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2. Epidemics and pandemics in maps – the case of COVID-19
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Paulo Raposo, Wim Feringa, Menno-Jan Kraak, and Barend Köbben
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covid-19 ,sars-cov-2 ,pandemic ,epidemic ,visualization ,cartographic challenges ,Maps ,G3180-9980 - Abstract
Epidemics and pandemics are geographical in nature and constitute spatial, temporal, and thematic phenomena across large ranges of scales: local infections with a global spread; short-term decisions by governments and institutions with long-term effects; and diverse effects of the disease on many aspects of our lives. Pandemics pose particular challenges to their visual representation by cartographic means. This article briefly summarizes some of these challenges and outlines ways to approach these. We discuss how to use the information usually available for telling the story of an epidemic, illustrated by the example of the 2019–2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The maps attached to this article demonstrate the discussed cartographic means.
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- 2020
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3. The effect of tectonic plate motion on georeferenced long-term global datasets
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and René Westerholt
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Plate tectonics ,Spatial data quality ,Positional accuracy ,OpenStreetMap (OSM) ,Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) ,World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) ,Physical geography ,GB3-5030 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
Tectonic plate motion affects coordinates resulting from GPS measurements and the referencing of aerial and satellite imagery. It therefore impacts the long-term use of global coordinate systems. Over time, the tectonic plates move relative to each other and coordinates become outdated. Most geographic datasets including OpenStreetMap are no exception, as these are affected in terms of a growing location–coordinate mismatch. Current research is aware of this issue but solution strategies have not been fully explored yet. In this manuscript, we discuss how regular systematic updates of coordinate values can be used to address this issue. We explore the recommended frequency to perform such updates for guaranteeing a minimal loss of accuracy after long periods of time. It is further determined how rounding errors impair such systematic updates and in which ways singular and irregular manual updates impede systematic solution strategies. The solution strategies proposed lead to minimal overall errors and thus guarantee to retain high positional accuracy of coordinate pairs within global datasets, even after years of existence.
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- 2021
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4. A grounding-based ontology of data quality measures
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Amin Mobasheri, Luisa Griesbaum, Melanie Eckle, Clemens Jacobs, and Carolin Klonner
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data quality ,fitness for purpose ,data quality measure ,grounding ,taxonomy ,spatial data ,OpenStreetMap (OSM) ,Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
Data quality and fitness for purpose can be assessed by data quality measures. Existing ontologies of data quality dimensions reflect, among others, which aspects of data quality are assessed and the mechanisms that lead to poor data quality. An understanding of which source of information is used to judge about data quality and fitness for purpose is, however, lacking. This article introduces an ontology of data quality measures by their grounding, that is, the source of information to which the data is compared to in order to assess their quality. The ontology is exemplified with several examples of volunteered geographic information (VGI), while also applying to other geographical data and data in general. An evaluation of the ontology in the context of data quality measures for OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, a well-known example of VGI, provides insights about which types of quality measures for OSM data have and which have not yet been considered in literature.
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- 2018
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5. The OpenStreetMap folksonomy and its evolution
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Alexander Zipf, and Martin Raifer
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Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) ,OpenStreetMap (OSM) ,folksonomy ,taxonomy ,evolution ,granularity ,visualization ,Mathematical geography. Cartography ,GA1-1776 ,Geodesy ,QB275-343 - Abstract
The comprehension of folksonomies is of high importance when making sense of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), in particular in the case of OpenStreetMap (OSM). So far, only little research has been conducted to understand the role and the evolution of folksonomies in VGI and OSM, which is despite the fact that without a comprehension of the folksonomies the thematic dimension of data can hardly be used. This article examines the history of the OSM folksonomy, with the aim to predict its future evolution. In particular, we explore how the documentation of the OSM folksonomy relates to its actual use in the data, and we investigate the historical and future scope and granularity of the folksonomy. Finally, a visualization technique is proposed to examine the folksonomy in more detail.
