Geographic Information Systems mainly tend to be two dimensional, thus limiting the
applications. As GIS are being developed, researchers and practioners are finding new …

In city planning contexts, hypermedia systems have been demonstrated to be engaging
tools that make complex information understandable to those who are not technically …

The term multimedia was not in wide usage until the late 1970s and its exploitation by the
mapping sciences did not begin until the mid-1980s with the advent of the laserdisc and CD …

Cartographic user interfaces form a new branch in cartography. Display maps in them inherit
many of their properties from paper maps and traditional cartographic knowledge is …

Three perceived impediments to participation comprise:(1) the inability to physically attend
meetings;(2) being unable to understand others; and (3) struggling to have competing views …

Multimedia technology can be embedded in any application program including a
geographical information systems (GIS) or it can be supported at the operating system level …

1.1 Problemstellung Die Belastung der Bevölkerung durch Lärm hat in den letzten
Jahrzehnten stark zugenommen und damit eine verstärkte öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit …

Apart from the two space agencies DLR and NASA that made the development of the SOFIA
project at all possible, this thesis could not have been written without the help and …

The potential of Spatial Information Systems (SIS) is being increasingly realised for use in
Environmental Impact Assessment, although their full potential has not yet been fully …

The coastal zone is constantly changing, due to natural, social and economic processes. It
contains some of the world's most productive and diverse resources, including extensive …