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Perspectives are specific to the Places Knowledge Maps site. They let you switch between different place trees, each with a different "perspective" or focus. Perspectives don't interact with each other. They're just different place trees within Places.This lets you create nuanced relationships between two places. Let's consider the relationship between Charlottesville and Albermarle.
Perspectives affect the relationships between KMaps, not the KMaps themselves. For example, the relationship between "Charlottesville" and "Albermarle" can be considered from the "national administrative unit" perspective, but also from the "geographical relationships" perspective. While we might think Charlottesville is "in" Albermarle geographically, it actually but Albermarle isn't subordinate to Albermarle administrativelythe county for the city. Instead, Charlottesville is an independent city. As an independent city, it is a separate legal entity from Albermarle. Residents will use "Charlottesville" is both the as their county and city for residents from the "national administrative units" perspectives. in official forms.
- Virginia
- Albermarle
- Charlottesville
- Virginia
- Albermarle
- Charlottesville
You can switch perspectives from the Knowledge Maps editors by selecting Perspectives from the Main Menu. We've included a detailed step-by-step guide at the bottom of the page. We've also listed each perspective here, with examples.
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