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Author:   Daniel R. Montello
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   2205
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   1.600kg
ISBN:  

9783540426134

ISBN 10:   3540426132
Pages:   506
Publication Date:   05 September 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Keynote Lecture.- A Geographer Looks at Spatial Information Theory.- Geospatial Ontology and Ontologies I.- True Grid.- A Taxonomy of Granular Partitions.- A Geometric Theory of Vague Boundaries Based on Supervaluation.- Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Reasoning I.- When Tables Tell It All: Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Based on Linear Orderings.- Computational structure in three-valued nearness relations.- Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Continuity.- Formalizations of Human Spatial Cognition.- Application of Supervaluation Semantics to Vaguely Defined Spatial Concepts.- Spatial and Cognitive Simulation with Multi-agent Systems.- A Virtual Test Bed in Support of Cognitively-Aware Geomatics Technologies.- Space, Cognition, and Information Systems I.- Evaluating the Usability of the Scale Metaphor for Querying Semantic Spaces.- A Semantic Map as Basis for the Decision Process in the www Navigation.- Pragmatism and Spatial Layout Design.- Navigation: Human and Machine Approaches.- Spatial Frames of Reference Used in Identifying Direction of Movement: An Unexpected Turn.- The Role of a Self-Reference System in Spatial Navigation.- The Utility of Global Representations in a Cognitive Map.- Keynote Lecture.- How Spoken Language and Signed Language Structure Space Differently.- Language and Space.- Two Path Preposition: Along and Past.- Ambiguity in Acquiring Spatial Representation from Descriptions Compared to Depictions: The Role of Spatial Orientation.- When and Why Are Visual Landmarks Used in Giving Directions?.- Space, Cognition, and Information Systems II.- Recognition of Abstract Regions in Cartographic Maps.- Geographical Information Retrieval with Ontologies of Place.- Qualitative Spatial Representation for Information Retrieval by Gazetteers.- Keynote Lecture.- Spatial representation and updating: Evidence from neuropsychological investigations.- Cognitive Mapping.- Mental Processing of Geographic Knowledge.- Spatial Cognition and the Processing of Verticality in Underground Environments.- Grid Patterns and Cultural Expectations in Urban Wayfinding.- Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Reasoning II.- The House Is North of the River: Relative Localization of Extended Objects.- Double-Crossing: Decidability and Computational Complexity of a Qualitative Calculus for Navigation.- Spatial Reasoning: No Need for Visual Information.- Geospatial Ontology and Ontologies II.- A Formal Theory of Objects and Fields.- What's in an Image?.- Features, Objects, and other Things: Ontological Distinctions in the Geographic Domain.

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