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A GIS-based approach for mapping cyberspace
| dc.creator | Lai, Fayu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2000 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-L34 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-44). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Visualization and analysis of computer network structures and accessibility have received more and more interdisciplinary interests these years. Currently existing methods of cyberspace mapping can be classified into three categories: (1) connection layer mapping, (2) transport layer mapping and (3) application layer mapping. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a GIS-based approach for mapping cyberspace and to discuss its implications. Two methods, web scan and hyperlink structure, are developed and implemented to represent the US Education Network and the Chinese Web sites around the world, respectively. Adapting Abler's conceptual framework, this thesis argues that the virtual space is replacing the absolute and relative space, at least in developed countries, and will place an increasingly important role in shaping the geography of information society. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | geography. | en |
| dc.subject | Major geography. | en |
| dc.title | A GIS-based approach for mapping cyberspace | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | geography | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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