Human conceptions of spaces: implications for GIS

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-375

  Freundschuh, S M ^a   Egenhofer, M J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; INFORMATION USE;

CITY SIZES; GEOGRAPHICS; INFORMATION TOOLS; LARGE-SCALES; OBJECT SPACE; ROOM SIZE; SMALL SCALE; SPACE SCALE; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; TABLE-TOP;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GIS; HUMAN PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; SPACE PLANNING; SPATIAL COGNITION;

EID: 0031370693     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1997.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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