selected publications
C. Armenakis & M. Kavouras "Digital Mapping: An Overview", Quaterniones Geodaesiae, 1985, 6(2): 75‑101.
M. Kavouras & S.E. Masry, "An Information System for the Geosciences: Design Considerations", Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Computer‑Assisted Cartography (AUTO‑CARTO 8), Baltimore, Maryland, Apr.1987, pp.336‑345.
J.R. Smart & M. Kavouras, "Solid Modeling in Geology and Mining", International Journal of Surface Mining, Vol.3 1989, pp.43‑47.
Y.Q. Chen, A. Chrzanowski & M. Kavouras, "Αssessment of Observations Using Minimum Norm Quadratic Estimation (MINQUE)", (with), The Canadian Institute of Surveying & Mapping Journal (now Geomatica), 44(1): 39‑46, Spring 1990.
M. Kavouras, "A Spatial Information System with Advanced Modeling Capabilities", in K.Turner (Ed.): 3‑D Modeling with Geoscientific Information Systems, NATO ASI Series, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, pp.59-67.
D. Papadias & M. Kavouras "Acquiring, Representing and Processing Spatial Relations", in T. Waugh T.C. and Healey R.G (Eds.): Advances in GIS Research, Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH 94), Edingburgh, 5-9 Sept. 1994, Vol.2, pp.631-645, by Taylor & Francis.
M.Kaiserloglou & M. Kavouras, "Conceptual Database Design for Coal Deposits Exploration", International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 9:89-97, 1995.
E. Stefanakis & M. Kavouras, "On the Determination of the Optimum Path in Space", in: A. Frank and W. Kuhn (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 95. Lecture Notes in Computer Science No. 988, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 241-257, 1995.
M. Kavouras "Human-Computer Interaction Considerations in Terrain Modeling and Visualization", in Nyerges, T. L., Mark, D. M., Laurini, R., and Egenhofer, M., (Eds): Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction for Geographic Information Systems. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1995.
M. Kavouras "Future of Surveying Engineering - a Perspective from Greece", Journal of Surveying Engineering, 121(3): 128-135, August 1995.
M. Kavouras "Geoscience Modelling: From Continuous Fields to Entities", in Burrough P.A. and Frank A. (Eds.): Spatial Conceptual Models for Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries, London: GISDATA Series, Taylor & Francis, 313-324, 1996.
G. Panopoulos & M. Kavouras, “Spatio-temporal formalization: Incorporating the concept of change in cartographic Modeling”, Proceedings of the 19th International Cartographic Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 6-10 August 1999.
M. Kokla & M. Kavouras, "Spatial Concept Lattices: An Integration Method in Model Generalization", Cartographic Perspectives, 34, Fall 1999.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, "Concept Lattices as a Formal Method for the Integration of Geographic Ontologies", First International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Savannah, Georgia, USA, October 28-31, 2000. www.giscience.org/
Th. Hadzilakos, G. Halaris, M. Kavouras, M. Kokla, G. Panopoulos, I. Paraschakis, T. Sellis, L. Tsoulos & M. Zervakis, “Interoperability and definition of a national standard for geospatial data: the case of the Hellenic Cadastre", International Journal of Earth Observation and georinformation (JAG), 2(2): 120-128, 2000.
M. Kavouras, "Understanding and Modelling Spatial Change", in Frank A. Raper J. and Cheylan J.P. (Eds.): Life and Motion of Socio-Economic Units, Chapter 4. London: Taylor & Francis, GISDATA Series 8, 2001.
G. Panopoulos & M Kavouras “The Concept of generalization in Spatio-Temporal Modelling”, Proceedings of the 20th International Cartographic Conference, Beijing China, 6-10 August 2001, pp. 1965-1973.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, “Fusion of top-level and geographic domain ontologies based on context formation and complementarity”. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 15(7): 679-687, 2001.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, “Extracting Latent Semantic Relations from Definitions to Disambiguate Geographic Ontologies”, GIScience 2002, 2nd International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 25-28 September 2002.
E. Tomai & M. Kavouras “"Sharpening" Vagueness: Identifying, Measuring, and Portraying its Impact on Geographic Categories”, GIScience 2002, 2nd International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 25-28 September 2002.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, “A Method for the Formalization and Integration of Geographical Categorizations”, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16(5): 439–453, 2002.
E. Tomai & M. Kavouras, “From Onto-GeoNoesis to Onto-Genesis: The Design of Geographic Ontologies”, Geoinformatica, 8(3): 285-301, 2004.
Μ. Κokla, E. Tomai & M. Kavouras “Comparing Categories among Geographic Ontologies”, Computers & Geosciences, 31(2):145-154, 2005.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, “Semantic Information in Geo-ontologies: Extraction, Comparison, and Reconciliation”, Journal on Data Semantics, 3534: 125-142, 2005.
E. Tomai & M. Kavouras, “Qualitative Linguistic Terms and Geographic Concepts - Quantifiers in Definitions”, Transactions in GIS, 9(3): 277-290, 2005.
E. Tomai, M. Kavouras, P. Prastacos, “A Framework for Intensional and Extensional Integration of Geographic Ontologies”, Transactions in GIS, 11(6): pp. 873-887, 2007.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, "Theories of Geographic Concepts: Ontological Approaches to Semantic Integration", CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2008.
