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[Object and Method] In this study we discuss about the differences between urban resident's and visitor's cognitive style. We selected 61 residents and 20 visitors, controlling for characteristics of age, sex, residential places and socio-economic background. Through the verbal interviews we asked them the following questions; 1) Do you know the places presented in the map? 2) Have you been at the places presented in the map? 3) Do you know the places presented in the photographs? [Result] 1) Residents know the urban space in detail, while visitors know only main streets and the central commercial district. This result suggests that visitors have previously urban spatial informations based on prior experiences with similar environment. So they easily recognize the major structure of the urban space (main streets, public facilities, C.B.D. etc.). 2) Residents tend to recognize the minor structure in the district close to their residences and the major structure away from their homes. 3) People of more experiences in their urban space get more spatial cognition. Visitors have this tendancy strongly. 4) Places of more people's visit get better recognition. 5) Concerning visitor's cognitive style in a certain urban space, the more places he knows, the more correctly he discriminates them through photographs, but this tendancy cannot be seen in the case of resident's.
