Nicholas Chrisman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5711740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Chrisman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Chrisman |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISMAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6542-7561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Thanks and farewell
I have had the duty and privilege to serve as Editor of this journal for the past six years. It has been my practice to use the last page of each year to thank all those who have contributed their
Introduction to special issue on frontiers of geospatial data science from the joint Ucgis symposium / Autocarto 2018 conference
The “Frontiers of Geospatial Data Science” was the theme of a joint meeting of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Sc
Measurement Theory
In many presentations, measurement is reduced to the classic levels of measurement presented by Stevens in 1946. While this scheme has its uses, it does not provide a complete model for geographic measurement. Any scheme to handle geographic measurement must deal with relationships between attribute and location, and eventually with time. Often we measure each one of these components by reducing our resolution in the others. A system of “measurem…
Special content sections
This issue of the journal features two special content sections of a new variant. Both of these arise from the happenstance of independent submissions, not as a deliberate special issue initiative
Aims and scope of C artography and Geographic Information Science
Maps that move
Cartographers, like any artists, must learn to live inside the technical constraints of their medium. At one point, portolan charts were drawn on parchment with quill pens. The printing press opene
Special content related to the International Cartographic Congress 2015 in Rio de Janiero
Special content related to the International Cartographic Congress 2015 in Rio de Janiero." Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 42(4), p. 305
Order from Noise
In the so-called Information Age, it is surprising that the concept of information is imprecisely defined and almost taken for granted. Historic and recent geographic information science (GIScience) literature relies on two conflicting metaphors, often espoused by the same author in adjacent paragraphs. The metaphor of invariance, derived from telecommunications engineering, defines information as a thing to be transported without loss through a …
Full Circle
The emergence of geographic information systems (GIS) has raised a useful debate in the discipline of geography over the connection between technology and society. Proponents of GIS have argued from the beginning that their work had a value that warranted adoption; hence, that technology brought something to society. A wave of criticism argued that there were implications and risks to society in adopting these technologies. While this debate serv…
Communities of Scholars
The search for "origins" in the history of technology is often disappointing. Each origin uncovers some predecessors vanishing into the mists. More importantly, the distinct competitors turn out to be much more entwined than imagined. This paper will describe the community into which automated cartography emerged. Being "first" is only something that is apparent in retrospect. It makes sense to remember a bit more about the pre-history of geograp…
Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of Maps
“Scientific theories are maps of the natural world.” This metaphor is often used as part of a deflationary argument for a weak but relatively global version of scientific realism, a version that recognizes the place of conventions, goals, and contingencies in scientific representations, while maintaining that they are typically true in a clear and literal sense. By examining, in a naturalistic way, some relationships between maps and what they ma…
Extending the Classroom
Hypermedia materials have great potential in teaching but it is unclear how university geography courses will adapt to the new technology and evolve. We have used a two-pronged approach that places course-specific materials into an integrated hypermedia resource connected to external sources that complement and extend the content. This strategy provides a path for traditional course materials to give access to the enormous resources available on …
Boundary Objects and the Social Construction of GIS Technology
The social construction of geographical information system (GIS) technology requires two-way relationships between technology and people. GIS technology, like any other technology, is more than a tool; it connects different social groups in the construction of new localized social arrangements. We examine several instances of how GIS technology involves social negotiation by using a construct of boundary objects developed in a social constructivi…
A Framework For Temporal Geographic Information
This paper defines the critical components of cartographic time and compares temporal and spatial topologies. Because time is topologically similar to space, spatial data structuring principles can be adapted to temporal data. We present three conceptualizations of temporal geographic information and select one as the most promising basis for a temporal geographic information system. This conceptualization creates a spatial composite of all geome…
Part 2
Boundary Objects and the Social Construction of GIS Technology
The social construction of geographical information system (GIS) technology requires two-way relationships between technology and people. GIS technology, like any other technology, is more than a tool; it connects different social groups in the construction of new localized social arrangements. We examine several instances of how GIS technology involves social negotiation by using a construct of boundary objects developed in a social constructivi…
Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of Maps
“Scientific theories are maps of the natural world.” This metaphor is often used as part of a deflationary argument for a weak but relatively global version of scientific realism, a version that recognizes the place of conventions, goals, and contingencies in scientific representations, while maintaining that they are typically true in a clear and literal sense. By examining, in a naturalistic way, some relationships between maps and what they ma…
Order from Noise
