Cognitive research in GI science: Recent achievements and future prospects

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1824-1840

  Montello, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GIS; MEMORY; NAVIGATION AID; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL COGNITION; STUDENT; TEACHING; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77957061459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00273.x     Document Type: Article

References (93)

1. Aerts, J. C. J. H., Clarke, K. C., and Keuper, A. D. (2003). Testing popular visualization techniques for representing model uncertainty. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 30 (3), pp. 249-261.
2. Agarwal, P. (2005). Ontological considerations in GIScience. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 19 (5), pp. 501-536.
3. Agumya, A., and Hunter, G. J. (2002). Responding to the consequences of uncertainty in geographical data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 16 (5), pp. 405-417.
4. Allen, G. L. (1997). From knowledge to words to wayfinding: issues in the production and comprehension of route directions. In: Hirtle, S. C., and Frank, A. U. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 363-372.
5. Berendt, B., Rauh, R., and Barkowsky, T. (1998). Spatial thinking with geographic maps: an empirical study. In: Czap, H., Ohly, H. P., and Pribbenow, S. (eds) Herausforderungen an die Wissensorganisation: visualisierung, multimediale Dokumente, Internetstrukturen.Würzburg: Ergon, pp. 63-73.
6. Bittner, T., and Edwards, G. (2001). Toward an ontology for geomatics. Geomatica 55 (4), pp. 475-490.
7. Blaut, J. M. (1997). The mapping abilities of young children: children can. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87 (1), pp. 152-158.
8. Brodaric, B., Gahegan, M., and Harrap, R. (2004). The art and science of mapping: computing geological categories from field data. Computers & Geosciences 30 (7), pp. 719-740.
9. Burrough, P. A., and Frank, A. U. (eds) (1996). Geographic objects with indeterminate boundaries. London: Taylor & Francis.
10. Buttimer, A., and Seamon, D. (eds) (1980). The human experience of space and place. New York: St. Martin's Press.
11. Committee on Support for Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum, NRC (2006). Learning to think spatially. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
12. Cresswell, T. (2004). Place: a short introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
13. Davies, C., and Medyckyj-Scott, D. (1996). GIS users observed. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 10 (4), pp. 363-384.
14. Denis, M., Michon, P.-E., and Tom, A. (2007). Assisting pedestrian wayfinding in urban settings: why references to landmarks are crucial in direction-giving. In: Allen, G. L. (ed.) Applied spatial cognition: from research to cognitive technology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 25-51.
15. Dillemuth, J. (2005). Map design evaluation for mobile display. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 32 (4), pp. 285-301.
16. Egenhofer, M. J., and Golledge, R. G. (eds) (1998). Spatial and temporal reasoning in geographic information systems. New York: Oxford University Press.
17. Egenhofer, M. J., and Mark, D. M. (1995). Naive geography. In: Frank, A. U., and Kuhn, W. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 988, pp. 1-15.
18. Evans, B. J. (1997). Dynamic display of spatial data reliability: does it benefit the map user? Computers and Geosciences 23 (4), pp. 409-422.
19. Fabrikant, S. I., Montello, D. R., Ruocco, M., and Middleton, R. S. (2004). The distance-similarity metaphor in network-display spatializations. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 31 (4), pp. 237-252.
20. Fabrikant, S. I., Montello, D. R., and Mark, D. M. (2006). The distance-similarity metaphor in region-display spatializations. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 26 (4), pp. 34-44.
21. Fabrikant, S. I., et al. (2008). Novel method to measure inference affordance in static small-multiple map displays representing dynamic processes. The Cartographic Journal 45 (3), pp. 201-215.
22. Frank, A. U. (1996). Qualitative spatial reasoning: cardinal directions as an example. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 10 (3), pp. 269-290.
23. Freksa, C. (1992). Using orientation information for qualitative spatial reasoning. In: Frank, A. U., Campari, I., and Formentini, U. (eds) Theories and methods of spatio-temporal reasoning in geographic space. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 639, pp. 162-178.
24. Friedman, A., and Brown, N. R. (2000). Reasoning about geography. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 129 (2), pp. 193-219.
25. Friedman, A., et al. (2005). Cross-cultural similarities and differences in North Americans' geographic location judgments. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 12 (6), pp. 1054-1060.
26. Gärling, T., and Evans, G. W. (eds) (1991). Environment, cognition, and action. New York: Oxford University.
27. Gärling, T., and Golledge, R. G. (eds) (1993). Behavior and environment: psychological and geographical approaches. Amsterdam: North-Holland, Advances in Psychology 96.
28. Golledge, R. G. (1999). Wayfinding behavior: cognitive mapping and other spatial processes. Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Press.
29. Golledge, R. G., and Rushton, G. (eds) (1976). Spatial choice and spatial behavior. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University.
30. Golledge, R. G., and Stimson, R. J. (1997). Spatial behavior: a geographic perspective. New York: The Guilford Press.
31. Goodchild, M. F. (1992). Geographical information science. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 6 (1), pp. 31-45.
32. Gray, M. V. (1997). Classification as an impediment to the reliable and valid use of spatial information: a disaggregate approach. In: Hirtle, S. C., and Frank, A. U. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1329, pp. 137-149.
