Spatial and Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Information Systems [Hardcover]

In an effort to further investigation into critical development facets of geographic information systems (GIS), this book explores the reasoning processes that apply to geographic space and time. As a result of an iniative sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), it treats the computational, cognitive and social science applications aspects of spatial and temporal reasoning in GIS. Essays were contributed by scholars from a broad spectrum of disciplines including: geography, cartography, surveying and engineering, computer science, mathematics and environmental and cognitive psychology.

Contributors
PART I: Spatio-Temporal Reasoning: GIS and Computational Science Perspectives
1. Exploiting Temporal Continuity in Qualitative Spatial Calculi,A.G. Cohn, et al.
2. A Generic Model for Spatio-Bitemporal Geographic Information,Michael F. Worboys
3. Different Types of Times in GIS,Andrew U. Frank
4. Some Operational Requirements for a Multi-Temporal 4-D GIS,N.W.J. Hazelton
5. The Representation of Spatio-Temporal Variation in GIS and Cartographic Displays: The Case for Sonification and Auditory Data Representation,Christopher R. Weber
6. Beyond the Snapshot: Changing the Approach to Change, Error and Process,Nicholas R. Chrisman
7. Process Dynamics, Temporal Extent, and Causal Propagation as the Basis for Linking Space and Time,John A. Kelmelis
PART II: Spatial and Temporal Cognition
8. Aristotelian Spatial Dynamics in the Age of Geographic Information Systems,Helen Couclelis
9. Psychological Time and the Processing of Spatial Information,Richard A. Block
10. The Relationship Between Geographic Scale, Distance, and Time as Expressed in Natural Discourse,Scott M. Freundschuh
11. A New Framework for Understanding the Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge in Large-Scale Elc<