ABSTRACT

The perception of landscapes involves the process of categorising and differentiating surrounds according to sensory information and the experiences of individuals. Increasingly, due to the ubiquitous nature of virtual globe platforms, individuals are accessing visual information about their surrounding environment through satellite imagery. This investigation aims to examine how people’s perceptions of landscapes are changing when our experiences increasingly occur in digital space, altering the perception paradigm from one where individuals analyse direct objects to one where indirect objects are key in the formation of their perceptions. A case study in Chile, South America, is used to explore the influence of satellite imagery with 52 survey participants responding to questions about land use and land cover (LULC) patterns of the area, before and after, unstructured exploration of the region using Google Earth. The results indicate that satellite imagery is influencing how individuals perceive LULC patterns within their direct surroundings.

摘要

景观感知涉及根据感官信息和个人经验对周围环境进行分类和区分的过程。由于虚拟地球平台无处不在的特性，个人越来越多地通过卫星图像访问有关其周围环境的视觉信息。这项调查旨在研究当我们的体验越来越多地出现在数字空间中时，人们对景观的看法如何变化，将感知范式从个人分析直接对象的感知范式转变为间接对象是形成其感知的关键的范式。南美洲智利的一个案例研究用于探索卫星图像的影响，52 名调查参与者回答了有关该地区土地利用和土地覆盖 (LULC) 模式的问题，之前和之后，使用 Google 地球对该区域进行非结构化探索。结果表明，卫星图像正在影响个人在其直接环境中感知 LULC 模式的方式。