Spatial Information Theory

1. Front Matter

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2. Spatial Change

   1. Spatial Primitives from a Cognitive Perspective: Sensitivity to Changes in Various Geometric Properties

      • Toru Ishikawa

      Pages 1-13

   2. Transitional Spaces: Between Indoor and Outdoor Spaces

      • Christian Kray, Holger Fritze, Thore Fechner, Angela Schwering, Rui Li, Vanessa Joy Anacta

      Pages 14-32

   3. Representing and Reasoning about Changing Spatial Extensions of Geographic Features

      • Claudio E. C. Campelo, Brandon Bennett

      Pages 33-52

   4. Trust and Reputation Models for Quality Assessment of Human Sensor Observations

      • Mohamed Bishr, Werner Kuhn

      Pages 53-73

   5. Using Maptrees to Characterize Topological Change

      • Michael Worboys

      Pages 74-90

3. Wayfinding and Assistance

   1. Resolving Conceptual Mode Confusion with Qualitative Spatial Knowledge in Human-Robot Interaction

      • Cui Jian, Hui Shi

      Pages 91-108

   2. Event Recognition during the Exploration of Line-Based Graphics in Virtual Haptic Environments

      • Matthias Kerzel, Christopher Habel

      Pages 109-128

   3. Cognitive Transactions – A Communication Model

      • Paul Weiser, Andrew U. Frank

      Pages 129-148

   4. Strategy-Based Dynamic Real-Time Route Prediction

      • Makoto Takemiya, Toru Ishikawa

      Pages 149-168

   5. An Affordance-Based Simulation Framework for Assessing Spatial Suitability

      • David Jonietz, Sabine Timpf

      Pages 169-184

   6. A Probabilistic Framework for Object Descriptions in Indoor Route Instructions

      • Vivien Mast, Diedrich Wolter

      Pages 185-204

4. Representing Spatial Data

   1. Linked Data and Time – Modeling Researcher Life Lines by Events

      • Johannes Trame, Carsten Keßler, Werner Kuhn

      Pages 205-223

   2. Human Spatial Behavior, Sensor Informatics, and Disaggregate Data

      • Anastasia Petrenko, Scott Bell, Kevin Stanley, Winchel Qian, Anton Sizo, Dylan Knowles

      Pages 224-242

   3. Comparing Expert and Non-expert Conceptualisations of the Land: An Analysis of Crowdsourced Land Cover Data

      • Alexis Comber, Chris Brunsdon, Linda See, Steffen Fritz, Ian McCallum

      Pages 243-260

5. Handling Language Data

   1. The Meanings of the Generic Parts of Toponyms: Use and Limitations of Gazetteers in Studies of Landscape Terms

      • Curdin Derungs, Flurina Wartmann, Ross S. Purves, David M. Mark

      Pages 261-278

   2. Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language

      • Kristin Stock, Robert C. Pasley, Zoe Gardner, Paul Brindley, Jeremy Morley, Claudia Cialone

      Pages 279-298

6. Spatial Language and Computation

   1. From Descriptions to Depictions: A Conceptual Framework

      • Maria Vasardani, Sabine Timpf, Stephan Winter, Martin Tomko

      Pages 299-319

   2. Reading Geography between the Lines: Extracting Local Place Knowledge from Text

      • Clare Davies

      Pages 320-337

   3. Modeling Spatial Knowledge from Verbal Descriptions

      • Lamia Belouaer, David Brosset, Christophe Claramunt

      Pages 338-357

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2013, held in Scarborough, UK, in September 2013. The 28 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 full paper submissions. The following topics are addressed: spatial change, wayfinding and assistance, representing spatial data, handling language data, spatial language and computation, spatial ontology, spatial reasoning and representation.

• crowdsourcing
• geospatial data
• knowledge management
• knowledge representation
• topology

• School of Linguistics & English Language, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

  Thora Tenbrink

• School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

  John Stell

• College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

  Antony Galton, Zena Wood

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