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cardinal direction relations: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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cardinal directionrelations1 CONSTRUCTCardinal directionFRANK · GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

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Geographic information science

formal systems for reasoning about directions such as north and east and qualitative distances between places without exact coordinates.

In geographic information science, cardinal direction relations refers to formal systems for reasoning about directions such as north and east and qualitative distances between places without exact coordinates. This meaning comes from Frank (1992) in Journal of Visual Languages & Computing.[1]

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References

  1. Frank, A. U. (1992). Qualitative spatial reasoning about distances and directions in geographic space. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, 3(4), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/1045-926x(92)90007-9

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