Publications

Books

Book Chapters (full review)

  • Pastra K., Kokla M., Tomai E., Liarokapis F., Beserianou M., Darra A., Cheliotis K., & Kavouras M., 2024. Mapping Olfactory Memories: Digital Maps as an Interactive Medium for Olfactory Cultural Heritage
    https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10881863
  • Kokla M. 2021. Semantic Information Elicitation. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (2nd Quarter 2021 Edition), John P. Wilson (ed.). DOI:
    http://doi.org/10.22224/gistbok/2021.2.10
  • Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., Darra, A., and Pastra, K. 2016. “GEOTHNK: A Semantic Approach to Spatial Thinking”. In G. Gartner, M. Jobst, and H. Huang (eds): Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography: Progress in Cartography, Springer, 319-338, https://doi.org
  • Kokla, M., Baglatzi A, and Kavouras M., 2015. “Eliciting and Formalizing the Intricate Semantics of Land Use and Land Cover Class Definitions”. In Land Use and Land Cover Semantics: Principles, Best Practices, and Prospects, Ahlqvist, Ο., Varanka, D., Fritz, S., and Janowicz K. (Eds): CRC Press, pages 85–106, Print ISBN: 978-1-4822-3739-9, https://doi.org
  • Giannakopoulou L., Kavouras M., Kokla, M., and Mark D., 2013. “From compasses and maps to mountains and territories: Experimental results on geographic cognitive categorization”. In Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, pp 63-81, https://doi.org
  • Kavouras, M., and Kokla, M., 2010. “Geographic Ontologies and Society”. SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society Research, Nyerges, T., Couclelis, H., McMaster, R.B. (Eds.), Sage Publications, http://dx.doi.org
  • Kavouras, M. and Kokla, M., 2008. “Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Geospatial Information”. Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 2008 ISPRS Congress Book, Li, Ζ., Chen, J., and Baltsavias, E. (Eds.), CRC Press/Balkema, London, UK, https://www.isprs.org
  • Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., and Tomai, E., 2006. “Semantically-Aware Systems: Extraction of Geosemantics, Ontology Engineering, and Ontology Integration”. Geographic Hypermedia: Concepts and Systems, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Stefanakis, E., Peterson, M. P., Armenakis, C., and Delis V. (Eds.), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 257-273, https://doi.org

