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Representations of space and time / Donna J. Peuquet (2002)
Titre : Representations of space and time Type de document : Monographie Auteurs : Donna J. Peuquet, Auteur Editeur : New York : Guilford Press Année de publication : 2002 Importance : 380 p. Format : 16 x 23 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-57230-773-5 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes d'information géographique
[Termes IGN] cognition
[Termes IGN] données localisées
[Termes IGN] données spatiotemporelles
[Termes IGN] données vectorielles
[Termes IGN] espace-temps
[Termes IGN] modèle conceptuel de données localisées
[Termes IGN] modèle conceptuel de données spatio-temporelles
[Termes IGN] ontologie
[Termes IGN] recherche d'information
[Termes IGN] représentation géographique
[Termes IGN] stockage de données
[Termes IGN] système d'information géographique
[Termes IGN] tessellation
[Termes IGN] théorie de la connaissanceRésumé : (Auteur) Recent advances in information technology have enabled scientists to generate unprecedented amounts of earth-related data, with tremendous potential for dealing with pressing social, economic, and environmental issues. Yet the volume and heterogeneity of available data clearly overwhelm traditional analytical approaches, as well as the human capacity to derive patterns and useful insights. This book examines how geospatial knowledge can be analyzed and represented in a manner that not only is accurate and coherent, but also makes intuitive sense to the end user. Concepts from a range of disciplines are integrated to explore the processes by which people acquire, represent, and utilize spatiotemporal knowledge. Arguing that the human user and the computer must be viewed as interrelated components of a single system, the book provides principles and recommendations for improving the design of geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial modeling tools. Note de contenu : Ch 1 - INTRODUCTION
PART 1 THEORIES OF WORLD KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
Ch 2 - REPRESENTATION VERSUS REALITY
- What Are "Space" and "Time"?
- Views of Space and Time: Ideas from Early Myth to Modern Science
- Space and Time as a Context for Understanding
- Common Threads
Ch 3 - ACQUIRING WORLD KNOWLEDGE: THE OVERALL PROCESS
- Understanding the World around Us
- The Nature of the Process
- The Start of the Process: Innate Concepts
- Types of Knowledge
- Types of Knowledge at Geographic Scales
- How Types of Knowledge Relate to Cognitive Representation and Levels of Knowing
Ch 4 - STORING WORLD KNOWLEDGE: SOME ELEMENTS OF CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE
- Embodiment of Spatial Knowledge
- Our WMd View as Cognitive Map
- Geographic Knowledge as a Multi-representational and Dynamic System
- Ontology: Elements of Knowing
- Formal Ontologies
- Categories
- Geographic Categories
- Schema: The Link between Percepts and Concepts
Ch 5 - ACQUIRING WORLD KNOWLEDGE THROUGH DIRECT EXPERIENCE
- Sensory Information and Cognition
- Ordinary Seeing Viseum and Visual Perception
- The Perceptual Cycle
- Touching and Hearing
- The Senses as a Unitary Source of Spatial Information for Cognition
- Consideration of Afferent Spaces and Scales
- J. J. Gibsons and Marrs Theories Extended
- Interpretation and Recognition: A Process of Cooperative Cognition
Ch 6 - FROM OBSERVATION TO UNDERSTANDING
- Beyond Mere Observation
- Imagery as a Means of Understanding
- The Use of Metaphor in Understanding
- How We Make the Connections
- Myth, Science, and the Imagination
- A Metaphorical Speculation
Ch 7 - ACQUIRING GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INDIRECT EXPERIENCE
- Non sens my Knowledge Sources
- How Graphic Images Convey Spatial Knowledge
- The Leitsy of Maps and Mapping
- How Maps Convey Knowledge
- The Power of Language
- Language as a Symbolic System
- How Language Conveys Spatial Knowledge
- The Relationship between Language and Cognitive Structure
- Graphics and Language Intertwined
- The Role of Indirect Experience
Chapter 8 - HOW SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE IS ENCODED
- Meaning and Understanding
- The Form of Imagery as a Mental Construct
- Properties of Pictorial versus Linguistic Representations
- From Outer to Inner Space: Basic Cognitive Models
- Differing Views within the Mind
- Separation of "What," "Where, "and "non "Knowledge
- How "What," "Where," and "When "Are Encoded
PART II THE COMPUTER AS A TOOL FOR STORING AND ACQUIRING SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE
Ch 9 - NEW TOOLS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
- Exploring Virtual Worlds
- Computers as Geographic Problem-Solving Tools
- Autonomous Problem Solving Machines That "Think"
- Knowledge Discovery in Data-Rich Environments
- Toward a New Perspective
Ch 10 - THE COMPUTER AS MEDIUM
- The Capabilities of Computers
- The Changing Nature of Accessing Geographic Information
- Challenges of Modern Computer Technology
Ch 11 - STORING GEOGRAPHIC DATA
- Storing Information in a Computer Context
- Databases, Data Models, and Levels of Representation
- Methods of Data Representation in Database Management Systems
- Specialized Representations for Geographic Data : The Beginnings
- Vector Models
- Hierarchical Vector Models
- Tessellation Models
Ch 12 - A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE REPRESENTATION
- The Big Debate: Deeper than Software
- What Are Objects, Anyway ?
