The Journal of Spatial Information Science (JOSIS) is an international, interdisciplinary, open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, original research articles in spatial information science. The journal aims to publish research spanning the theoretical foundations of spatial and geographical information science, through computation with geospatial information, to technologies for geographical information use. [More about JOSIS...]

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No 5 (2012)

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Research Articles

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 Spatial reasoning with augmented points: Extending cardinal directions with local distances PDF Comments
Reinhard Moratz, Jan Oliver Wallgrün 1-30
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 Approaching the notion of place by contrast PDF Comments
Stephan Winter, Christian Freksa 31-50
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 The influence of landscape variation on landform categorization PDF Comments
Maia Williams, Werner Kuhn, Marco Painho 51-73

Review Articles

An oblique 3D drawing (Fontus Ltd)
 Geospatial images in the acquisition of spatial knowledge for wayfinding PDF Comments
Pyry Kettunen, Katja Irvankoski, Christina M. Krause, Tapani Sarjakoski, L. Tiina Sarjakoski 75-106

Community Activities

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 Tutorial report: Understanding spatial thought through language use PDF Comments
Thora Tenbrink, Tommaso D'Odorico, Christoph Hertzberg, Güzin Mazman, Chiara Meneghetti, Nina Reshöft, Jinlong Yang 107-114
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