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • Katsadaki E., & Kokla, M., 2024. “Multiclass Text Classification of Climate Change Reports: Insights into Natural Disasters, Impacts, Locations, and Time Periods”. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 14 (8):401-15,
    https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i84361
  • Cheliotis K., Liarokapis F., Kokla M., Tomai E., Pastra K., Anastopoulou N., Bezerianou M., Darra, A. & Kavouras M. (2024). UnityGeoAR: A geolocation Augmented Reality package for Unity3D. SoftwareX, 27, 101774,
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2024.101774
  • Tomai E., Kokla M., Charcharos C., & Kavouras M. (2023). Exploring the relation between spatial abilities and STEM expertise. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1–18,
    https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2263735
  • Tomai E., Kokla M., Charcharos C., Pastra K., Liarokapis F., Bezerianou M., Cheliotis K., Darra A., & Kavouras M. (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
  • Zacharogiorga-Sourdi A., Kokla M., & Tomai E. (2023). Evaluating the usability of 3D thematic maps: A survey with visually impaired students. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 41(3), 646–661,
    https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196221099157
  • Anastopoulou N., Kokla M., Tomai E., Cheliotis K., Liarokapis F., Pastra K., & Kavouras M. (2023). Cartographic perspectives on spatial and thematic levels of detail in augmented reality: A review of existing approaches. International Journal of Cartography, 9(2), 373–391,
    https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2023.2228592
  • Cheliotis K., Liarokapis F., Kokla M., Tomai E., Pastra K., Anastopoulou N., Bezerianou M., Darra A., & Kavouras M. (2023). A systematic review of application development in augmented reality navigation research. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 50(3), 249–271,
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2023.2194032
  • Colucci E., Xing X., Kokla M., Mostafavi M. A., Noardo F., & Spanò A. (2021). Ontology-Based Semantic Conceptualisation of Historical Built Heritage to Generate Parametric Structured Models from Point Clouds. Applied Sciences, 11(6), 2813,
    https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062813
  • Kokla, M., Guilbert, E., 2020. A Review of Geospatial Semantic Information Modeling and Elicitation Approaches, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf., 9(3), 146
    https://doi.org/10.3390
  • Panagiotopoulou, M., Kokla M., Stratigea, A., 2019. Conceptualizing Small and Medium-Sized Smart Cities in the Mediterranean Region: An Ontological Approach, International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) 8 (4), 17-41, doi:10.4018/IJEPR.2019100102
    https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEPR.2019100102
  • Kontaxaki S., Kokla, M., and Kavouras M., 2010. "GeoScape, a Granularity-Depended Spatialization Tool for Visualizing Multidimensional Data Sets", Geo-Spatial Information Science, Springer, 13(4), https://doi.org
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2005. “Semantic Information in Geo-ontologies: Extraction, Comparison, and Reconciliation”, Journal on Data Semantics, 3534: 125-142, https://doi.org
  • Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., and Tomai, E., 2005. “Comparing Categories among Geographic Ontologies”, Computers & Geosciences, 31(2):145-154, https://doi.org
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2004. “Identification of semantic properties and relations for the resolution of ontological heterogeneity” (in greek), Aeihoros, 3(1), http://www.aeihoros.gr
  • Kavouras, M. and Kokla, M., 2002. “A Method for the Formalization and Integration of Geographical Categorizations”. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 16 (5): 439–453, http://dx.doi.org
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2001. “Fusion of Top-level and Geographic Domain Ontologies based on Context Formation and Complementarity”. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 15(7): 679-687, http://dx.doi.org
  • Hadzilakos, Th., Halaris, G., Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., Panopoulos, G., Paraschakis, I., Sellis, Τ., Tsoulos, L., and Zervakis, M., 2000. “Interoperability and definition of a national standard for geospatial data: The case of the Hellenic Cadastre”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation (JAG), 2(2): 120-128, https://doi.org
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 1999. “Spatial Concept Lattices: An Integration Method in Model Generalization”. Cartographic Perspectives, (34): 23-38, http://cartographicperspectives.org

Refereed Conference Proceedings (full review)

