A semantic and language-based representation of an environmental scene

Jean-Marie Le Yaouanc (1) , Eric Saux (1) , Christophe Claramunt (1)

1 IRENAV - Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole Navale

The modeling of a landscape environment is a cognitive activity that requires appropriate spatial representations. The research presented in this paper introduces a structural and semantic categorization of a landscape view based on panoramic photographs that act as a substitute of a given natural environment. Verbal descriptions of a landscape scene provide the modeling input of our approach. This structure-based model identifies the spatial, relational and semantic constructs that emerge from these descriptions. Concepts in the environment are qualified according to a semantic classification, their proximity and direction to the observer, and the spatial relations that qualify them. The resulting model is represented in a way that constitutes a modeling support for the study of environmental scenes, and a contribution for further research oriented to the mapping of a verbal description onto a geographical information system-based representation.

Mots clés: Spatial cognition; Landscape perception; Scene descriptions

Domaines: Informatique; Autre [cs.OH]

Jean-Marie Le Yaouanc, Eric Saux, Christophe Claramunt. A semantic and language-based representation of an environmental scene. Geoinformatica, 2010, 14 (3), pp.333--352. ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-15300-6_11⟩. ⟨hal-00529039⟩