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Geographic Information Science

8th International Conference, GIScience 2014, Vienna Austria, September 24-26, 2014, Proceedings

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  1. Matt Duckham

    1. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Edzer Pebesma

    1. Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  3. Kathleen Stewart

    1. Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

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  4. Andrew U. Frank

    1. Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation Research Group Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8728)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

Conference series link(s): GIScience: International Conference on Geographic Information Science

Conference proceedings info: GIScience 2014.

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Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Information Visualization

    1. Map Schematization with Circular Arcs

      • Thomas C. van Dijk, Arthur van Goethem, Jan-Henrik Haunert, Wouter Meulemans, Bettina Speckmann
      Pages 1-17

    2. Travel-Time Maps: Linear Cartograms with Fixed Vertex Locations

      • Kevin Buchin, Arthur van Goethem, Michael Hoffmann, Marc van Kreveld, Bettina Speckmann
      Pages 18-33

    3. 3D Network Spatialization: Does It Add Depth to 2D Representations of Semantic Proximity?

      • Sara Irina Fabrikant, Sara Maggi, Daniel R. Montello
      Pages 34-47

  4. User-Generated Content

    1. Geosemantic Network-of-Interest Construction Using Social Media Data

      • Sophia Karagiorgou, Dieter Pfoser, Dimitrios Skoutas
      Pages 109-125

    2. Data Quality Assurance for Volunteered Geographic Information

      • Ahmed Loai Ali, Falko Schmid
      Pages 126-141

  5. Semantics and Models

    1. Re-Envisioning Data Description Using Peirce’s Pragmatics

      • Mark Gahegan, Benjamin Adams
      Pages 142-158

    2. Fields as a Generic Data Type for Big Spatial Data

      • Gilberto Camara, Max J. Egenhofer, Karine Ferreira, Pedro Andrade, Gilberto Queiroz, Alber Sanchez et al.
      Pages 159-172

    3. Linked Data - A Paradigm Shift for Geographic Information Science

      • Werner Kuhn, Tomi Kauppinen, Krzysztof Janowicz
      Pages 173-186

    4. An Ontology Design Pattern for Surface Water Features

      • Gaurav Sinha, David Mark, Dave Kolas, Dalia Varanka, Boleslo E. Romero, Chen-Chieh Feng et al.
      Pages 187-203

  6. Wayfinding and Navigation

    2. Wayfinding Decision Situations: A Conceptual Model and Evaluation

      • Ioannis Giannopoulos, Peter Kiefer, Martin Raubal, Kai-Florian Richter, Tyler Thrash
      Pages 221-234

    3. Understanding Information Requirements in “Text Only” Pedestrian Wayfinding Systems

      • William Mackaness, Phil Bartie, Candela Sanchez-Rodilla Espeso
      Pages 235-252

    4. Automatic Itinerary Reconstruction from Texts

      • Ludovic Moncla, Mauro Gaio, Sébastien Mustière
      Pages 253-267

    5. Integrating Sensing and Routing for Indoor Evacuation

      • Jing Wang, Stephan Winter, Daniel Langerenken, Haifeng Zhao
      Pages 268-283

  7. Spatial Algorithms

    1. Significant Route Discovery: A Summary of Results

      • Dev Oliver, Shashi Shekhar, Xun Zhou, Emre Eftelioglu, Michael R. Evans, Qiaodi Zhuang et al.
      Pages 284-300
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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2014, held in Vienna, Austria in September 2014. The 23 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as information visualization, spatial analysis, user-generated content, semantic models, wayfinding and navigation, spatial algorithms, and spatial relations.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia

    Matt Duckham

  • Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Edzer Pebesma

  • Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

    Kathleen Stewart

  • Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation Research Group Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Andrew U. Frank

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