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What Is the Shape of Geographical Time-Space? A Three-Dimensional Model Made of Curves and Cones
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Alain, L’Hostis Abdou, Farouk |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Geographical time-spaces exhibit a series of properties, including space inversion, that turns any representation effort into a complex task. In order to improve the legibility of the representation and leveraging the advances of three-dimensional computer graphics, the aim of the study is to propose a new method extending time-space relief cartography introduced by Mathis and L’Hostis. The novelty of the model resides in the use of cones to describing the terrestrial surface instead of graph faces, and in the use of curves instead of broken segments for edges. We implement the model on the Chinese space. The Chinese geographical time-space of reference year 2006 is produced by the combination and the confrontation of the fast air transport system and of the 7.5-times slower road transport system. Slower, short range flights are represented as curved lines above the earth surface with longer length than the geodesic, in order to account for a slower speed. The very steep slope of cones expresses the relative difficulty of crossing terrestrial time-space, as well as the comparably extreme efficiency of long-range flights for moving between cities. Finally, the whole image proposes a coherent representation of the geographical time-space where fast city-to-city transport is combined with slow terrestrial systems that allow one to reach any location. |
| Starting Page | 340 |
| e-ISSN | 22209964 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijgi10050340 |
| Journal | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-05-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information Isprs International Journal of Geo-information Artificial Intelligence Geographical Time-space Transport Cartography |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
