Spatial Information Theory - Foundations of Geographic Information Science : International Conference, COSIT 2001, Morro Bay, CA, USA, September 19-23, 2001: Proceedings

by Montello, Daniel R.

• ISBN13: 9783540426134
• ISBN10: 3540426132
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 3001, held in Morro Bay, CA, USA in September 2001. The 30 revised full papers presented together with three full keynote papers were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 70 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on geographical ontology and onthologies; qualitative spatio-temporal reasoning; formalizations of human spatial cognition; space, cognition, and information systems; human and machine approaches to navigation; language and space; and cognitive mapping.

Table of Contents

Keynote Lecture
A Geographer Looks at Spatial Information Theory	1	(13)
M. F. Goodchild
Geospatial Ontology and Ontologies I
True Grid	14	(14)
B. Smith
A Taxonomy of Granular Partitions	28	(16)
T. Bittner
B. Smith
A Geometric Theory of Vague Boundaries Based on Supervaluation	44	(16)
L. Kulik
Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Reasoning I
When Tables Tell It All: Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Based on Linear Orderings	60	(16)
G. Ligozat
Computational Structure in Three-Valued Nearness Relations	76	(16)
M. Duckham
M. Worboys
Qualitative Spatio-temporal Continuity	92	(16)
S. M. Hazarika
A. G. Cohn
Formalizations of Human Spatial Cognition
Application of Supervaluation Semantics to Vaguely Defined Spatial Concepts	108	(16)
B. Bennett
Spatial and Cognitive Simulation with Multi-agent Systems	124	(16)
A. U. Frank
S. Bittner
M. Raubal
A Virtual Test Bed in Support of Cognitively-Aware Geomatics Technologies	140	(16)
G. Edwards
Space, Cognition, and Information Systems I
Evaluating the Usability of the Scale Metaphor for Querying Semantic Spaces	156	(17)
S. I. Fabrikant
A Semantic Map as Basis for the Decision Process in the www Navigation	173	(16)
H. Hochmair
A. U. Frank
Pragmatism and Spatial Layout Design	189	(17)
S. L. Epstein
B. Moulin
W. Chaker
J. Glasgow
J. Gancet
Navigation: Human and Machine Approaches
Spatial Frames of Reference Used in Identifying Direction of Movement: An Unexpected Turn	206	(11)
C. R. Miller
G. L. Allen
The Role of a Self-Reference System in Spatial Navigation	217	(16)
M. J. Sholl
The Utility of Global Representations in a Cognitive Map	233	(14)
M. E. Jefferies
W. K. Yeap
Keynote Lecture
How Spoken Language and Signed Language Structure Space Differently	247	(16)
L. Talmy
Language and Space
Two Path Prepositions: Along and Past	263	(15)
C. Kray
J. Baus
H. Zimmer
H. Speiser
A. Kruger
Ambiguity in Acquiring Spatial Representation from Descriptions Compared to Depictions: The Role of Spatial Orientation	278	(14)
H. A. Taylor
D. H. Uttal
J. Fisher
M. Mazepa
When and Why Are Visual Landmarks Used in Giving Directions?	292	(14)
P.-E. Michon
M. Denis
Space, Cognition, and Information Systems II
Recognition of Abstract Regions in Cartographic Maps	306	(16)
J. H. Steinhauer
T. Wiese
C. Freksa
T. Barkowsky
Geographical Information Retrieval with Ontologies of Place	322	(14)
C. B. Jones
H. Alani
D. Tudhope
Qualitative Spatial Representation for Information Retrieval by Gazetteers	336	(16)
C. Schlieder
T. Vogele
U. Visser
Keynote Lecture
Spatial Representation and Updating: Evidence from Neuropsychological Investigations	352	(19)
M. Behrmann
J. Philbeck
Cognitive Mapping
Mental Processing of Geographic Knowledge	371	(16)
T. Barkowsky
Spatial Cognition and the Processing of Verticality in Underground Environments	387	(13)
S. Fontaine
Grid Patterns and Cultural Expectations in Urban Wayfinding	400	(15)
C. Davies
E. Pederson
Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Reasoning II
The House is North of the River: Relative Localization of Extended Objects	415	(16)
H. R. Schmidtke
Double-Crossing: Decidability and Computational Complexity of a Qualitative Calculus for Navigation	431	(16)
A. Scivos
B. Nebel
Spatial Reasoning: No Need for Visual Information	447	(11)
M. Knauff
C. Jola
G. Strube
Geospatial Ontology and Ontologies II
A Formal Theory of Objects and Fields	458	(16)
A. Galton
What's in an Image?	474	(14)
G. Camara
M. J. Egenhofer
F. Fonseca
A. M. V. Monteiro
Features, Objects, and Other Things: Ontological Distinctions in the Geographic Domain	488	(15)
D. M. Mark
A. Skupin
B. Smith
Author Index	503