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I study how place can be represented and reasoned about in ways that go beyond coordinates and geometry. My work in this area includes:
- Qualitative spatial modelling of how people perceive and describe places (e.g. near, far, central, popular)
- Designing GIS systems that reflect how people actually talk about and experience space—for example, how they describe their neighborhoods, landmarks, or routes—enhancing usability and relevance in everyday contexts.
- Use of ontologies and semantic web technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL) to formalize place types, meanings, and relationships
- Building place knowledge graphs that integrate spatial, social, and semantic dimensions
- Developing frameworks for linked place data on the Web and in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Key themes:
Qualitative GIS,
Qualitative Spatial and Spatiotemporal Reasoning,
Linked Geospatial Data,
Place Knowledge Graphs,
Vernacular Geography,
Place Semantics and Sense of Place