M. Kavouras, "Geonoemata Elicited: Concepts, Objects, and Other Uncertain Geographic Things", in Navratil, G. (ed.): Research Trends in Geographic Information Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
S. Kontaxaki, Μ. Kokla, M. Kavouras, "GeoScape, a Granularity-Depended Spatialization Tool for Visualizing Multidimensional Data Sets", Geo-Spatial Information Science, Springer, 13(4), 2010.
Μ. Kokla & M. Kavouras, "Geographic Ontologies and Society", in Nyerges, T., Couclelis, H., McMaster, R.B. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society Research, Sage Publications, 2010.
Kontaxaki S., Tomai E., Kokla M., and Kavouras M., 2010. “Visualizing multidimensional data through granularity-dependent spatialization”, Visualization and Data Analysis 2010 Conference 7530 - Proceedings of SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging, Volume 7530, Paper 7530-21, 18-19 January.
Kontaxaki S., Kokla M., and Kavouras M., 2010. "Semantic Labeling of Geo-Concept Clusters", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Zurich, September 2010
Baglatzi, A., Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., "Semantifying OpenStreetMap", in: Proceedings of Terra Cognita 2012, The 11th International Semantic Web Conference, November, 2012, Boston MA.
L. Giannakopoulou, Μ. Kokla, M. Kavouras, D. Mark, “From Compasses and Maps to Mountains and Territories: Experimental Results on Geographic Cognitive Categorization”, in Raubal, M.; Mark, D.; Frank, A. (Eds.) Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space - New Perspectives on Geographic Information Research. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013.
Kavouras, M. Sotiriou, S., Baglatzi, A., Darra, N., Kokla, M. Lazoudis, A. Pastra, K., and Tomai, E. (2014) The GEOTHNK platform: Connecting Spatial Thinking to Secondary Education. Proceedings of ICALT 2014: International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. Athens, Greece, 7-10 July. IEEE. pp. 754 – 758.
G. Grekousis, G. Mountrakis, M. Kavouras, An overview of 21 global and 43 regional land-cover mapping products, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(21): pp. 5309-5335, 2015.
Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., and Tomai, E. (2015) Crowdsourcing spatial thinking resources across disciplines and educational contexts. In H. Burte, T. Kauppinen, & M. Hegarty (Eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Teaching Spatial Thinking from Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TSTIP 2015) at COSIT 2015 in Santa Fe, NM. CEUR-WS.org.
Kokla M., Alkyoni Baglatzi A, and Kavouras M., 2015. “Eliciting and Formalizing the Intricate Semantics of Land Use and Land Cover Class Definitions” in Ola Ahlqvist, Dalia Varanka, Steffen Fritz, and Krzysztof Janowicz (Eds), Land Use and Land Cover Semantics: Principles, Best Practices, and Prospects, CRC Press, pages 85–106, Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-3739-9
M Kavouras, M Kokla, E Tomai, A Darra and K Pastra, GEOTHNK: A Semantic Approach to Spatial Thinking, In Gartner, G, Jobst, M, Huang, H (Eds.): Progress in Cartography- EuroCarto 2015, Springer I SBN 978-3-319-19602-2.
G. Grekousis, G. Mountrakis, M. Kavouras, Linking MODIS-derived forest and cropland land cover 2011 estimations to socioeconomic and environmental indicators for the European Union’s 28 countries, GIScience & Remote Sensing, 53(1): pp. 122-146, 2016.
Bénédicte Bucher, Christophe Schlieder, Frédéric Cantat, Marinos Kavouras, André Streilein, et al.. Mapping places for digital natives and other generations. 2018. hal-02537006.
A. Darra & M. Kavouras, "An Ontological Framework for Spatial Socioeconomic Units". In H. Briassoulis et al. (eds.): The Practice of Spatial Analysis, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019, pp. 49-67.
Partsinevelos, P., Kyriakidis, P., and Kavouras, M.: Preface, AGILE GIScience Ser., 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-1-1-2020, 2020
Kavouras M., Kokla M., Liarokapis F., Pastra K., Tomai E. (2021) Comparative Study of the Interaction of Digital Natives with Mainstream Web Mapping Services. In: Kurosu M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Design and User Experience Case Studies. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12764. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78468-3_23
K. Cheliotis; F. Liarokapis; M. Kokla; E. Tomai; K. Pastra; A. Darra; M. Bezerianou; M. Kavouras. "A Classification of Augmented Reality Approaches for Spatial Data Visualization"2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2021, pp. 367-372, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct54149.2021.00084.
Foteinou, A., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., and Kavouras, M.: Sonification of Spatial Data: An Online Audiovisual Cartographic Representation of Fire Incidents, AGILE GIScience Ser., 3, 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-3-35-2022, 2022.
K. Cheliotis, F. Liarokapis, M. Kokla, E. Tomai, K. Pastra, N. Anastopoulou, M. Bezerianou, A. Darra & M. Kavouras (2023) A systematic review of application development in augmented reality navigation research, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2023.2194032
Tomai, E., Kokla, M., Charcharos, C., and Kavouras, M.(2023). Does spatial thinking ability relate to performance when using web-mapping services? A survey with digital natives, AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 13, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-13-2023.
E. Tomai, M. Kokla, C. Charcharos, K. Pastra, F. Liarokapis, M. Bezerianou, K. Cheliotis, A. Darra & M. Kavouras (2023) Investigating the relationship between spatial skills and web mapping application performance among university students, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 50:5, 515-530, https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2023.2224584
E. Tomai, M. Kokla, C. Charcharos & M. Kavouras (2023) Exploring the relation between spatial abilities and STEM expertise, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2263735