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Spatial Information Theory

11th International Conference, COSIT 2013, Scarborough, UK, September 2-6, 2013, Proceedings

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  1. Thora Tenbrink

    1. School of Linguistics & English Language, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

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  2. John Stell

    1. School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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  3. Antony Galton

    1. College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

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  4. Zena Wood

    1. College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

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  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory 2013, COSIT 2013

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8116)

Part of the book sub series: Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues (LNTCS)

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Spatial Change

    1. Spatial Primitives from a Cognitive Perspective: Sensitivity to Changes in Various Geometric Properties

      • Toru Ishikawa
      Pages 1-13

    2. Transitional Spaces: Between Indoor and Outdoor Spaces

      • Christian Kray, Holger Fritze, Thore Fechner, Angela Schwering, Rui Li, Vanessa Joy Anacta
      Pages 14-32

    3. Representing and Reasoning about Changing Spatial Extensions of Geographic Features

      • Claudio E. C. Campelo, Brandon Bennett
      Pages 33-52

    4. Trust and Reputation Models for Quality Assessment of Human Sensor Observations

      • Mohamed Bishr, Werner Kuhn
      Pages 53-73

    5. Using Maptrees to Characterize Topological Change

      • Michael Worboys
      Pages 74-90

  4. Representing Spatial Data

    1. Linked Data and Time – Modeling Researcher Life Lines by Events

      • Johannes Trame, Carsten Keßler, Werner Kuhn
      Pages 205-223

    2. Human Spatial Behavior, Sensor Informatics, and Disaggregate Data

      • Anastasia Petrenko, Scott Bell, Kevin Stanley, Winchel Qian, Anton Sizo, Dylan Knowles
      Pages 224-242

    3. Comparing Expert and Non-expert Conceptualisations of the Land: An Analysis of Crowdsourced Land Cover Data

      • Alexis Comber, Chris Brunsdon, Linda See, Steffen Fritz, Ian McCallum
      Pages 243-260

  5. Handling Language Data

    1. The Meanings of the Generic Parts of Toponyms: Use and Limitations of Gazetteers in Studies of Landscape Terms

      • Curdin Derungs, Flurina Wartmann, Ross S. Purves, David M. Mark
      Pages 261-278

    2. Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language

      • Kristin Stock, Robert C. Pasley, Zoe Gardner, Paul Brindley, Jeremy Morley, Claudia Cialone
      Pages 279-298

  6. Spatial Language and Computation

    1. From Descriptions to Depictions: A Conceptual Framework

      • Maria Vasardani, Sabine Timpf, Stephan Winter, Martin Tomko
      Pages 299-319

    2. Reading Geography between the Lines: Extracting Local Place Knowledge from Text

      • Clare Davies
      Pages 320-337

    3. Modeling Spatial Knowledge from Verbal Descriptions

      • Lamia Belouaer, David Brosset, Christophe Claramunt
      Pages 338-357
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2013, held in Scarborough, UK, in September 2013. The 28 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 full paper submissions. The following topics are addressed: spatial change, wayfinding and assistance, representing spatial data, handling language data, spatial language and computation, spatial ontology, spatial reasoning and representation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Linguistics & English Language, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

    Thora Tenbrink

  • School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    John Stell

  • College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Antony Galton, Zena Wood

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