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Categorizing Cognitive Scales of Spatial Information

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Proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017) (COSIT 2017)

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We investigate the relations between human cognitive scales and spatial information. To help organize spatial information, particularly around how humans perceive and interact with spaces around them, we explore the intersection of Kuhn’s (2012) spatial information taxonomy, and Montello (1993) spatial scale taxonomy. We discuss results and challenges while using this intersection to categorize phenomena from an earthquake case study.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge Emmanuel Papadakis, Fenja Kollasch for their editing contributions, and Sara Lafia, and Crystal Bae for their discussion. This work is a result of a seminar course, and is an extension of the 2017 COSIT Cognitive Scales of Spatial Information (CoSSI) workshop.

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

    Thomas Hervey, Daniel W. Phillips & Werner Kuhn

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  1. Thomas Hervey
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Correspondence to Thomas Hervey .

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  1. Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology(TU-Wien), Wien, Austria

    Paolo Fogliaroni

  2. Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of London, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

    Andrea Ballatore

  3. Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila , L'Aquila, Italy

    Eliseo Clementini

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Hervey, T., Phillips, D.W., Kuhn, W. (2018). Categorizing Cognitive Scales of Spatial Information. In: Fogliaroni, P., Ballatore, A., Clementini, E. (eds) Proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017). COSIT 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63946-8_14

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