Within
geographic information system
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...
s, Place syntax is a term in
spatial analysis. There is potential in combining geographically oriented accessibility research and geometrically oriented research in architecture, such as
space syntax
The term space syntax encompasses a set of theories and techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations. It was conceived by Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson, and colleagues at The Bartlett, University College London in the late 1970s to ea ...
, as stated by for example, Ståhle et al.
References
External links
Place Syntax: Geographic accessibility with axial lines in GIS
Geographic information systems
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