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Geospatial Ontology: ISAO 2016

This short course is part of the 2016 International School for Applied Ontology.

Outline

Ontologies of the geographic world are important to allow the sharing of geographic data among different communities of users. A geo-ontology provides a description of geographical entities, which can be conceptualised in two different views of the world. The field view considers spatial data to be a set of continuous distributions. The object view conceives the world as occupied by discrete, identifiable entities. These entities are not merely located in space, they are tied intrinsically to space. To properly capture changes, it is also necessary to describe events and processes. The lectures present a general overview of the main trends in Geospatial Ontology, discussing the concepts of objects, fields and events for representation of geographical phenomena. The course also highlights the specific area of land use and land cover ontology.

1. Describing socially-agreed entities: Geographical Objects

Lecture: Geographical Objects

Assignment: An essay on “Ontology of Geographical Objects” (optional)

2. Describing the natural world: Geographical fields

Lecture: Fields

Assignment 2: An essay on “Ontology of Geographical Fields” (optional)

3. Describing changes in our world: Dynamic spatial ontologies

Lecture: Dynamic Spatial Ontologies

Assignment 3: An essay on “Dynamic Spatial Ontology” (optional)

4. Combining the natural and social perspectives: Land cover and land use ontologies

Lecture: Land Use and Land Cover Ontology

Assignment 4: An essay on Land Use and Land Cover Ontologies” (optional)

5. In Search of a General Theory for Geospatial Ontologies

Lecture: Axiomatic Theory

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