2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 5410 Representing the Ontology of Geographic Phenomena I: Foundations is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 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): David M. Mark - University at Buffalo Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *Helen Couclelis - University of California, Santa Barbara  Abstract Title: Ontologies of Geographic Design 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Martin M Raubal - University of California, Santa Barbara  Abstract Title: Cognitive Ontology Engineering 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Thomas Bittner - SUNY - Buffalo  Abstract Title: Theoretical geography and ontology 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Boyan Brodaric - Geological Survey of Canada  Abstract Title: Defining Geographical Categories using Formal Ontology 2:20 PM   Author(s): *Mingzhen Wei - USGS  Abstract Title: Extracting a semantic model from a geospatial database Session Description: Ontology in Geographic Information Science is rapidly moving from theory to practice. Papers in this session will present foundational principles needed for upper-level ontologies for the geospatial domain.

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