The 5th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2001, took place at the Inn at Morro Bay, California, USA, September 19 23, 2001. COSIT grew out of a series of workshops/NATO Advanced Study Institutes/NSF Specialist Meetings during the 1990s concerned with theoretical and applied aspects of representing large scale space, particularly geographic or environmental space (this history is elaborated in the prefaces of previous COSIT proceedings). These are spaces in which (and on which) human action takes place, and which are represented and processed in digital geographic information systems. In these early meetings, the need for well founded theories of spatial information representation and processing was identified, particularly theories based on cognition and on computation. This concern for theory provided an early foundation for the newly emerging field of geographic information science. COSIT is not backed by any particular scientific society but is organized as an independent enterprise. The conference series was established in 1993 as an interdisciplinary biennial European conference on the representation and processing of large scale spatial information after a successful international conference on the topic had been organized by Andrew Frank et al. in Pisa in 1992 (frequently referred to as "COSIT 0"). After two successful European COSIT conferences with strong North American participation (COSIT ’93: Island of Elba, Italy; COSIT ’95: Semmering, Austria), COSIT ’97 moved across the pond to the United States, and was held in the Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Michael F. Goodchild (auth.), Daniel R. Montello (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2205
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 506
Tags: Data Structures; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Database Management; Computer Applications in Geosciences; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
A Geographer Looks at Spatial Information Theory....Pages 1-13
True Grid....Pages 14-27
A Taxonomy of Granular Partitions....Pages 28-43
A Geometric Theory of Vague Boundaries Based on Supervaluation....Pages 44-59
When Tables Tell It All: Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Based on Linear Orderings....Pages 60-75
Computational structure in three-valued nearness relations....Pages 76-91
Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Continuity....Pages 92-107
Application of Supervaluation Semantics to Vaguely Defined Spatial Concepts....Pages 108-123
Spatial and Cognitive Simulation with Multi-agent Systems....Pages 124-139
A Virtual Test Bed in Support of Cognitively-Aware Geomatics Technologies....Pages 140-155
Evaluating the Usability of the Scale Metaphor for Querying Semantic Spaces....Pages 156-172
A Semantic Map as Basis for the Decision Process in the www Navigation....Pages 173-188
Pragmatism and Spatial Layout Design....Pages 189-205
Spatial Frames of Reference Used in Identifying Direction of Movement: An Unexpected Turn....Pages 206-216
The Role of a Self-Reference System in Spatial Navigation....Pages 217-232
The Utility of Global Representations in a Cognitive Map....Pages 233-246
How Spoken Language and Signed Language Structure Space Differently....Pages 247-262
Two Path Preposition: Along and Past....Pages 263-277
Ambiguity in Acquiring Spatial Representation from Descriptions Compared to Depictions: The Role of Spatial Orientation....Pages 278-291
When and Why Are Visual Landmarks Used in Giving Directions?....Pages 292-305
Recognition of Abstract Regions in Cartographic Maps....Pages 306-321
Geographical Information Retrieval with Ontologies of Place....Pages 322-335
Qualitative Spatial Representation for Information Retrieval by Gazetteers....Pages 336-351
Spatial representation and updating: Evidence from neuropsychological investigations....Pages 352-370
Mental Processing of Geographic Knowledge....Pages 371-386
Spatial Cognition and the Processing of Verticality in Underground Environments....Pages 387-399
Grid Patterns and Cultural Expectations in Urban Wayfinding....Pages 400-414
The House Is North of the River: Relative Localization of Extended Objects....Pages 415-430
Double-Crossing: Decidability and Computational Complexity of a Qualitative Calculus for Navigation....Pages 431-446
Spatial Reasoning: No Need for Visual Information....Pages 447-457
A Formal Theory of Objects and Fields....Pages 458-473
What’s in an Image?....Pages 474-488
Features, Objects, and other Things: Ontological Distinctions in the Geographic Domain....Pages 489-502