Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Development of Virtual Geographic Environments and Geography Research

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_1,
        author={Fengru Huang and Hui Lin and Bin Chen},
        title={Development of Virtual Geographic Environments and Geography Research},
        proceedings={Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
        publisher={Springer},
        proceedings_a={FAVE},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={Virtual Environment Virtual Geography Experimental Geography Virtual Geographic Experiment},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_1}
    }
    
  • Fengru Huang
    Hui Lin
    Bin Chen
    Year: 2012
    Development of Virtual Geographic Environments and Geography Research
    FAVE
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_1
Fengru Huang1,*, Hui Lin1,*, Bin Chen2,*
  • 1: Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2: Peking University
*Contact email: huangfengru@cuhk.edu.hk, huilin@cuhk.edu.hk, gischen@pku.edu.cn

Abstract

Geographic environment is a combination of natural and cultural environments under which humans survive. Virtual Geographic Environment (VGE) is a new multi-disciplinary initiative that links geosciences, geographic information sciences and information technologies. A VGE is a virtual representation of the natural world that enables a person to explore and interact with vast amounts of natural and cultural information on the physical and cultural environment in cyberspace. Virtual Geography and Experimental Geography are the two closest fields that associate with the development of VGE from the perspective of geography. This paper discusses the background of VGE, introduces its research progress, and addresses key issues of VGE research and the significance for geography research from Experimental Geography and Virtual Geography. VGE can be an extended research object for the research of Virtual Geography and enrich the contents of future geography, while VGE can also be an extended research method for Experimental Geography that geographers can operate virtual geographic experiments based on VGE platforms.