- The Space-Time Typology Comes Full Circle
- The Discrete View
- The Continuous View
- Integrated Implementations
- Geographic Data Models Based on Cognitive Structure
- The Bigger Picture
Ch 13 - INTERACTING WITH DATABASES
- The Traditional Query Language Approach
- Computer Graphics and Visualization
- Virtual Environments
- Developments in Human-Computer Interaction
- Beyond Queries
Ch 14 - ISSUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC DATABASES
- Extending Capabilities in Representation, Interaction and Learning
- About Time
- Inexactness and Scale Issues
- Formal ontologies as a Basis for Shared Understanding
- Artificial Creativity?
- The Modeler's Dilemma
Ch 15 - EPILOGUE: MOVING FORWARDNuméro de notice : 18846 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE/INFORMATIQUE Nature : Monographie Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=55488 Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 18846-02 DEP-TRS Livre LASTIG Dépôt en unité Exclu du prêt Conceptualizing space and time: a classification of geographic movement / N.J. Yattaw in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999)
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Titre : Conceptualizing space and time: a classification of geographic movement Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : N.J. Yattaw, Auteur Année de publication : 1999 Article en page(s) : pp 85 - 98 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Infrastructure de données
[Termes IGN] distance
[Termes IGN] données spatiotemporelles
[Termes IGN] espace
[Termes IGN] espace-temps
[Termes IGN] ontologie
[Termes IGN] phénomène géographique
[Termes IGN] tempsRésumé : (Auteur) In an increasingly complex and interactive world, the need to study, manage, and understand the critical interface between physical and human environments is becoming more urgent, precipitating technological advancements in the dynamic spatiotemporal capabilities of geographic information systems (GIS) and associated visualization and representational techniques. Such efforts require a thorough knowledge of the intrinsic characteristics associated with changes in space and time. A comprehensive understanding of the underlying dynamic structure associated with movement is necessary before accurate, integrative, and insightful analyses, explanations, and representations of complex, geographically dynamic phenomena can be performed. Using the logical subdivision method of classification, geographic movement is conceptualized by its abstract spatial and temporal components creating a matrix of 12 unique classes characterizing the form of movement. The organization is a simplified framework that offers a movement language with which to describe the movements associated with diverse geographic phenomena. Classifying geographic movement by its changes in time and space serves as a useful construct that facilitates the comprehension of the general ideas and principles intrinsic to geographical patterns and processes and provides a solid foundation for representing and understanding complex geographic phenomena. Numéro de notice : A1999-178 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1559/152304099782330734 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782330734 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26375
in Cartography and Geographic Information Science > vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999) . - pp 85 - 98[article]Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 032-99021 RAB Revue Centre de documentation En réserve L003 Disponible Representation and manipulation of moving points: an extended data model for location estimation / J. Moreira in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999)
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Titre : Representation and manipulation of moving points: an extended data model for location estimation Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : J. Moreira, Auteur ; C. Ribeiro, Auteur ; J.M. Saglio, Auteur Année de publication : 1999 Article en page(s) : pp 109 - 123 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Bases de données localisées
[Termes IGN] espace-temps
[Termes IGN] imprécision géométrique
[Termes IGN] modèle conceptuel de données localisées
[Termes IGN] objet mobile
[Termes IGN] système d'information géographique
[Termes IGN] système de gestion de bases de données relationnellesRésumé : (Auteur) In this paper we introduce a classification for spatiotemporal systems based on the properties of the represented objects. Building on this classification, we assert that complex objects can be derived from simpler ones, following an evolutionary approach which starts with the study of simple objects and ends by enriching them with new features. This paper focuses on the definition of a data model for the representation of moving points. The model is based on the decomposition of the trajectory of moving points into sections. The movement within each section of a trajectory is described by a variability function. Because for most systems it is not possible to store the exact knowledge about the movement of an object, the answers to queries may be imprecise. We propose two additional approaches to deal with imprecision the superset and the subset semantics based on a maximum value for the variability function, and a smooth technique to integrate them in the model. Finally, we analyze certain functional aspects of the implementation of the data model in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and outline directions for future research. Numéro de notice : A1999-180 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE/INFORMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1559/152304099782330725 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782330725 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26377
