Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science International Conference COSIT'99 Stade, Germany, August 25-29, 1999 Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freksa, Christian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mark, David M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1661
• Subjects: Data structures (Computer science).; Geographical information systems.; Application software.; Database management.; Multimedia information systems.; Data Structures and Information Theory.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Computer Applications.; Database Management.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

The Conference on Spatial Information Theory - COSIT - grew out of a series of workshops / NATO Advanced Study Institutes / NSF specialist meetings concerned with cognitive and applied aspects of representing large-scale space, particularly geographic space. In these meetings, the need for a well-fo...

Table of Contents:

• Landmarks and Navigation
• Large-Scale Navigation: The Insect Case
• Route Navigation Using Motion Analysis
• The Nature of Landmarks for Real and Electronic Spaces
• Route Directions
• Pictorial and Verbal Tools for Conveying Routes
• Elements of Good Route Directions in Familiar and Unfamiliar Environments
• The Production of Route Instructions in Underground and Urban Environments
• Abstraction and Spatial Hierarchies
• One Step up the Abstraction Ladder: Combining Algebras - From Functional Pieces to a Whole
• Formalizing Regions in the Spatial Semantic Hierarchy: an AH-Graphs implementation approach
• Abstraction, Levels of Detail, and Hierarchies in Map Series
• Topological Relations in Hierarchical Partitions
• Spatial Reasoning Calculi
• A Predication Calculus for Qualitative Spatial Representations
• Simple Models for Simple Calculi
• Terminological Default Reasoning about Spatial Information: A First Step
• Reasoning about Cardinal Directions Using Grids as Qualitative Geographic Coordinates
• Ontology of Space
• The Role of Identity Conditions in Ontology Design
• Atomicity vs. Infinite Divisibility of Space
• The Mereotopology of Discrete Space
• Agglomerations
• Ontology and Geographic Objects: An Empirical Study of Cognitive Categorization
• Modes of Connection
• Visual Representation and Reasoning
• Representation and Reasoning about Shapes: Cognitive and Computational Studies in Visual Reasoning in Design
• An Algebraic Interpretation of Semantic Networks
• Data Characterization Schema for Intelligent Support in Visual Data Analysis
• Maps and Routes
• Recognition-Triggered Response and the View-Graph Approach to Spatial Cognition
• A Formal Model of the Process of Wayfinding in Built Environments
• A Spatial Model Based on the Notions of Spatial Conceptual Map and of Object's Influence Areas
• Granularity and Qualitative Abstraction
• Granulation for Graphs
• On Ontology and Epistemology of Rough Location
• Qualitative Spatial Representation for Situational Awareness and Spatial Decision Support
• Qualitative Motion Representation in Egocentric and Allocentric Frames of Reference.