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No 1 (2010): Theme Section on Presenting Spatial Information

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Table of Contents

Editorial PDF Discuss
Mike Worboys 1-2

Invited Articles

Twenty years of progress: GIScience in 2010 PDF Discuss
Michael F Goodchild 3-20

Research Articles

Exploring place through user-generated content: Using Flickr tags to describe city cores PDF Discuss
Livia Hollenstein, Ross Purves 21-48

Theme Section: Presenting Spatial Information

Presenting spatial information: Granularity, relevance, and integration PDF Discuss
Thora Tenbrink, Stephan Winter 49-51

Theme Section: Research Articles

This is the tricky part: When directions become difficult PDF Discuss
Stephen Hirtle, Kai-Florian Richter, Samvith Srinivas, Robert Firth 53-73
Linguistic spatial classifications of event domains in narratives of crime PDF Discuss
Blake Stephen Howald 75-93
Grain levels in English path curvature descriptions and accompanying iconic gestures PDF Discuss
Emile van der Zee, Urpo Nikanne, Uta Sassenberg 95-113

Community Activities

Spatial behavior and linguistic representation: Collaborative interdisciplinary specialized workshop PDF Discuss
Thora Tenbrink, Jan Wiener, Christophe Claramunt, Marios Avraamides, Rainer Malaka, Hanspeter A Mallot 115-120
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