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- 2017
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6. Shared Data Sources in the Geographical Domain—A Classification Schema and Corresponding Visualization Techniques
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Christina Ludwig, A. Yair Grinberger, Clemens Jacobs, Carolin Klonner, and Martin Raifer
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Shared Data Source (SDS) ,Geographical Shared Data Source (GSDS) ,visualization ,semantics ,Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) ,Ambient Geographic Information (AGI) ,Participatory Geographic Information (PGI) ,conceptual space ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
People share data in different ways. Many of them contribute on a voluntary basis, while others are unaware of their contribution. They have differing intentions, collaborate in different ways, and they contribute data about differing aspects. Shared Data Sources have been explored individually in the literature, in particular OpenStreetMap and Twitter, and some types of Shared Data Sources have widely been studied, such as Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Ambient Geographic Information (AGI), and Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS). A thorough and systematic discussion of Shared Data Sources in their entirety is, however, still missing. For the purpose of establishing such a discussion, we introduce in this article a schema consisting of a number of dimensions for characterizing socially produced, maintained, and used ‘Shared Data Sources,’ as well as corresponding visualization techniques. Both the schema and the visualization techniques allow for a common characterization in order to set individual data sources into context and to identify clusters of Shared Data Sources with common characteristics. Among others, this makes possible choosing suitable Shared Data Sources for a given task and gaining an understanding of how to interpret them by drawing parallels between several Shared Data Sources.
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- 2019
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7. Reduction of Map Information Regulates Visual Attention without Affecting Route Recognition Performance
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Julian Keil, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Dennis Edler, Frank Dickmann, and Lars Kuchinke
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cognitive cartography ,empirical cartography ,spatial cognition ,volunteered geographic information ,landmarks ,map pictograms ,route memory ,recognition ,story telling ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
Map-based navigation is a diverse task that stands in contradiction to the goal of completeness of web mapping services. As each navigation task is different, it also requires and can dispense with different map information to support effective and efficient wayfinding. Task-oriented reduction of the elements displayed in a map may therefore support navigation. In order to investigate effects of map reduction on route recognition and visual attention towards specific map elements, we created maps in which areas offside an inserted route were displayed as transparent. In a route memory experiment, where participants had to memorize routes and match them to routes displayed in following stimuli, these maps were compared to unmodified maps. Eye movement analyses revealed that in the reduced maps, areas offside the route were fixated less often. Route recognition performance was not affected by the map reduction. Our results indicate that task-oriented map reduction may direct visual attention towards relevant map elements at no cost for route recognition.
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- 2018
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8. Four Arguments Why Places and Information About Places Are Inextricably Interwoven (Short Paper).
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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- 2024
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9. Capturing Flood Risk Perception via Sketch Maps
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Carolin Klonner, Tomás J. Usón, Sabrina Marx, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, and Bernhard Höfle
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flood risk ,participatory mapping ,survey-based mapping ,volunteered geographic information (VGI) ,Santiago de Chile ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
The fact that an increasing number of people and local authorities are affected by natural hazards, especially floods, highlights the necessity of adequate mitigation and preparedness within disaster management. Many governments, though, have only insufficient monetary or technological capacities. One possible approach to tackle these issues is the acquisition of information by sketch maps complemented by questionnaires, which allows to digitally capture flood risk perception. We investigate which factors influence information collected by sketch maps and questionnaires in case studies in an area prone to pluvial flooding in Santiago de Chile. Our aim is to gain more information about the methods applied. Hereby, we focus on the spatial acquisition scale of sketch maps and personal characteristics of the participants, for example, whether they live at this very location of the survey (residents) or are pedestrians passing by. Our results show that the choice of the acquisition scale of the base map influences the amount and level of detail of information captured via sketch maps. Thus, detail base maps lead to more precise results when compared to reference data, especially in the case of residents. The results also reveal that the place of living of the respondents has an effect on the resulting information because on the neighborhood level the risk perception of residents is more detailed than the one of pedestrians. The study suggests that the integration of citizens via sketch maps can provide information about flood risk perception, and thus can influence the flood mitigation in the area.
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- 2018
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10. On the Cartographic Communication of Places (Short Paper).
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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- 2023
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11. A classification scheme for static origin-destination data visualizations.
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Yuhang Gu, Menno-Jan Kraak, Yuri Engelhardt, and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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- 2023
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12. Benford's law and geographical information - the example of OpenStreetMap.
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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- 2021
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13. A place for place: Modelling and analysing platial representations.
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René Westerholt, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, and Alexis J. Comber
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- 2020
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14. Linked Open Data Vocabularies for Semantically Annotated Repositories of Data Quality Measures (Short Paper).
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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- 2018
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15. A statistical test on the local effects of spatially structured variance.
