Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS

1. Front Matter

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2. Continuous change in spatial regions

   • Antony Galton

   Pages 1-13

3. Qualitative representation of change

   • Kathleen Homsby, Max J. Egenhofer

   Pages 15-33

4. Image-schemata-based spatial inferences: The container-surface algebra

   • M. Andrea Rodríguez, Max J. Egenhofer

   Pages 35-52

5. A city metaphor to support navigation in complex information spaces

   • Andreas Dieberger

   Pages 53-67

6. Using hierarchical spatial data structures for hierarchical spatial reasoning

   • Sabine Timpf, Andrew U. Frank

   Pages 69-83

7. Structuring space with image schemata: Wayfinding in airports as a case study

   • Martin Raubal, Max J. Egenhofer, Dieter Pfoser, Nectaria Tryfona

   Pages 85-102

8. Fiat and bona fide Boundaries: Towards an ontology of spatially extended objects

   • Barry Smith, Achille C. Varzi

   Pages 103-119

9. A representation-oriented taxonomy of gradation

   • Brandon Plewe

   Pages 121-135

10. Classification as an impediment to the reliable and valid use of spatial information: A disaggregate approach

    • M. Violet Gray

    Pages 137-149

11. What maps mean to people: Denotation, connotation, and geographic visualization in land-use debates

    • Helen Couclelis, Jon Gottsegen

    Pages 151-162

12. The algebraic structure of sets of regions

    • J. G. Stell, M. F. Worboys

    Pages 163-174

13. Complex regions in topological queries

    • Viet Hai Nguyen, Christine Parent, Stefano Spaccapietra

    Pages 175-192

14. A cognitive assessment of topological spatial relations: Results from an empirical investigation

    • Markus Knauff, Reinhold Rauh, Jochen Renz

    Pages 193-206

15. Voronoï diagrams on line segments: Measurements for contextual generalization purposes

    • Jean-François Hangouët, Riam Djadri

    Pages 207-222

16. A qualitative coordinate language of location of figures within the ground

    • Thomas Bittner

    Pages 223-240

17. Identification of fuzzy objects from field observation data

    • Cheng Tao, Martien Molenaar, Theo Bouloucos

    Pages 241-259

18. Long-term spatial representations from pictorial and textual input

    • Todd Federico, Nancy Franklin

    Pages 261-278

19. Feature accumulation and route structuring in distance estimations — An interdisciplinary approach

    • Bettina Berendo, Petra Jansen-Osmann

    Pages 279-296

20. The perception and cognition of environmental distance: Direct sources of information

    • Daniel R. Montello

    Pages 297-311

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'97, held in Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA, in October 1997. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 66 submissions. Also included are seven posters. The volume is divided into sections on representations of change, structuring of space, boundaries and gradations, topological models of space, formal models of space, cognitive aspects of spatial acquisition, novel use of spatial information, wayfinding and map interpretation, representations of spatial concepts, new approaches to spatial information.

• GIS
• Geoinformationssysteme
• classification
• data structures
• formal logic
• fuzzy
• geographic data
• information system
• information theory
• logic
• navigation
• ontology
• proving
• visualization

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