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Vanessa Joy Anacta

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • spatial cognition, spatial learning, wayfinding

Academic Education

2003 - 2011M.Sc. in Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman
2008 - 2010M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies (Erasmus Mundus), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Muenster
1999 - 2003B.Sc. in Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman

Work Experience

2010 - 2011Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman
2004 - 2008Instructor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman

Publications

The effect of orientation instructions on the recall and reuse of route and survey elements in wayfinding descriptions
Krukar J, Anacta VJ, Schwering A (2020)
In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 68, 101407. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101407
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Spatial distribution of local landmarks in route-based sketch maps
A. Anacta Vanessa Joy, Li Rui, Löwen Heinrich, De Lima Galvao Marcelo, Schwering Angela (2018)
In: Creem-Regehr, Sarah; Schöning, Johannes; Klippel, Alexander (eds.), Spatial Cognition: German Conference on Spatial Cognition, 107-117. Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag.
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published
Distinguishing Sketch Map Types: A Flexible Feature-Based Classification
Krukar J, Münzer S, Lörch L, Anacta VJ, Fuest S, Schwering A (2018)
In: Creem-Regehr S, Schöning J, Klippel A (eds.), Spatial Cognition 2018: Spatial Cognition XI, 279-292. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_19
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published
Landmark-Based Navigation in Cognitive Systems
Krukar J, Schwering A, Anacta VJ (2017)
In: Künstliche Intelligenz, 31, 121-124. doi:10.1007/s13218-017-0487-7
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Wayfinding Through Orientation
Schwering, A. Krukar, J. Li, R. Anacta, V. J. Fuest, S. (2017)
In: Spatial Cognition and Computation, 17(4), 273-303. doi:10.1080/13875868.2017.1322597
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Wayfinding Through Orientation (WayTO): Support for Spatial Orientation and Wayfinding in Real Environments Through Cognitively Appropriate Spatial Information… (WayTO)
Duration: 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2017
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project

Prizes

Best Poster Award for poster paper entitled "Map-off the city: How uncertain places are represented in sketch maps"
Awarded by: AGILE 2015 International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal
Award given to: Anacta VJA, Humayun MI, Schwering A
Announced at: 12/06/2015 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2015
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Poster Award -It’s GIrls’ Day! What sketch maps show about girls’ spatial knowledge
Awarded by: 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science (Castellon, Spain)
Award given to: Anacta, Vanessa Joy; Bartoschek, Thomas
Announced at: 06/06/2014 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2014
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award for the paper "Orientation Information in Different Forms of Route Instructions"
Awarded by: 16th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science in Leuven, Belgium
Award given to: Schwering, Angela; Li, Rui; Anacta, Vanessa Joy
Date of awarding: 01/01/2013
Type of distinction: Best publication award

Doctorates

Cognitive Wayfinding
Candidate: Anacta, Vanessa Joy | Supervisors: Schwering, Angela
Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 29/09/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster