This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Longton has changed and developed over the last century.

A fascinating collection of images showing how the towns and villages in the Staffordshire Potteries have changed across the last century.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Sydenham and Forest Hill have changed and developed over the last century.

"A survey of the main porcelain factories of Europe and Asia with 64 pages of plates, many line drawings, a bibliography, and tables of makers' marks."--Cover

The village of Longton is popular with those looking to enjoy a good quality of life. This book creates an image of the layout of the village, and of the lives of the people who lived and worked there. It puts this rural settlement into the context of the time, looking at developments in agriculture, the cotton industry, health and education.

Includes an entirely new chapter on AI and GIS, including ontologies and the Semantic Web, knowledge representation (KR) and spatial reasoning, machine learning and spatial analysis, and neural networks and deep learning. Presents new material reflecting the advances made in cloud computing, stream computing, and sensor networks, as well as extensively revised and updated content on cartography, visualization, and interaction design. Connects the technology to the social aspects and implications of GIS, including privacy and fair information practices, FATE (fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics), and codes of conduct for responsible use of GIS. Integrates the necessary background to foundational areas, such as databases and data structures, algorithms and indexes, system architecture and AI, provided in context so readers new to those topics can still understand the concepts being discussed. Incorporates over 20 carefully explained spatial algorithms; over 60 inset boxes with in-depth material that enriches the central topics; and more than 300 color figures to support the reader in mastering key concepts. Welcomes a new coauthor, Qian (Chayn) Sun, to the third edition who brings her expertise in topics such as web mapping, cloud computing, critical geography, and machine learning with big spatial data.