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

by Martin Raubal (Editor)

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 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 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.

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013