Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Las Navas del Marques, Spain, July 8-20, 1990
by David M. Mark Andrew U. Frank
RRP €321.00
Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Las Navas del Marques, Spain, July 8-20, 1990
by Author Name David M. Mark, Andrew U. Frank
- Book details for title
- List Price: €321.00
- Format: Hardback, 234 x 156 x 28mm, 527pp
- Publication date: 01 Nov 1991
- Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
- ISBN-13: 9780792315377
Description
"Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space" contains a collection of 28 papers which discuss people's understanding of geographic space and how cognitive models of space relate to geographic information systems. The authors come from geography, psychology, engineering, computer science, mathematics, landscape architecture, information studies, anthropology and linguistics. Each article is concerned with some aspect of human understanding of space, or with how people interact in space, with each of the disciplines approaching the problem in a different way.
Contents
Geographic space; cultural influences on the conceptualization of geographic space; wayfinding and spatial cognition; cartographic perspectives; formal treatment of space in mathematics; user interfaces and human-computer interaction.
Additional Information
- Illustrations: 7 black & white illustrations