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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction: What Landmarks Are, and Why They Are Important

Authors : Kai-Florian Richter, Stephan Winter

Published in: Landmarks

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Landmarks, by their pure existence, structure environments. They form cognitive anchors, markers, or reference points for orientation, wayfinding and communication. They appear in our sketches, in descriptions of meeting points or routes, and as the remarkable objects of an environment in tourist brochures. With all their significance for spatial cognition and communication, landmarks pose a major challenge for artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. So far, research aiming for intelligent interaction design has suffered from a lack of understanding and formal modelling of landmarks. Here we will clarify our words’ meaning and draw some boundaries of our discussion, in preparation for integrating landmarks in artificial intelligence applications.

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http://​www.​openstreetmap.​org, last visited 3/1/2014.
 
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We will later argue that all elements Lynch has identified can be considered as landmarks.
 
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Title
Introduction: What Landmarks Are, and Why They Are Important
Authors
Kai-Florian Richter
Stephan Winter
Copyright Year
2014
Book
Landmarks

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-05731-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-05732-3

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05732-3_1

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