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lectures in computational thinking 1 Structuring Geographic Information to support Semantic and Visual ‘zoom’ William Mackaness Institute of Geography, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh Drummond St Edinburgh EH8 9XP [email protected]
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Str
uc
turi
ng
Geo
gra
ph
ic
Info
rma
tio
n t
o s
up
po
rt
Sem
an
tic a
nd
Vis
ual
‘zo
om
’
Will
iam
Ma
cka
ness
Institu
te o
f G
eo
gra
ph
y,
Sch
ool o
f G
eo
scie
nce
s,
Th
e U
niv
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ity o
f E
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Them
e
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om
puta
tional te
chniq
ues to s
upport
multi
scale
vie
win
g a
nd a
naly
sis
of G
eogra
phic
In
form
ation
•M
ap c
entr
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Data
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entr
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Outlin
e
•T
he p
ow
er
of th
e m
ap
•C
art
ogra
phy -
Fro
m a
n A
rt to a
Scie
nce?
•M
ultis
cale
Mappin
g
•S
em
antic R
efe
rence S
yste
ms
•C
onclu
sio
n
–G
eo
gra
ph
y –
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Mode
lling
cart
ogra
ph
ic
desig
n (
tailo
red
inte
rface)
Mode
lling
multip
le
geo
gra
ph
ical
scale
s
Au
tom
atio
n
Un
ders
tan
din
g
chan
gin
g
conte
xts
of use
Techn
olo
gy D
riven…
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Desig
n &
Meanin
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Sem
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Kolá
cn
y
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Imp
ort
an
ce
of
1)s
ca
le;
2)p
roto
typ
ica
l vie
ws
...to
se
mio
tics/ sig
n s
yste
ms:
Put
your
arm
do
wn w
hen y
ou t
hin
k y
ou k
no
w w
hat
it is?
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Multip
le
vie
ws o
f th
e
world…
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Multip
le r
ep
resenta
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MR
DB
–re
quires v
ery
ric
h m
od
els
of
Geo
gra
phic
Space
•T
opolo
gic
al m
odelli
ng
•N
eig
hbourh
oods: T
essella
tions o
f space:
Voro
noi
•M
odelli
ng n
etw
ork
s: gra
ph theory
•S
tatistical te
chniq
ues: clu
ste
ring
techniq
ues
•C
lassific
ation m
eth
odolo
gie
s: T
axonom
ies
and P
art
onom
ies
(Mere
olo
gy)
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Obje
cts
and R
ela
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•P
art
onom
ic R
ela
tionship
s ‘part
of’
Cit
y
Tra
nsport
Dis
tric
t
Vacant
Build
ing B
lock
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Str
eet
Build
ing
Gard
en
Bed
Ho
use
Was
h R
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ed R
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Show
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Soap
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Taxonom
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lassific
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gg
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Part
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lassific
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gg
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diffe
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Conta
iner
Bounda
ries
•C
onta
iner
Boundaries that ‘fit’w
ith o
ur
conceptu
al unders
tandin
g o
f th
e w
orld:
–(p
eb
ble
s �
Isla
nd
s)
–H
ou
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Se
ttle
me
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–T
ree
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Fo
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–H
ills �
Ra
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ic info
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Sett
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Sett
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Sett
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Sett
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Connecting g
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-S
em
antic z
oom
…..V
isual zoom
….
‘These p
art
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tructu
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rovid
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‘c
onceptu
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kin
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ppeara
nce
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Meanin
gfu
l data
base q
ueries
•S
pati
al
An
aly
sis
•S
ELE
CT
a.G
eom
etr
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RO
M
Sourc
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data
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se
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Part
onom
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ble
b,
Nam
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base
c
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id=
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and a
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posite
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Cald
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Utilit
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Utilit
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Lev
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Them
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appin
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Mult
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Rep
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nta
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Dat
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Bas
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MA
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RA
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AT
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Model
gen
eral
isat
ion
Car
togra
phic
gen
eral
isat
ion
MA
PS
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ies
pro
duct
ion,
web
serv
ices
, m
obil
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ents
)
CA
PT
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Rem
ote
sen
sing
tech
nolo
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s
AU
TO
MA
TIC
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AN
GE
DE
TE
CT
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Pat
tern
rec
ognit
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info
rmat
ion s
cien
ce
UP
DA
TE
&
VE
RS
ION
ING
Dat
abas
e
tech
nolo
gie
s
A V
isio
n…
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Geo
gra
phy –
the b
orr
ow
er
of
scie
nce
•C
art
og
rap
hy -
ge
og
rap
hy
•S
em
iotics,
co
mm
un
ica
tio
n th
eo
ry –
ling
uis
tics
•M
ere
olo
gy
(pa
rto
no
mie
s),
on
tolo
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ph
iloso
ph
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•P
att
ern
re
co
gn
itio
n,
sca
le s
pa
ce
–ro
bo
tics
•M
od
els
of
sp
ace
–m
ath
em
atics &
com
pu
ter
scie
nce
•R
ea
so
nin
g a
bo
ut
sp
ace
–p
sych
olo
gy
•M
od
els
of
Inte
ractio
n –
info
rma
tics
•…
. T
ruly
in
terd
iscip
lina
ry n
atu
re…
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Conclu
sio
n
•D
iffe
rent: M
ap a
s a
syste
m o
f R
ela
tionship
s
•W
eave: m
odel ��
vis
ual fo
rm
•G
eogra
phy –
the b
orr
ow
er
of scie
nce
•T
echnolo
gy –
changin
g s
cie
nce o
f cart
ogra
phy
•N
ot subsum
ed b
y s
cie
ntific v
isualis
ation a
nd
VR
, but com
plim
enta
ryto
…
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