[CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations

Geographic information is observed, comprehended, organized, used in human processes, with both personal and social influences. Therefore, sound models of geographic information should be grounded on a sound understanding of human perception, cognition, memory, and behavior, as well as human institutions.

External resources

• Egenhofer, M. and Mark, D. M. (1995). Naive geography. In A. Frank and W. Kuhn (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science, 988, 1-15. Semmering, Austria: Springer-Verlag.
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/3-540-60392-1_1
• Lakoff, G. (1987) Women, fire, and dangerous things. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  ISBN number: 9780226468044
• Mark, D. M. and Freundschuh, S. M. (1995). Spatial concepts and cognitive models for geographic information use. In T. L. Nyerges, D. M. Mark, R. Laurini and M. Egenhofer (Eds.), Cognitive aspects of human-computer interaction for geographic information systems. (21-28).Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers:
  ISBN/section: 9780792335955/chapter?
• Mennis, J. L., Peuquet, D.J., and Qian, L. (2000). A conceptual framework for incorporating cognitive principles into geographical database representation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 14, 501-520.
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1080/136588100415710

Learning outcomes

• 1984 - Explain how linguistics play a role in GI science.

  Explain how linguistics play a role in GI science.

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations subclassof [CF] Conceptual Foundations

Incoming relations

• [CF3-1b] Cognitive foundations subclassof [CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations
• [CF3-2b] Linguistic foundations subclassof [CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations
• [CF3-3b] Social foundations subclassof [CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations
• [CF3-4b] Common-sense geographies subclassof [CF3] Cognitive, linguistic and social foundations

Contributors

• Rob Lemmens
  University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
  https://research.utwente.nl/en/persons/rob-lemmens