2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 5510 Representing the Ontology of Geographic Phenomena II: Natural Systems is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM in Royale Pavilion 5, Riviera Hotel, 1st Floor Sponsorship(s): Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group Organizer(s): David M. Mark - University at Buffalo Boyan Brodaric Chair(s): Boyan Brodaric Abstract(s):   3:10 PM   Author(s): *Chen-Chieh Feng - Geography, National University of Singapore Alexandre Sorokine - Oak Ridge National Laboratory  Abstract Title: Exploring Meaning Differences of Mandarin and Russian Landscape Categories 3:30 PM   Author(s): *Christopher Wellen, M.Sc. - University of Toronto Renee Sieber, PhD - McGill University  Abstract Title: Applying ontologies to GIS for cultural preservation 3:50 PM   Author(s): *Gaurav Sinha - Ohio University  Abstract Title: Toward a Formal Model of Topographic Eminences 4:10 PM   Author(s): *David M. Mark - University at Buffalo Boyan Brodaric - Geological Survey of Canada  Abstract Title: Ontological Foundations for Interoperable Multilingual Landform Definitions Session Description: Ontology in Geographic Information Science is rapidly moving from theory to practice. Papers in this session will present principles needed for upper-level ontologies to support geospatial ontologies for natural systems, and illustrate these with case studies.

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