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Unit Topics

• This unit has two primary segments:

 
Unit 006 - Human Cognition of the Spatial World, by Dan Montello and

Unit 007 - Asking Geographic Questions, by Timothy Nyerges and Reginald G. Golledge

Intended Learning Outcomes

• The first section sets the scene by differentiationg between objects and processes and by using fundamental understanding of the spatial world to provide a necessary knowledge base for GIS.

 
• The second section builds on the knowledge base to demonstrate how specific knowledge about objects and spatial relations among them can be unpacked by the mechanism of asking geographic questions.

Author Affiliations

Dan Montello, Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara. E-mail: montello@geog.ucsb.edu

Timothy Nyerges, Department of Geography, University of Washington. E-mail: nyerges@u.washington.edu