33. Griffin, A. L., et al. (2006). A comparison of animated maps with static small-multiple maps for visually identifying space-time clusters. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 96 (4), pp. 740-753.
34. Guarino, N. (ed.) (1998). Formal ontology in information systems. Trento, Italy: IOS Press.
35. Guelke, L. (1989). Forms of life, history, and mind: an idealist proposal for integrating perception and behaviour in human geography. In: Boal, F. W., and Livingstone, D. N. (eds) The behavioural environment. London: Routledge, pp. 289-310.
36. Hoffman, R. R., and Pike, R. J. (1995). On the specification of the information available for the perception and description of the natural terrain. In: Hancock, P. A., Flach, J., Caird, J. K., and Vicente, K. (eds) Local applications of the ecological approach to human-machine systems, Vol. 2. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 285-323.
37. Hope, S., and Hunter, G. J. (2007). Testing the effects of positional uncertainty on spatial decision-making. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 21 (6), pp. 645-665.
38. Ishikawa, T., et al. (2005). Climate forecast maps as a communication and decision-support tool: an empirical test with prospective policy makers. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 32 (1), pp. 3-16.
39. Ishikawa, T., Fujiwara, H., Imai, O., and Okabe, A. (2008). Wayfinding with a GPS-based mobile navigation system: a comparison with maps and direct experience. Journal of Environmental Psychology 28 (1), pp. 74-82.
40. Jankowski, P., and Nyerges, T. (2001). GIS-supported collaborative decision making: results of an experiment. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 91 (1), pp. 48-70.
41. Kitchin, R., and Blades, M. (2002). The cognition of geographic space. New York and London: IB Tauris Publishers.
42. Kitchin, R., and Freundschuh, S. (eds) (2000). Cognitive mapping: past, present, and future. London: Routledge.
43. Klippel, A. (2003). Wayfinding choremes. In: Kuhn, W., Worboys, M., and Timpf, S. (eds) Spatial information theory: foundations of geographic information science. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2825, pp. 301-315.
44. Koua, E. L., MacEachren, A., and Kraak, M. J. (2006). Evaluating the usability of visualization methods in an exploratory geovisualization environment. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 20 (4), pp. 425-448.
45. Kuhn, W., Raubal, M., and Gärdenfors, P. (2007). Cognitive semantics and spatio-temporal ontologies: introduction to special issue. Spatial Cognition and Computation 7 (1), pp. 3-11.
46. Lauriault, T. P., and Lindgaard, G. (2006). Scented cybercartography: exploring possibilities. Cartographica 41 (1), pp. 73-91.
47. Lawrence, M., Lobben, A., and Olson, J. M. (2005). Images of the geographical brain: the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in studying spatial tasks. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO, 8th April.
48. Liben, L. S. (1999). Developing an understanding of external spatial representations. In: Sigel, I. E. (ed.) Development of mental representation: theories and applications. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 297-321.
49. Liben, L. S., and Downs, R. M. (1997). Can-ism and can'tianism: a straw child. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 87 (1), pp. 159-167.
50. Ligozat, G. F. (1993). Qualitative triangulation for spatial reasoning. In: Frank, A. U., and Campari, I. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 716, pp. 54-68.
51. Lloyd, R. (1993). Cognitive processes and cartographic maps. In: Gärling, T., and Golledge, R. G. (eds) Behavior and environment: psychological and geographical approaches. Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp. 141-169.
52. Lloyd, R. (1997). Spatial cognition: geographic environments. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.
53. MacEachren, A. M. (1995). How maps work: representation visualization and design. New York: Guilford Press.
54. MacEachren, A. M., et al. (2005). Visualizing geospatial information uncertainty: what we know and what we need to know. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 32 (3), pp. 139-160.
55. Mark, D. M. (1993). Toward a theoretical framework for geographic entity types. In: Frank, A. U., and Campari, I. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 716, pp. 270-283.
56. Mark, D. M., and Frank, A. U. (eds) (1991). Cognitive and linguistic aspects of geographic space. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
57. Mark, D. M., et al. (1999). Cognitive models of geographical space. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 13 (8), pp. 747-774.
58. Mark, D. M., Skupin, A., and Smith, B. (2001). Features, objects, and other things. In: Montello, D. R. (ed.) Spatial information theory: foundations of geographic information science. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2205, pp. 489-502.
59. Mark, D. M., Turk, A. G., and Stea, D. (2007). Progress on Yindjibarndi ethnophysiography. In: Winter, S., Duckham, M., Kulik, L., and Kuipers, B. (eds) Spatial information theory. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4736, pp. 1-19.
60. McMaster, R. B., and Usery, E. L. (eds) (2005). A research agenda for geographic information science. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
61. McNamara, T. P. (1992). Spatial representation. Geoforum 23 (2), pp. 139-150.
62. Medyckyj-Scott, D., and Hearnshaw, H. (1993). Human factors in GIS. London: Belhaven Press.
63. Montello, D. R. (2002). Cognitive map-design research in the twentieth century: theoretical and empirical approaches. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 29 (3), pp. 283-304.
