# Bilateral Spatial Reasoning about Street Networks: Graph-based RAG with Qualitative Spatial Representations

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15388 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.15388/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Spatial and embodied reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning.
- Builds on 1 of its 6 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 17 Dec 2025.

## Placed in

- LLM reasoning / [Spatial and embodied reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/lr/spatial-and-embodied-reasoning/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [From Local to Global: A Graph RAG Approach to Query-Focused Summarization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.16130/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [A Qualitative Model for Reasoning about Path and Support](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.20349/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper deals with improving the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLM) to provide route instructions for pedestrian wayfinders by means of qualitative spatial relations.