Spatial Mathematics

<p>In terms of statistics GIS offers many connections. With GIS data are gathered displayed summarized examined and interpreted to discover patterns. <b>Spatial Mathematics: Theory and Practice through Mapping</b> uses GIS as a platform to teach mathematical concepts and skills through visualization of numbers. It examines theory and practice from disparate academic disciplines such as geography mathematics physics and general social science. This approach allows students to grapple with biodiversity crime natural hazards climate energy water and other relevant real-world issues of the twenty-first century.</p><p></p><p>Includes QR Codes Linked to Animated Maps a Mapping Activity Site or to an Interactive Webpage Creating an Interactive Resource That Stays Relevant</p><p></p><p>The book integrates competing philosophical views of the world: synthesis and analysis. These two approaches yield different results and employ different tools. This book considers both approaches to looking at real-world issues that have mathematics as a critical but often unseen component. This approach shows readers how to use mathematics to consider the broad problem at hand and to explore diverse realms in the worlds of geography and mathematics and in their interface. </p><p></p><p>A truly interdisciplinary text the book bridges the worlds of mathematics and geography and demonstrates how they are inextricably linked. It takes advantage of the convergence in citizen science STEM education and mapping that help readers become critical consumers of data—understanding its content quality limitations and benefits. It provides thorough grounding in the analytical statistical and computational skills required for working in any field that uses geospatial technologies—not just surveyors and remote sensing analysts.</p>