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Do People Understand Spatial Concepts: The Case of First-Order Primitives

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  • Golledge, Reginald G.

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The purpose of this paper is to examine whether people in general understand elementary spatial concepts, and to examine whether or not naive spatial knowledge includes the ability to understand important spatial primitives that are built into geographic theory, spatial databases and geographic information systems (GIS). The extent of such understanding is a partial measure of spatial ability. Accurate indicators or measures of spatial ability can be used to explain different types of spatial behavior. In this paper I first examine the relation between spatial ability and spatial behavior, then present experimental evidence of the ability of people to understand spatial concepts such as nearest neighbors (proximity), and spatial distributions. A final commentary is made about the possible difference between "common sense" and "expert" spatial knowledge, and the implications of such results for the comprehension of space at all scales.

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  • Golledge, Reginald G., 1992. "Do People Understand Spatial Concepts: The Case of First-Order Primitives," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt6055x2nb, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Golledge, R. & Costanzo, C. M. & Marston, J., 1996. "Public Transit Use By Non-driving Disabled Persons: The Case Of The Blind And Vision Impaired," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt1bm0q1q2, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    2. Golledge, Reginald G. & Costanzo, C. Michael & Marston, James R., 1996. "The Mass Transit Needs Of A Non-driving Disabled Population," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt5rk1121g, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.

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