Modelling Environmental Cognition of the View With GIS

Mitchel Langford; Peter Fisher; Jonathan  Baldwin; joseph Wood

Modelling Environmental Cognition of the View With GIS

Mitchel Langford, Peter Fisher, Jonathan Baldwin, joseph Wood

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This paper explores some of the ways in which a cognitive appreciation of landscape may be matched to the GIS context of DEM analysis. Physiographical characteristics of landscape cognition can be modelled using the technology associated with viewshed analysis. Relief, depth of view, horizon characteristics and shape could all be measured using GIS functionality. Uncertainty in surface feature classification may be identified by examining scale dependencies in the landsape and storing the results as feature membership functions. It is suggested that cognitive criteria such as drama, mystery and coherence may have measurable surrogates by using the modelled view as a basis for their definition.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 1996
Event	Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling - Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Santa Fe, United States Duration: 21 Jan 1996 → 25 Jan 1996 Conference number: 3 http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/program.html

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Conference	Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Fe
Period	21/01/96 → 25/01/96
Internet address	http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/program.html

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