In the so-called Information Age, it is surprising that the concept of information is imprecisely defined and almost taken for granted. Historic and recent geographic information science (GIScience) literature relies on two conflicting metaphors, often espoused by the same author in adjacent paragraphs. The metaphor of invariance, derived from telecommunications engineering, defines information as a thing to be transported without loss through a …
Extending the Classroom
Hypermedia materials have great potential in teaching but it is unclear how university geography courses will adapt to the new technology and evolve. We have used a two-pronged approach that places course-specific materials into an integrated hypermedia resource connected to external sources that complement and extend the content. This strategy provides a path for traditional course materials to give access to the enormous resources available on …
Communities of Scholars
The search for "origins" in the history of technology is often disappointing. Each origin uncovers some predecessors vanishing into the mists. More importantly, the distinct competitors turn out to be much more entwined than imagined. This paper will describe the community into which automated cartography emerged. Being "first" is only something that is apparent in retrospect. It makes sense to remember a bit more about the pre-history of geograp…
Part 2
A Framework For Temporal Geographic Information
This paper defines the critical components of cartographic time and compares temporal and spatial topologies. Because time is topologically similar to space, spatial data structuring principles can be adapted to temporal data. We present three conceptualizations of temporal geographic information and select one as the most promising basis for a temporal geographic information system. This conceptualization creates a spatial composite of all geome…
Extending the Classroom
Hypermedia materials have great potential in teaching but it is unclear how university geography courses will adapt to the new technology and evolve. We have used a two-pronged approach that places course-specific materials into an integrated hypermedia resource connected to external sources that complement and extend the content. This strategy provides a path for traditional course materials to give access to the enormous resources available on …
Boundary Objects and the Social Construction of GIS Technology
The social construction of geographical information system (GIS) technology requires two-way relationships between technology and people. GIS technology, like any other technology, is more than a tool; it connects different social groups in the construction of new localized social arrangements. We examine several instances of how GIS technology involves social negotiation by using a construct of boundary objects developed in a social constructivi…
Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of Maps
“Scientific theories are maps of the natural world.” This metaphor is often used as part of a deflationary argument for a weak but relatively global version of scientific realism, a version that recognizes the place of conventions, goals, and contingencies in scientific representations, while maintaining that they are typically true in a clear and literal sense. By examining, in a naturalistic way, some relationships between maps and what they ma…
Full Circle
The emergence of geographic information systems (GIS) has raised a useful debate in the discipline of geography over the connection between technology and society. Proponents of GIS have argued from the beginning that their work had a value that warranted adoption; hence, that technology brought something to society. A wave of criticism argued that there were implications and risks to society in adopting these technologies. While this debate serv…
Communities of Scholars
The search for "origins" in the history of technology is often disappointing. Each origin uncovers some predecessors vanishing into the mists. More importantly, the distinct competitors turn out to be much more entwined than imagined. This paper will describe the community into which automated cartography emerged. Being "first" is only something that is apparent in retrospect. It makes sense to remember a bit more about the pre-history of geograp…
Order from Noise
In the so-called Information Age, it is surprising that the concept of information is imprecisely defined and almost taken for granted. Historic and recent geographic information science (GIScience) literature relies on two conflicting metaphors, often espoused by the same author in adjacent paragraphs. The metaphor of invariance, derived from telecommunications engineering, defines information as a thing to be transported without loss through a …
Special content related to the International Cartographic Congress 2015 in Rio de Janiero
Special content related to the International Cartographic Congress 2015 in Rio de Janiero." Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 42(4), p. 305
Measurement Theory
In many presentations, measurement is reduced to the classic levels of measurement presented by Stevens in 1946. While this scheme has its uses, it does not provide a complete model for geographic measurement. Any scheme to handle geographic measurement must deal with relationships between attribute and location, and eventually with time. Often we measure each one of these components by reducing our resolution in the others. A system of “measurem…
Special content sections
This issue of the journal features two special content sections of a new variant. Both of these arise from the happenstance of independent submissions, not as a deliberate special issue initiative
Aims and scope of C artography and Geographic Information Science
Maps that move
Cartographers, like any artists, must learn to live inside the technical constraints of their medium. At one point, portolan charts were drawn on parchment with quill pens. The printing press opene
Introduction to special issue on frontiers of geospatial data science from the joint Ucgis symposium / Autocarto 2018 conference
The “Frontiers of Geospatial Data Science” was the theme of a joint meeting of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Sc
Thanks and farewell
I have had the duty and privilege to serve as Editor of this journal for the past six years. It has been my practice to use the last page of each year to thank all those who have contributed their
Computer Science (14 works) · Geography (12 works) · Cartography (8 works) · Geographic Information Systems Studies (8 works) · Data science (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Geographic information system (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works)