Space-time analysis is a rapidly growing research frontier in geography, GIS,
and GIScience. Advances in integrated GPS/GIS technologies, the availability of
large datasets (over time and space), and increased capacity to manage,
integrate, model and visualize complex data in (near) real time, offer the GIS
and geography communities extraordinary opportunities to begin to integrate
sophisticated space-time analysis and models in the study of complex
environmental and social systems, from climate change to infectious disease
transmission.
This volume specifically focuses on research frontiers, comparative research,
and research and application interactions in this field in the US and China,
arguably the two most dynamic loci for this work today. The contributions