深度地图——论地图学与神经科学的结合

Deep Mapping-A Critical Engagement of Cartography with Neuroscience

在研究地图学与神经科学相互影响和交叉融合的基础上,探讨了深度地图的内涵,提出深度地图是神经科学与地图学的结合,是应用认知神经科学理论和方法理解地图,以揭示地图的神经学机理。神经科学的新发展为地图学开辟了更加广阔的空间,特别是空间细胞的发现,为深度地图的研究奠定了神经科学基础。通过对大量神经科学研究资料的分析,提出地图功能是大脑空间信息处理功能的反映,构建了深度地图概念模型,并构建了空间细胞和编码机制与地图功能之间的关系,以阐明地图的神经机制,从而深化人们对地图本质的认识,促进地图与人工智能的融合与深化应用。

This paper discusses the cognitive connotation of deep mapping.It attempts to consider deep mapping as an interdisciplinary research field,a combination of neuroscience and cartography,and a connection between brain mapping and geographic mapping.Recent developments in neuroscience,specifically the discovery of spatial cells such as place cells and grid cells,have provided a neuroscientific foundation for studying deep mapping.This paper proposes a conceptual model of deep mapping to establish the relationship between spatial cell properties and map functions(such as map scale,map measurement,map projection,and navigation),and to elucidate the neural mechanism of maps by analyzing an abundance of neuroscience literature.This study of deep mapping aims to increase understanding of the nature of maps,enrich cartographic theories,encourage the integration of cartography and artificial intelligence,and expand their applications.