FHS 3 Definitions

Distribution maps

maps on which the location of some element is mapped, usually as a point or dot, in order to visualize wider trends over larger area

‘uncertainty principle’

the more accurately you try to measure the position of the particle, the less accurately you can measure its speed

arch example: spatial scale vs. spatial resolution

viewsheds (Gillings and Wheatley 2020)

delineation and mapping of potential field-of-view

GIS

entry, editing, storage, query and retrieval, transformation, manipulation, analysis, and display of geospatial data

How LiDAR lasers find location

echo of infrared pulses used to triangulate the position of the surface using the echo and the known location of the laser, generates point cloud

Saxe-Goldstein Hypothesis

permanent cemeteries represent corporate groups with rights to land (Saxe), however also other ways to express claim (Goldstein)

Cemetery definition (Kolbeszuwski 1995)

space delimited for funeral practices consistent with religious, ethnic, and cultural needs

Food

socioculturally defined substances which one consumes to sustain themselves

Phenomenology (Brück 2005)

way we apprehend the world through directed intervention in our surroundings

Dwelling perspective (Ingold 2000)

landscape enduring record of lives and worlds of past generations

Landscape definition (Ingold 2000)

world as it is known to those who dwell therein, who inhabit its places and journey along the paths connecting them

Taskscape (Ingold 2000)

Task: practical operation carried out by a skilled agent in environment as part of the normal business of life

Taskscape: entire ensemble of tasks