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The concept of affordance and GIS: a note on Llobera (1996)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David S. Webster
David S. Webster*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England. d.s.webster@durham.ac.uk. d.s.webster@btinternet.com
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Abstract

Llobera (1996) seeks to utilize the concept of affordance in his GIS study of Wessex linear ditches. Unfortunately, he does not seem fully to appreciate what is implied in the concept of affordance, nor the role that it plays within Gibson's theory of direct perception. I offer this short note as an addendum to Llobera's discussion of affordance and its uses with GIS.

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GISlandscapetheory
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Notes
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999 , pp. 915 - 917
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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