Spatial Information Theory [electronic resource] : International Conference, COSIT 2005, Ellicottville, NY, USA, September 14-18, 2005, Proceedings /

Vagueness, Uncertainty, and Gradation -- Anchoring: A New Approach to Handling Indeterminate Location in GIS -- Gradation and Map Analysis in Area-Class Maps -- Simulation of Obfuscation and Negotiation for Location Privacy -- Paths and Routes -- Investigating the Need for Eliminatory Constraints in the User Interface of Bicycle Route Planners -- Path Memory in Real-World and Virtual Settings -- Shortest Path Search from a Physical Perspective -- Ontology and Semantics -- Operationalising ‘Sense of Place’ as a Cognitive Operator for Semantics in Place-Based Ontologies -- Data-Driven Matching of Geospatial Schemas -- The Role of Spatial Relations in Automating the Semantic Annotation of Geodata -- Ontology and Spatial Relations -- Anatomical Information Science -- Matching Names and Definitions of Topological Operators -- Spatial Relations Between Classes of Individuals -- Spatial Reasoning -- Casl Specifications of Qualitative Calculi -- A Spatial Form of Diversity -- Structure and Semantics of Arrow Diagrams -- Cognitive Maps and Spatial Reasoning -- Cognitive Maps Are over 60 -- Categorical Methods in Qualitative Reasoning: The Case for Weak Representations -- On Internal Cardinal Direction Relations -- Time, Change, and Dynamics -- Dynamic Collectives and Their Collective Dynamics -- A Linguistics-Based Framework for Modeling Spatio-temporal Occurrences and Purposive Change -- Ordering Events for Dynamic Geospatial Domains -- Landmarks and Navigation -- Structural Salience of Landmarks for Route Directions -- Expert and Non-expert Knowledge of Loosely Structured Environments -- Landmark Extraction: A Web Mining Approach -- Geographic Information -- Satellite Images – A Source for Social Scientists? On Handling Multiple Conceptualisations of Space in Geographical Information Systems -- 3DTopographic Data Modelling: Why Rigidity Is Preferable to Pragmatism -- Morse-Smale Decompositions for Modeling Terrain Knowledge -- Spatial Behavior -- 2D-3D MultiAgent GeoSimulation with Knowledge-Based Agents of Customers’ Shopping Behavior in a Shopping Mall -- Memory for Spatial Location: Influences of Environmental Cues and Task Field Rotation -- Network and Psychological Effects in Urban Movement -- Abstracts of Keynote Talks -- Probabilistic Techniques for Mobile Robot Navigation -- Spatial Language, Spatial Thought: Parallels in Path Structure.