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René Westerholt, Bernd Resch, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, and Dirk Hoffmeister
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- 2018
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16. Why we can read maps
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Department of Geo-information Processing, Digital Society Institute, UT-I-ITC-STAMP, and Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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ITC-HYBRID ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE ,Geography, Planning and Development ,UT-Hybrid-D ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Maps, like other types of extensive data collections, are usually created and maintained by a larger number of individuals. The number of individuals using the map is even larger in most cases. Considering the complex interaction of these people, the question arises as to why maps can be used meaningfully. Ultimately, the represented geographical reality can rarely be perfectly reconstructed from the map, and misunderstandings are inevitable when using the map. This article sets factors into context that facilitate the readability of a map as well as factors that can lead to misunderstandings and non-interpretability. The creation of a map is thereby considered a complex system the stability, coherence, and heterogeneity of which can be explained by its attractors and, in the temporal context, by means of disruptive behavior and autopoiesis. To this end, a coherence theory of map making and reading is proposed. This allows for a broader perspective on the map-making process and a deeper understanding of a map’s affordances. In particular, the considerations made can serve as a starting point to develop better measures of data quality and fitness for purpose. Finally, a more reflective behavior and active influence on the map-making process is made possible.
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- 2023
17. Modelling Spatial Structures.
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and Andrew U. Frank
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- 2015
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18. On the representation of places
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Department of Geo-information Processing, Digital Society Institute, and UT-I-ITC-STAMP
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ITC-HYBRID ,Geography, Planning and Development ,UT-Hybrid-D - Abstract
The reasons for representing places are manifold, and so are the ways in which they are represented. Travel guides, music, and paintings give an impression of often distant places, and scientific texts seek to represent places and their context objectively. By going beyond the existing semantic discourse on representations and focussing on places more specifically, this article seeks a better understanding of the representations of places. First, naturally occurring representations are discussed as the result of the patterns that are formed by place-making and the very being of a place, such as archaeological finds and traditions. Subsequently, I argue that many of the natural as well as non-natural representations can be understood as ‘representation-as’ in Goodman’s and Elgin’s sense, because they represent places as part of a genre, for example, as a tourist attraction or a retreat. This understanding facilitates the conceptualization of individual representations and their placement in the overall context, which in turn helps laying the foundation for a conceptual framework for ‘platial’ information.
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- 2023
19. Interdisciplinary perspectives on place
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, René Westerholt, Department of Geo-information Processing, UT-I-ITC-STAMP, and Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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InformationSystems_GENERAL ,Geography (General) ,geographic information science ,place ,place attachment ,Geography, Planning and Development ,MathematicsofComputing_GENERAL ,platial ,G1-922 ,Computers in Earth Sciences ,ITC-GOLD ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS ,Information Systems - Abstract
The genius loci of many places is beyond description. Beyond description in the sense that we are not able to linguistically express what it feels like to be in this place, or whatit is that ultimately makes this place. For example, how could we describe the familiarityand the sense of belonging that we usually feel when we are at home, a place of origin.Home as a place can develop a very special identity and give us love, security, and comfort,but for some may evoke anxiety and fear instead, such as in cases of domestic violence.Only when we develop personal bounds to the flat, the building, the neighbourhood, orthe city in which we live, does this feeling of home become accessible to us. Without thedistinctive everyday routine, the habitus, and the familiarity, and perhaps also withoutthe will to engage with the place, it never becomes a home. And this being elsewhere isthe feeling Dorothy Gale has when she, in the film The Wizard of Oz, is whisked away toMunchkinland in the Land of Oz. She longs for home and wants to leave Munchkinland,but as we all know, this turns out not to be an easy task. Dorothy’s famous and recitativelyrepeated saying “There’s no place like home” embodies the previously described specialaura of home to which she longs to return. Even if it remains unclear throughout the filmwhether Dorothy was only dreaming or really in the Land of Oz, this suggests again thatin many senses home is beyond compare
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- 2022
20. Putting geographical information science in place
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Department of Geo-information Processing, UT-I-ITC-STAMP, and Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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ITC-HYBRID ,ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE ,Geography, Planning and Development ,UT-Hybrid-D - Abstract
Place is a concept that can hardly be formally captured at the moment, as it is unclear how instances of places can formally be represented and how conclusions about places can practically be drawn by technological means. Geographical Information Science scholars hence tend to use the term ‘Place’ even when, in fact, they presume a paradigm similar to the one assumed for Geometrical Space. As a result, Space and thematic information is mostly treated separately, and the richness and variety of Place descriptions in terms of identities, affective states, affordances, and further aspects that have been discussed in Geography since a long time are not (yet) reflected well in corresponding discussions in Geographical Information Science. This article reviews the ongoing debate and outlines directions of how to extend it much beyond the currently assumed spatial paradigm towards platial information. Thereby, possible approaches and future prospects as well as limitations of Theories of Platial Information and Platial Information Systems are explored. The agenda laid out and discussed in this article aims to set a frame of reference for a re-focussing of the ongoing discourse on platial information and stimulate future developments towards a Platial Information Science.
