Authors:
Marjorie Skubic
When people communicate with each other about spatially oriented tasks, they more often use qualitative spatial references rather than precise quantitative terms. For example, verbal instructions may include phrases such as "hand me the wrench in the top drawer of the toolbox," or "go through the double doors and turn left at the elevator." These examples include the spatial references of in, top, through, and left. Maps may also be used to provide navigation directions, but these are often hand-drawn informally as sketches. Such route maps are typically not drawn to scale but include qualitatively accurate landmark positions and…
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