  • Katsadaki, E., & Kokla, M. (2024). Comparative Evaluation of Keyphrase Extraction Tools for Semantic Analysis of Climate Change Scientific Reports and Ontology Enrichment. AGILE: GIScience Series, 5, 1–7,
    https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-5-32-2024
  • Tomai, E., Kokla, M., Charcharos, C., & Kavouras, M. (2023). Does spatial thinking ability relate to performance when using web-mapping services? A survey with digital natives. AGILE: GIScience Series, 4, 1–10,
    https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-13-2023
  • Zacharopoulou, D., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., & Kavouras, M. (2022). A web-based application to support the interaction of spatial and semantic representation of knowledge. AGILE: GIScience Series, 3, 1–6,
    https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-3-70-2022
  • Foteinou, A., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., & Kavouras, M. (2022). Sonification of Spatial Data: An Online Audiovisual Cartographic Representation of Fire Incidents. AGILE: GIScience Series, 3, 1–6,
    https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-3-35-2022
  • Cheliotis, K., Liarokapis, F., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., Pastra, K., Darra, A., Bezerianou, M., & Kavouras, M. (2021). A Classification of Augmented Reality Approaches for Spatial Data Visualization. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 367–372,
    https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct54149.2021.00084
  • 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 M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Design and User Experience Case Studies (Vol. 12764, pp. 337–350). Springer International Publishing.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78468-3_23
  • Papadias, E., Kokla, M., & Tomai, E. (2021). Educing knowledge from text: Semantic information extraction of spatial concepts and places. AGILE: GIScience Series, 2, 1–7 (best short paper award).
    https://agile-online.org
  • Karkasina, D., Kokla, M., & Tomai, E. (2021). Investigating drivers’ geospatial abilities in unfamiliar environments. AGILE: GIScience Series, 2, 1–10,
    https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-2-3-2021
  • Baglatzi, A., Darra, A., Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., and Tomai, E., 2016. Evaluation of the usability of spatial thinking components (concepts, representation tools, and reasoning tools) in educational scenarios, Proceedings of the 19th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Helsinki, Finland, 14-17 June 2016. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4186.0729, https://agile-online.org
  • Charcharos, C., Kokla, M., Tomai, E., 2016. Investigating the Influence of Spatial Thinking in Problem Solving. Proceedings of the 19th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Helsinki, Finland, 14-17 June 2016. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4186.0729, https://agile-online.org
  • 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, http://ceur-ws.org
  • Kavouras, M. Sotiriou, S., Baglatzi, A., Darra, N., Kokla, M., Lazoudis, A. Pastra, K., and Tomai, E., 2014. Semantic Pathways for Geospatial Thinking. In: Stracke, C.M., Ehlers U.-D., Creelman A., and Shamarina-Heidenreich T. (Eds.) Proceedings of the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2014 and international LINQ Conference 2014: Changing the Trajectory - Quality for Opening up Education, Crete, Greece, 7-9 May, https://oerknowledgecloud.org
  • 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: International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. Athens, Greece, 7-10 July. IEEE. pp. 754 – 758, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org
  • Baglatzi, A., Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., "Semantifying OpenStreetMap". Proceedings of Terra Cognita 2012, The 11th International Semantic Web Conference, November, 2012, Boston MA http://ceur-ws.org
  • Kontaxaki S., Tomai E., Kokla, M., and Kavouras M., 2010. “Visualizing multidimensional data through granularity-dependent spatialization”. Proceedings of SPIE, Visualization and Data Analysis 2010 Conference, Volume 7530, 18 - 19 January, http://dx.doi.org
  • 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, http://www.giscience2010.org
  • Kokla, M., 2008. “GeoNLP: A Tool for the Extraction of Semantic Information from Definitions”. Proceedings of the ISPRS XXI Congress, 3-11 July, Beijing, China (ISPRS Prize for Best Papers), http://www.isprs.org
  • Kokla, M., 2006. “Guidelines on Geographic Ontology Integration”. Proceedings of the ISPRS Technical Commission II Symposium, 12-14 July, Vienna, Austria, http://www.isprs.org
  • Karalopoulos, A., Kokla, M., and Kavouras, M., 2005. “Comparing Representations of Geographic Knowledge Expressed as Conceptual Graphs”. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on GeoSpatial Semantics (GeoS 2005), M.A. Rodríguez, I.F. Cruz, M.J. Egenhofer, S. Levashkin (Eds.), 29-30 November, Mexico City, Mexico, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3799, Springer, http://link.springer.com
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 1999. “Spatial Concept Lattices: An Integration Method in Model Generalization”. Workshop on Progress in Automated Map Generalization, 12-14 August, Ottawa, Canada.

Selected Refereed Conference Proceedings (abstract review)