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- 2022
21. Using OpenStreetMap as a Data Source in Psychology and the Social Sciences
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Maren Mayer, Daniel W. Heck, and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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Big data are not yet commonly used in psychological research as they are often difficultto access and process. One source of behavioral data containing both spatial andthematic information is OpenStreetMap, a collaborative online project aiming to developa comprehensive world map. Besides spatial and thematic information about buildings,streets, and other geographical features, the collected data also contains informationabout the contribution process itself. Even though such data can be potentially useful forstudying individual judgments and group processes within a natural context, behavioraldata generated in OpenStreetMap have not yet been easily accessible for scholars inpsychology and the social sciences. To overcome this obstacle, we developed a softwarepackage which makes OpenSteetMap data more accessible and allows researchers toextract data sets from the OpenStreetMap database as CSV or JSON files. Furthermore,we show how to select relevant map sections in which contributor activity is high and howto model and predict the behavior of contributors in OpenStreetMap. Moreover, wediscuss opportunities and possible limitations of using behavioral data fromOpenStreetMap as a data source.
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- 2022
22. An improved algorithm for dynamic nearest-neighbour models
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Department of Geo-information Processing, UT-I-ITC-STAMP, and Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Computer science ,Spatial structure ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Improved algorithm ,UT-Hybrid-D ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Nearest neighbour ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Running time ,ITC-HYBRID ,General Energy ,Quadratic equation ,Spatial network ,Naive algorithm ,ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE ,Algorithm ,Time complexity ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The naïve algorithm for generating nearest-neighbour models determines the distance between every pair of nodes, resulting in quadratic running time. Such time complexity is common among spatial problems and impedes the generation of larger spatial models. In this article, an improved algorithm for the Mocnik model, an example of nearest-neighbour models, is introduced. Instead of solving k nearest-neighbour problems for each node (k dynamic in the sense that it varies among the nodes), the improved algorithm presented exploits the notion of locality through introducing a corresponding spatial index, resulting in a linear average-case time complexity. This makes possible to generate very large prototypical spatial networks, which can serve as testbeds to evaluate and improve spatial algorithms, in particular, with respect to the optimization of algorithms towards big geospatial data.
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- 2020
23. A place for place: Modelling and analysing platial representations
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Alexis Comber, Rene Westerholt, Department of Geo-information Processing, UT-I-ITC-STAMP, and Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
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Range (mathematics) ,Geographic information system ,business.industry ,Computer science ,ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,business ,Data science - Abstract
This editorial presents a special collection of papers addressing the concept of place and its use in geographical information science (GIScience). The concept of place is a topic of increasing interest among GIScience scholars. First attempts to formalise platial information have been made and it is increasingly held that user‐generated data sets in particular are often more platial than spatial in nature. At the same time, and especially when compared to geometric spatial concepts, the concept of place is ambiguous, complex and difficult to capture in formal and analytical terms, suggesting the need for interdisciplinary approaches. This collection presents articles covering a wide range of place‐related aspects, including both conceptual and more applied contributions. In the present editorial we summarise these and comment on their individual contributions, and hope that the readership of Transactions in GIS will find the special collection inspiring and informative.
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- 2020
24. The Polynomial Volume Law of Complex Networks in the Context of Local and Global Optimization
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Franz-Benjamin, Mocnik
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lcsh:R ,lcsh:Medicine ,lcsh:Q ,lcsh:Science ,Article - Abstract
Many complex networks expose global hub structures: for some nodes, the number of incident edges far exceeds the average, leading to a small average shortest path length. Such ‘small-world properties’ are often guided by a scale-free power-law distribution of the node degrees, and self-organization inside the network has been identified as a reason driving the emergence of this structure. Small-world networks have recently raised lots of interest, because they capture the global topology of the World-Wide Web, metabolic, and social networks. While small-world networks reflect global structures, little attention is paid to the local structure of complex networks. In this article neighbourhoods are demonstrated to share a common local structure in many real complex networks, manifested by a polynomial volume law. This law can, in case of networks that are embedded in space, be explained in terms of the embedding and the properties of Euclidean space. A model of hierarchical spatial networks is introduced to examine the effect of global structures, in particular of hierarchies, on the polynomial volume law. It turns out that the law is robust against the coexistence of such global structures. The local structure of space and global optimization can both be found in transport, brain, and communication networks, which suggests the polynomial volume law, often in combination with hierarchies or other global optimization principles, to be a generic property inherent to many networks.
