This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'97, held in Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA, in October 1997. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 66 submissions. Also included are seven posters. The volume is divided into sections on representations of change, structuring of space, boundaries and gradations, topological models of space, formal models of space, cognitive aspects of spatial acquisition, novel use of spatial information, wayfinding and map interpretation, representations of spatial concepts, new approaches to spatial information.
Author(s): Antony Galton (auth.), Stephen C. Hirtle, Andrew U. Frank (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1329
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 518
Tags: Database Management; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Data Structures; Computer Applications in Geosciences; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
Continuous change in spatial regions....Pages 1-13
Qualitative representation of change....Pages 15-33
Image-schemata-based spatial inferences: The container-surface algebra....Pages 35-52
A city metaphor to support navigation in complex information spaces....Pages 53-67
Using hierarchical spatial data structures for hierarchical spatial reasoning....Pages 69-83
Structuring space with image schemata: Wayfinding in airports as a case study....Pages 85-102
Fiat and bona fide Boundaries: Towards an ontology of spatially extended objects....Pages 103-119
A representation-oriented taxonomy of gradation....Pages 121-135
Classification as an impediment to the reliable and valid use of spatial information: A disaggregate approach....Pages 137-149
What maps mean to people: Denotation, connotation, and geographic visualization in land-use debates....Pages 151-162
The algebraic structure of sets of regions....Pages 163-174
Complex regions in topological queries....Pages 175-192
A cognitive assessment of topological spatial relations: Results from an empirical investigation....Pages 193-206
Voronoï diagrams on line segments: Measurements for contextual generalization purposes....Pages 207-222
A qualitative coordinate language of location of figures within the ground....Pages 223-240
Identification of fuzzy objects from field observation data....Pages 241-259
Long-term spatial representations from pictorial and textual input....Pages 261-278
Feature accumulation and route structuring in distance estimations — An interdisciplinary approach....Pages 279-296
The perception and cognition of environmental distance: Direct sources of information....Pages 297-311
Improving multi-purpose GIS design: Participative design....Pages 313-328
Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems....Pages 329-346
Cognitive requirements on making and interpreting maps....Pages 347-361
From knowledge to words to wayfinding: Issues in the production and comprehension of route directions....Pages 363-372
Spatial representation for pragmatic navigation....Pages 373-388
Partition and conquer....Pages 389-407
Supporting emergence in spatial reasoning with shape algebras and formal logic....Pages 409-427
Linear constraints: Geometric objects represented by inequalitiesl....Pages 429-440
An event-based approach to spatial information....Pages 441-454
Geocognostics — A new framework for spatial information theory....Pages 455-471
Graphical modelling for geographic explanation....Pages 473-483
Experiments using context and significance to enhance the reporting capabilities of gis....Pages 485-496
Automatic summarization of radiographic imagery....Pages 497-498
An automated system for name placement which complies with cartographic quality criteria: The hydrographic network....Pages 499-500
Agent-based simulations of a city dynamics in a gis environment....Pages 501-502
A logical approach to incorporating qualitative spatial reasoning into GIS (Extended Abstract)....Pages 503-504
User interaction in a sketch-based GIS user interface....Pages 505-505
Metrical refinement of topological relations....Pages 507-507
Approximation of topological relations between fuzzy regions satisfying a linguistically described query....Pages 509-510
