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Scale and multiple psychologies of space

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Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS (COSIT 1993)

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The importance of scale to the psychology of space (perception, thinking, memory, behavior) is discussed. It is maintained that scale has an important influence on how humans treat spatial information and that several qualitatively distinct scale classes of space exist. Past systems of classification are reviewed and some novel terms and distinctions are introduced. Empirical evidence for the need to distinguish between spatial scales is presented. Some implications of these scale distinctions are briefly considered and research needs identified.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Daniel R. Montello

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Montello, D.R. (1993). Scale and multiple psychologies of space. In: Frank, A.U., Campari, I. (eds) Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS. COSIT 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 716. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57207-4_21

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