This grouping of the spatial concept list is related to the learning modules teaching resource.  For each learning module by spatial concept a list of affiliated concepts is provided.  This table summarizes those lists.  Grouping concepts are seen as unique subject areas that include the maximum number of related concepts.  The related concepts are deemed to be similar in subject matter to the grouping concepts.    As it stands, 107 of the 185 spatial concepts are included in the current grouping.

 

 

 

Grouping Concept		Related Concepts
Direction		Angle	Orientation	Polarity
Distance		Adjacency	Adjacency and Connectivity	Distance and Length	Distance Decay	Gradient
		Length	Proximity	Proximity & Distance Decay
Boundary		Blockage	Competition for Space	Separation	Transition
Location		Analog	Condition	Coordinate	Cooridinate System	Frames of Reference
		Identity	Landmark	Perspective	Place	Place and Landscape
		Point	Position	Reference Frame	Setting	Survey Perspective
Map		Alignment	Cognitive Map	External Representation	Map Perspective	Map Projection
Neighborhood & Region		Aura	Buffer	Container	Containment	Enclosure
		Group	Modifiable Areal Unit	Neighborhood	Region	Spatial Context
		Stratum
Network		Circuit	Conduit	Connection	Connectivity	Web
Objects and Fields		Continuity	Discrete Entities	Element	Field	Field View
		Fields in Space & Time	Linearizing Space	Object	Object Classification	Object Description
		Object Location Recall	Object View
Overlay		Map Overlay	Multiple Properties of Space	Spatial Integration
Pattern		Arrangement	Association	Comparison	Density	Density Estimation
		Dispersion	Distribution	Packing	Structure	Structuring
Scale		Heirarchy	Levels of Scale	Magnitude
Spatial Dependence		Attraction	Center-periphery	Competition for Space	Compulsion	Correlation
		Interaction	Potential	Spatial Model
Spatial Heterogeneity		Grain	Roughness
Time		Duration	Space and Time	Space as Time	Space-time	Time Cost