Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space: New Perspectives on Geographic Information Research

by Martin Raubal, David M. Mark, Andrew U. Frank

Book Overview

Researching Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space - Las Navas then and now.- Spatial Computing - How spatial structures replace computational effort.- The Cognitive Development of the Spatial Concepts NEXT, NEAR, AWAY and FAR.- From compasses and maps to mountains and territories: Experimental results on geographic cognitive categorization.- Prospects and Challenges of Landmarks in Navigation Services.- Landmarks and a hiking ontology to support wayfinding in a national park during different seasons.- Talking about Place Where It Matters.- Many to Many Mobile Maps.- Cognitive and linguistic ideas in geographic information semantics.- Spatial Relation Predicates In Topographic Feature Semantics.- The Egenhofer-Cohn Hypothesis-or, Topological Relativity?.- Twenty Years of Topological Logic.- Reasoning on Class Relations: an Overview.- Creating perceptually salient animated displays of spatiotemporal coordination in events.- Exploring and Reasoning about Perceptual Spaces for Theatre, New Media Installations and the Performing Arts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642443753
• ISBN13: 9783642443756
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"