ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a broader perspective on types of spaces outside of the micro/macro distinction, exploring the literature for evidence of a more diverse view of spaces. The map on the left illustrates an imaginary space, that of a geographic region, representing real world features such as roads, bridges, rivers and lakes, fields, railroad tracks, a cemetery, and some indication of relief. Researchers have imbued the word scale with different meanings, leading to an on-going confusion of the notions of scale and size. Scale has been used to mean absolute size, relative size, resolution, granularity, and detail. Map spaces are representations of environmental and geographic spaces and, as such, offer spatial information that is either difficult, or possible, to acquire first hand from these larger spaces. In a large-size space, the typical experience is one of locomotion in an environment that is learned piecemeal, over time, through integration of various perspectives.
