2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 5610 Representing the Ontology of Geographic Phenomena III: Human Systems is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 5:20 PM - 7:00 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): Martin Raubal - University of California, Santa Barbara Abstract(s):   5:20 PM   Author(s): *Karen Kemp, PhD - Naicong Li, PhD - Univeristy of Redlands Robert Raskin, PhD - Jet Propulsion Lab  Abstract Title: Design considerations for the spatial decision support ontologies 5:40 PM   Author(s): *Yuxia Huang - GIScience program, Department of Computing Science, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi  Abstract Title: Automatic Construction of a Domain Ontology from Text 6:00 PM   Author(s): *Edward Heath Robinson - University at Buffalo, The State University at New York  Abstract Title: The State as an Organization: An Ontological Examination 6:20 PM   Author(s): *Karl Grossner - University of California, Santa Barbara  Abstract Title: An Ontology-driven Data Model of the 2008 US Presidential Election Cycle 6:40 PM   Author(s): *Renee Sieber - McGill University  Abstract Title: Onotology-driven cyberinfrastructures for the Spatial Social Sciences and Humanities 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 human systems, and illustrate these with case studies.

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