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A Geographer Looks at Spatial Information Theory

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Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2001)

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Geographic information is defined as a subset of spatial information, specific to the spatiotemporal frame of the Earth’s surface. Thus geographic information theory inherits the results of spatial information theory, but adds results that reflect the specific properties of geographic information. I describe six general properties of geographic information, and show that in some cases specialization has assumed other properties that are less generally observed. A recognition of the distinction between geographic and spatial would allow geographic information theory to achieve greater depth and utility.

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  1. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, and Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106-4060, USA

    Michael F. Goodchild

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  1. Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Daniel R. Montello

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Goodchild, M.F. (2001). A Geographer Looks at Spatial Information Theory. In: Montello, D.R. (eds) Spatial Information Theory. COSIT 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2205. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45424-1_1

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