64. Montello, D. R. (2005). Navigation. In: Shah, P., and Miyake, A. (eds) The Cambridge handbook of visuospatial thinking. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 257-294.
65. Montello, D. R. (2008). Cognitive science. In: Kemp, K. K. (ed.) Encyclopedia of geographic information science. Thousand Oaks, CA, & London: SAGE Publications, pp. 40-43.
66. Montello, D. R., and Freundschuh, S. M. (2005). Cognition of geographic information. In: McMaster, R. B., and Usery, E. L. (eds) A research agenda for geographic information science. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 61-91.
67. Montello, D. R., and Sutton, P. C. (2006). An introduction to scientific research methods in geography. Thousand Oaks, CA, & London: SAGE Publications.
68. Montello, D. R., Fabrikant, S. I., Ruocco, M., and Middleton, R. S. (2003a). Testing the first law of cognitive geography on point-display spatializations. In: Kuhn, W., Worboys, M. F., and Timpf, S. (eds) Spatial information theory: foundations of geographic information science. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2825, pp. 335-351.
69. Montello, D. R., Goodchild, M. F., Gottsegen, J., and Fohl, P. (2003b). Where's downtown?: behavioral methods for determining referents of vague spatial queries. Spatial Cognition and Computation 3 (2&3), pp. 185-204.
70. Newcombe, N. S., and Huttenlocher, J. (2000). Making space: the development of spatial representation and reasoning. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
71. Nyerges, T. L., Mark, D. M., Laurini, R., and Egenhofer, M. J. (1995). Cognitive aspects of human-computer interaction for Geographic Information Systems. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
72. Parush, A., Ahuvia-Pick, S., and Erev, I. (2007) Degradation in spatial knowledge acquisition when using automatic navigation systems. In: Winter, S., Duckham, M., Kulik, L., and Kuipers, B. (eds) Spatial information theory. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4736, pp. 238-254.
73. Petchenik, B. B. (1983). A mapmaker's perspective on map design research 1950-1980. In: Taylor, D. R. F. (ed.) Graphic communication and design in contemporary cartography, Vol. 2. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 37-68.
74. Peuquet, D. J. (2002). Representations of space and time. New York: The Guilford Press.
75. Portugali, J. (ed.) (1996). The construction of cognitive maps. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
76. Raper, J. (2000). Multidimensional geographic information science. London: Taylor & Francis.
77. Raubal, M., and Winter, S. (2002). Enriching wayfinding instructions with local landmarks. In: Egenhofer, M. J., and Mark, D. M. (eds) Geographic information science: second international conference, GIScience 2002. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2478, pp. 243-259.
78. Rice, M., Jacobson, R. D., Golledge, R. G., and Jones, D. (2005). Design considerations for haptic and auditory map interfaces. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 32 (4), pp. 381-391.
79. Robinson, V. (2000). Individual and multipersonal fuzzy spatial relations acquired using human-machine interaction. Fuzzy Sets and Systems 113 (1), pp. 133-145.
80. Samarapungavan, A., Vosniadou, S., and Brewer, W. F. (1996). Mental models of the Earth, sun, and moon: Indian children's cosmologies. Cognitive Development 11 (4), pp. 491-521.
81. Slocum, T. A., et al. (2001). Cognitive and usability issues in geovisualization. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 28 (1), pp. 61-75.
82. Smith, B., and Mark, D. M. (2003). Do mountains exist? Towards an ontology of landforms. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 30 (3), pp. 411-427.
83. Timpf, S. (2002). Ontologies of wayfinding: a traveler's perspective. Networks and Spatial Economics 2 (1), pp. 9-33.
84. Tuan, Y.-F. (1977). Space and place: the perspective of experience. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
85. Usery, E. L. (1993). Category theory and the structure of features in geographic information systems. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 20 (1), pp. 5-12.
86. Uttal, D. H. (2000). Seeing the big picture: map use and the development of spatial cognition. Developmental Science 3 (3), pp. 247-264.
87. Vosniadou, S., and Brewer, W. F. (1992). Mental models of the Earth: a study of conceptual change in childhood. Cognitive Psychology 24 (4), pp. 535-585.
88. Wang, F., and Hall, G. B. (1996). Fuzzy representation of geographical boundaries in GIS. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 10 (5), pp. 573-590.
89. Wilson, R. A., and Keil, F. C. (eds) (1999). The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
90. Wood, D. (2004). Review of "The cognition of geographic space" by Rob Kitchin and Mark Blades. Geographical Review 94 (1), pp. 122-124.
91. Yao, X., and Jiang, B. (2005). Visualization of qualitative locations in geographic information systems. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 32 (4), pp. 219-229.
92. Yuan, M., and Albrecht, J. (1995). Structural analysis of geographic information and GIS operations: from a user's perspective. In: Frank, A. U., and Kuhn, W. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 988, pp. 107-122.
93. Zimmermann, K. (1993). Enhancing qualitative spatial reasoning - combining orientation and distance. In: Frank, A. U., and Campari, I. (eds) Spatial information theory: a theoretical basis for GIS. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 716, pp. 69-76.