  • Τομαή Ε., Κόκλα Μ., Κάβουρας Μ., 2023. Αξιολόγηση της χωρικής σκέψης μέσω χαρτών. Η περίπτωση του Spatial Thinking Ability Test. Πρακτικά 16ου Εθνικού Συνεδρίου Χαρτογραφίας “Η Χαρτογραφία στον σύγχρονο πολυθεματικό κόσμο”, Αιγάλεω, 2-4 Νοεμβρίου, 2023.
  • Μπεζεριάνου Μ., Κόκλα Μ., Τομαή Ε., Κάβουρας, Μ., 2023. Προς μια πολυαισθητηριακή Χαρτογραφία. Ανασκόπηση της ακουστικής και απτικής επικοινωνίας του χώρου και του τόπου σε διαδραστικές εφαρμογές. Πρακτικά 16ου Εθνικού Συνεδρίου Χαρτογραφίας “Η Χαρτογραφία στον σύγχρονο πολυθεματικό κόσμο”, Αιγάλεω, 2-4 Νοεμβρίου, 2023.
  • Φάκας Θ., Κόκλα Μ., Τομαή Ε., 2023. Αξιολόγηση χωροχρονικών αναπαραστάσεων δεδομένων τροχιάς οχημάτων. Πρακτικά 16ου Εθνικού Συνεδρίου Χαρτογραφίας “Η Χαρτογραφία στον σύγχρονο πολυθεματικό κόσμο”, Αιγάλεω, 2-4 Νοεμβρίου, 2023.
  • Colucci E., Lingua A. M., Kokla M., & Spanò A. (2022). Minor Historical Centres Ontology Enrichment and Population: An Hamlet Case Study. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B4-2022, 31–37.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2022-31-2022
  • Katsadaki Ε., & Kokla M. (2022). Topic Modeling and Association Rule Mining to Discover Geospatial Semantic Information from Unstructured Data Sources. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B4-2022, 47–52.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2022-47-2022
  • Charcharos C., Kavouras M., Kokla M., and Tomai E., 2021. Exploring the Relation between Spatial Abilities and STEM Expertise. Developing Spatial Expertise Symposium, part of Spatial Cognition 2020/21 Conference, August 1-4, 2021.
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353363168_Exploring_the_Relation_between_Spatial_Abilities_and_STEM_Expertise
  • Anastopoulou N., Kavouras M., Kokla M., & Tomai E. (2021). Concepts – Locations – Emotions: Semantic Analysis and Visualization of Climate Change Texts. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B4-2021, 31–37.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2021-31-2021
  • Colucci E., Kokla M., & Noardo F. (2021). Ontology-Based Data Mapping to Support Planning in Historical Urban Centres. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B4-2021, 39–45.
    https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2021-39-2021
  • Colucci, E., Kokla, M., Mostafavi, M.A., Noardo, F., Spanò, A., 2020. Semantically Describing Urban Historical Buildings across Different Levels of Granularity, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences.
  • Kokla, M., Mostafavi, MA, Noardo, F., Spanò A., 2019. Towards Building a Semantic Formalization of (Small) Historical Centres. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLII-2/W11, 675–683, https://doi.org
  • Mansourian, P. Pilesjo, M. Runnstrom, R. Groth, JG Rocha, M. Santos, A. Vieira, M. Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., Tomai, E. Parseliunas, J. Suziedelyte-Visockiene, D. Popovas, R. Obuchovski, D. Slikas, J. Kozlovska, A. Buga, M. Matchanov, S. Avezov, M. Sultanov, D. Tilenova, R. Akmatov, E. Toktoraliev, G. Ergeshova, A. Nizamiev, R. Umaraliev, M. Bekaeva, S. Abdireimov, V. Statov (2019) Promoting of the geospatial methods: Introduction into international educational courses in environmental protection and disaster risk management, EDULEARN19 Proceedings 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Palma, Spain. 1-3 July, 2019, 2702-2711, http://lup.lub.lu.se
  • Kokla, M., Papadias V., Tomai E., 2018. Enrichment and Population of a Geospatial Ontology for Semantic Information Extraction. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, XLII-4, 309–314, https://doi.org
  • Karalopoulos, A., Kokla, M., and Kavouras, M., 2004. “Geographic Knowledge Representation Using Conceptual Graphs”. Proceedings of the 7th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 28 April - 1 May, Crete, Greece, https://www.researchgate.net
  • Kavouras, M., Kokla, M., and Tomai, E., 2003. “Determination, Visualization and Interpretation of Semantic Similarity among Different Geographic Ontologies”. Proceedings of the 6th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 24-26 April, Lyon, France https://www.researchgate.net
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2002. “Extracting Latent Semantic Relations from Definitions to Disambiguate Geographic Ontologies”. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2002), 25-28 September, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • Kavouras, M. and Kokla, M., 2002. “Developing Multi-scale, Multi-context Databases through the Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Datasets”. Proceedings of the 8th EC-GI&GIS Workshop, ESDI - A Work in Progress, 3-5 July, Dublin, Ireland
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2002. “Theories of Concepts in Resolving Semantic Heterogeneities”. Proceedings of the 5th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 25-27 April, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2000. “Concept Lattices as a Formal Method for the Integration of Geographic Ontologies”. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2000), 28-31 October, Savannah, Georgia, USA, http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
  • Kavouras, M. and Kokla, M., 2000. “Ontology-based Fusion of Geographic Databases”. Proceedings of the FIG Workshop: “Spatial Information Management - Experiences and Visions for the 21st Century”, 4-7 October, Athens, Greece, http://www.fig.net
  • Kokla, M. and Kavouras, M., 2000. “A formal method for the semantic integration of classification schemata”. Proceedings of the 3rd AGILE Conference, 25-27 May, Helsinki, Finland, https://www.academia.edu