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Does anybody know of studies done on maps and vision in
relation to artificial intelligence?
 
What I am interested in is the role of 'visual perception'
in maps - that is when cartographers prepare (or now compute)
maps, does the perception of the potential user have anything
to do with it?
 
I relate this problem to gestalt theory and the understanding
of 'spatial phenomena'.
 
As far artificial intelligence or expert systems, I am
wondering if anybody has ever worked or is presently working
on a system that would have some level of understanding
(ie. intelligence) of spatial pheonomena.
 
Alain-Philippe Bruneau
McGill University - GSLIS
 
P.S. This is my first try at communication within this list...