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COSIT 1999: Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science pp 449–460Cite as

Qualitative Spatial Representation for Situational Awareness and Spatial Decision Support

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This paper summarizes elements of research on the effectiveness of using qualitative spatial representation (QSR) in 2D and 3D display modes to determine its usefulness for situational awareness and decision making. The study involved: 1) creating spatial query functions based on QSR that capture knowledge about objects in space; 2) building these query functions into a graphical user interface environment as simulated user accessible support functions; and 3) testing the utility of these support functions by evaluating the performance of human subjects in solving sets of spatial decision-making and information retrieval tasks.

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  1. Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77845-3137, USA

    Christopher D. Ellis

  2. Department of Landscape Architecture and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801

    Douglas M. Johnston

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  1. Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Informatik, Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30, D-22527, Hamburg, Germany

    Christian Freksa

  2. Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14261, USA

    David M. Mark

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Ellis, C.D., Johnston, D.M. (1999). Qualitative Spatial Representation for Situational Awareness and Spatial Decision Support. In: Freksa, C., Mark, D.M. (eds) Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science. COSIT 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1661. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48384-5_29

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