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geographic vagueness: a standalone construct

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Geographic information science

the indeterminacy of many geographic categories and boundaries, such as where a mountain or a town ends, analyzed through the sorites paradox.

In geographic information science, geographic vagueness refers to the indeterminacy of many geographic categories and boundaries, such as where a mountain or a town ends, analyzed through the sorites paradox. This meaning comes from Fisher (2000) in Fuzzy Sets and Systems.[1]

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  1. Fisher, P. (2000). Sorites paradox and vague geographies. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 113(1), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0114(99)00009-3

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