More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies

Flurina M. Wartmann; Ekaterina Egorova; Curdin Derungs; David M. Mark; Ross S. Purves

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23374-1_11

More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies

Flurina M. Wartmann^*, Ekaterina Egorova, Curdin Derungs, David M. Mark, Ross S. Purves

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Abstract

Categorization is central to abstraction from real world geographic phenomena to computational representations, and as such has been the subject of considerable research. We report on one common approach, free listing, in an outdoor setting and explore terms elicited in response to the question ‘What is there for you in a landscape?’. We collected term lists, and explanations for the strategies used from 89 participants in two mountain and one parkland setting. We analyzed results not only using term frequency, but also by cognitive saliency, exploring list structures, and building aggregated networks visualizing links between terms. We observed memory search strategies, such as exploiting and switching semantic clusters in our data, with participants using for example not only the local setting to start clusters, but also memories of familiar landscapes to switch between clusters. Our results reveal that simple free listing experiments can help us understand how categories are linked, and also highlight ways in which landscapes are conceptualized.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Scott Freundshuh, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Clare Davies, Scott Bell, Michela Bertolotto, Martin Raubal
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	224-243
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9783319233734
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23374-1_11
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2015
Event	12th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2015 - Santa Fe, United States Duration: 12 Oct 2015 → 16 Oct 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9368
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Fe
Period	12/10/15 → 16/10/15

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements
The research in this study was funded by the ‘Forschungskredit’ of the University of Zurich, grant no. FK-13-104 and the University Research Priority Program Language and Space (URPP SpuR) of the University of Zurich. We thank all participants in Val Müstair, Flims and Irchel Park who took part in this study.

Keywords

Commonsense geography
Free lists
Geographic categories
GIS
Landscape categorizations
Memory search

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Wartmann, F. M., Egorova, E., Derungs, C., Mark, D. M., & Purves, R. S. (2015). More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies. In S. Freundshuh, S. I. Fabrikant, C. Davies, S. Bell, M. Bertolotto, & M. Raubal (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings (pp. 224-243). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9368). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23374-1_11

More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies. / Wartmann, Flurina M.; Egorova, Ekaterina; Derungs, Curdin et al.
Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Scott Freundshuh; Sara Irina Fabrikant; Clare Davies; Scott Bell; Michela Bertolotto; Martin Raubal. Springer Verlag, 2015. p. 224-243 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9368).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Wartmann, FM, Egorova, E, Derungs, C, Mark, DM & Purves, RS 2015, More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies. in S Freundshuh, SI Fabrikant, C Davies, S Bell, M Bertolotto & M Raubal (eds), Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9368, Springer Verlag, pp. 224-243, 12th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2015, Santa Fe, United States, 12/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23374-1_11

Wartmann FM, Egorova E, Derungs C, Mark DM, Purves RS. More than a list: What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies. In Freundshuh S, Fabrikant SI, Davies C, Bell S, Bertolotto M, Raubal M, editors, Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2015. p. 224-243. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23374-1_11

Wartmann, Flurina M. ; Egorova, Ekaterina ; Derungs, Curdin et al. / More than a list : What outdoor free listings of landscape categories reveal about commonsense geographic concepts and memory search strategies. Spatial Information Theory - 12th International Conference, COSIT 2015, Proceedings. editor / Scott Freundshuh ; Sara Irina Fabrikant ; Clare Davies ; Scott Bell ; Michela Bertolotto ; Martin Raubal. Springer Verlag, 2015. pp. 224-243 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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