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- 2018
25. A novel identifier scheme for the ISEA Aperture 3 Hexagon Discrete Global Grid System
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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Geospatial analysis ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Computer science ,Aperture ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Search engine indexing ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Grid cell ,Grid ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,Computational science ,Identifier ,Global grid ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,computer ,Identifier scheme ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Geospatial data is often spatially aggregated by the use of Discrete Global Grid Systems. References to grid cells are needed for the communication of such data, and different identifier schemes ha...
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- 2018
26. A grounding-based ontology of data quality measures
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Clemens Jacobs, Luisa Griesbaum, Melanie Eckle, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Amin Mobasheri, and Carolin Klonner
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Volunteered geographic information ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Computer science ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,lcsh:G1-922 ,02 engineering and technology ,Ontology (information science) ,01 natural sciences ,taxonomy ,Taxonomy (general) ,fitness for purpose ,spatial data ,data quality ,Computers in Earth Sciences ,Spatial analysis ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Information retrieval ,Fitness for purpose ,grounding ,OpenStreetMap (OSM) ,data quality measure ,Data quality ,Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) ,lcsh:Geography (General) ,Information Systems - Abstract
Data quality and fitness for purpose can be assessed by data quality measures. Existing ontologies of data quality dimensions reflect, among others, which aspects of data quality are assessed and the mechanisms that lead to poor data quality. An understanding of which source of information is used to judge about data quality and fitness for purpose is, however, lacking. This article introduces an ontology of data quality measures by their grounding, that is, the source of information to which the data is compared to in order to assess their quality. The ontology is exemplified with several examples of volunteered geographic information (VGI), while also applying to other geographical data and data in general. An evaluation of the ontology in the context of data quality measures for OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, a well-known example of VGI, provides insights about which types of quality measures for OSM data have and which have not yet been considered in literature.
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- 2018
27. A statistical test on the local effects of spatially structured variance
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Bernd Resch, Rene Westerholt, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, and Dirk Hoffmeister
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Heteroscedasticity ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Bayesian probability ,HA ,0507 social and economic geography ,Library and Information Sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Spatial heterogeneity ,010104 statistics & probability ,Resampling ,Statistics ,Test statistic ,Spatial ecology ,0101 mathematics ,050703 geography ,Spatial analysis ,Information Systems ,Statistical hypothesis testing - Abstract
Spatial variance is an important characteristic of spatial random variables. It describes local deviations from average global conditions and is thus a proxy for spatial heterogeneity. Investigating instability in spatial variance is a useful way of detecting spatial boundaries, analysing the internal structure of spatial clusters and revealing simultaneously acting geographic phenomena. Recently, a corresponding test statistic called ‘Local Spatial Heteroscedasticity’ (LOSH) has been proposed. This test allows locally heterogeneous regions to be mapped and investigated by comparing them with the global average mean deviation in a data set. While this test is useful in stationary conditions, its value is limited in a global heterogeneous state. There is a risk that local structures might be overlooked and wrong inferences drawn. In this paper, we introduce a test that takes account of global spatial heterogeneity in assessing local spatial effects. The proposed measure, which we call ‘Local Spatial Dispersion’ (LSD), adapts LOSH to local conditions by omitting global information beyond the range of the local neighbourhood and by keeping the related inferential procedure at a local level. Thereby, the local neighbourhoods might be small and cause small-sample issues. In the view of this, we recommend an empirical Bayesian technique to increase the data that is available for resampling by employing empirical prior knowledge. The usefulness of this approach is demonstrated by applying it to a Light Detection and Ranging-derived data set with height differences and by making a comparison with LOSH. Our results show that LSD is uncorrelated with non-spatial variance as well as local spatial autocorrelation. It thus discloses patterns that would be missed by LOSH or indicators of spatial autocorrelation. Furthermore, the empirical outcomes suggest that interpreting LOSH and LSD together is of greater value than interpreting each of the measures individually. In the given example, local interactions can be statistically detected between variance and spatial patterns in the presence of global structuring, and thus reveal details that might otherwise be overlooked.\ud \ud
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- 2017
28. Maps Telling Stories?
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David Fairbairn and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
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Structure (mathematical logic) ,Computer science ,Pictorial maps ,05 social sciences ,0507 social and economic geography ,Geographic space ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Narrative ,Affordance ,050703 geography ,050107 human factors ,Linguistics ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
Maps are good at representing geographic space, but texts have a stronger affordance of telling a story than maps. Telling stories is, however, important to make information more personal and to ar...
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- 2017
29. Data Quality and Fitness for Purpose
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Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Hongchao Fan, and Zipf, Alexander
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- 2017
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