EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION


Google Earth offers exciting new ways to visualize spatial data.  3D buildings make the scenes look "real" so that navigating the scene is similar to driving through actual streets.  A large challenge to the new technology, however, is to incorporate the wisdom of the past in such a way that new directions of inquiry or new ways to communicate are uncovered.  The selection of articles in this issue of Solstice focus on that idea and build on some similar efforts in earlier issues of Solstice.

Related links to earlier articles in Solstice:

Arlinghaus, Sandra Lach.  Visualizing a Map of Walter Christaller, Poland 1941: Part I, Benchmarking the Map  Solstice, December, 2006.
Arlinghaus, Sandra Lach.  Visualizing a Map of Walter Christaller, Poland 1941: Part II, Interpolation of the Benchmarked Map  Solstice, December, 2006.
Arlinghaus, Sandra L. and Batty, Michael.  Visualizing Rank and Size of Cities and Towns: Part I, England, Scotland, and Wales,1901-2001   Solstice, December, 2006.
Arlinghaus, Sandra L. and Batty, Michael.  Visualizing Rank and Size of Cities and Towns: Part II, Greater London, 1901-2001   Solstice, December, 2006.

Solstice:  An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Institute of Mathematical Geography, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Volume XIX, Number 1.
http://www.InstituteOfMathematicalGeography.org/
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