Where is Helvellyn? Fuzziness of multi‐scale landscape morphometry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8964142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Fisher (0000-0003-4018-0504, University of Leicester, corresponding author), Jo Wood (0000-0001-9270-247X, University of Leicester, corresponding author), Tao Cheng (0000-0002-3945-2050, City, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-128 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00117.x |
| OpenAlex | W2109205661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 24 |
The landscape in which people live is made up of many features, which are named and have importance for cultural reasons. Prominent among these are the naming of upland features such as mountains, but mountains are an enigmatic phenomenon which do not bear precise and repeatable definition. They have a vague spatial extent, and recent research has modelled such classes as spatial fuzzy sets. We take a specifically multi‐resolution approach to the definition of the fuzzy set membership of morphometric classes of landscape. We explore this idea with respect to the identification of culturally recognized landscape features of the English Lake District. Discussion focuses on peaks and passes, and the results show that the landscape elements identified in the analysis correspond to well‐known landmarks included in a place name database for the area, although many more are found in the analysis than are named in the available database. Further analysis shows that a richer interrogation of the landscape can be achieved with Geographical Information Systems when using this method than using standard approaches
Cartography · Data science · Epistemology · Fuzzy logic · Fuzzy set · Geography · Identification (biology · Phenomenon · Scale (ratio · Set (abstract data type · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Ecology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
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Landscape Archaeology Between Art and Science
Geographic Information Science
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |