SP - 49
EP - 57
JO - Geografisk Tidsskrift
JF - Geografisk Tidsskrift
SN - 0016-7223
IS - 2
ER -
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