Toward critical spatial thinking in the social sciences and humanities

MF Goodchild, DG Janelle - GeoJournal, 2010‏ - Springer
The integration of geographically referenced information into the conceptual frameworks
and applied uses of the social sciences and humanities has been an ongoing process over …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual geographic environments (VGEs): a new generation of geographic analysis tool

H Lin, M Chen, G Lu, Q Zhu, J Gong, X You, Y Wen… - Earth-Science …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs) are proposed as a new generation of
geographic analysis tool to contribute to human understanding of the geographic world and …

Virtual geographic environment: a workspace for computer-aided geographic experiments

H Lin, M Chen, G Lu - Annals of the Association of American …, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
A virtual geographic environment (VGE) is a type of workspace for computer-aided
geographic experiments (CAGEs) and geographic analyses. By supporting geo …

Ubiquitous geographic information in the emergent Metaverse

A Hudson‐Smith, M Batty - Transactions in GIS, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
We sketch a brief history of the development of virtual geographic environments which build
on online gaming, three‐dimensional representations of cities, and the notion that computer …

Literary placemaking and narrative immersion in extended reality virtual geographic environments

M Rzeszewski, J Naji - International Journal of Digital Earth, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Virtual geographical environments (VGEs) are being used to represent our sense of place
through the application of extended-reality or cross-reality (XR) technologies with a focus on …

Inverse augmentation: Transposing real people into pedestrian models

PM Torrens, S Gu - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We introduce a scheme for immersing real human users in urban simulations, and for
enabling them to transpose their embodied behavior into models. We achieve this by …

Geographic analysis-oriented virtual geographic environment: Framework, structure and functions

GN Lü - Science China Earth Sciences, 2011‏ - Springer
Previous research on the Virtual Geographic Environment (VGE) has focused mainly on
representation rather than geographic analysis. However, geographic analysis plays a …

Crowd evacuation simulation for bioterrorism in micro-spatial environments based on virtual geographic environments

Y Song, J Gong, Y Li, T Cui, L Fang, W Cao - Safety science, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Urban management requires assessing bioterrorism response in micro-spatial
environments, modeling potential attacks and carrying out efficient risk assessment. This …

Framework for virtual cognitive experiment in virtual geographic environments

F Zhang, M Hu, W Che, H Lin, C Fang - ISPRS International Journal of …, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Virtual Geographic Environment Cognition is the attempt to understand the human cognition
of surface features, geographic processes, and human behaviour, as well as their …

[HTML][HTML] VGEs as a new platform for urban modeling and simulation

H Lin, B Xu, Y Chen, W Li, L You, J He - Sustainability, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The complexity of interrelationships between urban natural environments and human
environments is increasing with rapid urbanization. This brings new challenges to urban …