in Cartography and Geographic Information Science > vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999) . - pp 109 - 123[article]Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 032-99021 RAB Revue Centre de documentation En réserve L003 Disponible Spatio-temporal interpolation and fuzzy logic for GIS simulation of rural-to-urban transition / Suzana Dragićević in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999)
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Titre : Spatio-temporal interpolation and fuzzy logic for GIS simulation of rural-to-urban transition Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Suzana Dragićević, Auteur ; D.J. Marceau, Auteur Année de publication : 1999 Article en page(s) : pp 125 - 137 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes d'information géographique
[Termes IGN] espace-temps
[Termes IGN] GRASS
[Termes IGN] incertitude des données
[Termes IGN] interpolation
[Termes IGN] logique floue
[Termes IGN] métropole
[Termes IGN] Montréal (Québec)
[Termes IGN] simulation
[Termes IGN] système d'information géographique
[Termes IGN] transformation
[Termes IGN] urbanisationRésumé : (Auteur) When studying dynamic geographic phenomena such as rural-urban transformation in a raster GIS environment, information between two consecutive snapshot layers may not be available. This paper describes an application of fuzzy logic which enables the completion of unknown information in generated intermediate layers using annual temporal resolution and spatiotemporal interpolation. Change is modeled temporally by performing three possible scenarios with a different duration of rural-urban transition, and spatially by applying two standard GIS methods. This methodology is tested with data from the Montreal Metropolitan area in Quebec, Canada, which cover the 1956 to 1986 period and have a temporal resolution of 10 years. Userfriendly modules were developed and incorporated in GRASS 4.1 environment in order to simulate the spatio-temporal changes which occur in the study area. Numéro de notice : A1999-181 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE/INFORMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1559/152304099782330707 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782330707 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26378
in Cartography and Geographic Information Science > vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999) . - pp 125 - 137[article]Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 032-99021 RAB Revue Centre de documentation En réserve L003 Disponible Visualization of relationships between spatial patterns in time by cartographic animation / Connie Blok in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999)
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Titre : Visualization of relationships between spatial patterns in time by cartographic animation Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Connie Blok, Auteur ; B. Kobben, Auteur ; A.A. Kuterema, Auteur Année de publication : 1999 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Cartographie numérique
[Termes IGN] cartographie animée
[Termes IGN] données localisées numériques
[Termes IGN] espace-temps
[Termes IGN] synchronisation
[Termes IGN] transport collectif
[Termes IGN] visualisation dynamiqueRésumé : (Auteur) This paper deals with dynamic visualization methods. The focus is on synchronization, one of the aspects that can dynamically control visualization. Synchronization refers to the possibility of running several animations simultaneously and manipulating their starting points in display time to discover relationships. The literature provides examples where animations are juxtaposed to discover (usually) causal relations. Can synchronization be relevant for other relationships ? How complex is its application in practice ? And are there alternatives for the perceptually difficult juxtaposing of animations ? We investigated design options for the visual exploration and analysis of three relationships between spatial patterns in time : convergence, similarity, and stability. For each relationship we used two data sets to produce experimental designs, in which we tried to incorporate knowledge on vision and cognition. It seems useful to distinguish between synchronization in world and in display time. If it is not necessary to view the data sets separately and to manipulate them independently in display time, one animation is sufficient. In other cases, two animations and, sometimes, alternative options for juxtaposing seem useful. However, empirical testing is still required to determine whether the proposed tools are effective. The experimental designs discussed in this paper are published on the Web. Numéro de notice : A1999-182 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1559/152304099782330716 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782330716 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26379
in Cartography and Geographic Information Science > vol 26 n° 2 (April 1999)[article]Exemplaires(1)
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