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The Landform Reference Ontology (LFRO): A Foundation for Exploring Linguistic and Geospatial Conceptualization of Landforms (Short Paper)

Authors Gaurav Sinha, Samantha T. Arundel, Torsten Hahmann, E. Lynn Usery, Kathleen Stewart, David M. Mark

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  • Information systems → Ontologies
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  • landform
  • reference ontology
  • terrain reasoning
  • dependence
  • support

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Abstract

The landform reference ontology (LFRO) formalizes ontological distinctions underlying naïve geographic cognition and reasoning about landforms. The LFRO taxonomy is currently based only on form-based distinctions. In this significantly revised version, several new categories have been added to explicate ontological distinctions related to material-spatial dependence and physical support. Nuances of common natural language landform terms and implications for their mapping are discussed.

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Gaurav Sinha, Samantha T. Arundel, Torsten Hahmann, E. Lynn Usery, Kathleen Stewart, and David M. Mark. The Landform Reference Ontology (LFRO): A Foundation for Exploring Linguistic and Geospatial Conceptualization of Landforms (Short Paper). In 10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 114, pp. 59:1-59:7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GISCIENCE.2018.59

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Gaurav Sinha
  • Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Samantha T. Arundel
  • US Geological Survey, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, Rolla, MO, USA
Torsten Hahmann
  • School of Computing and Information Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
E. Lynn Usery
  • US Geological Survey, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, Rolla, MO, USA
Kathleen Stewart
  • Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
David M. Mark
  • (Emeritus) Department of Geography, The University at Buffalo, Amherst, New York, USA

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