Spatial metaphors?

Hi,

I'm researching the 1st chapter of my PhD thesis and I'd be very
appreciative to hear your views and ideas on the following question:

Where do we use spatial and mapping metaphors to describe aspects of the
world and society?

And could you point me towards any philosophical / psychological literature
on this subject?

Examples I've bumped into are:

1) Descriptions of narrative structure & characterisation (the "character
arc", "where have you got to in the story?", depth of the character, etc.)

2) Family trees (especially in incestuous / inbred family structures)

3) Social & professional hierarchy ("The King powered above all his
subjects", "his family life was going down the tube")

4) Graphical representation of music (something similar to Media Player's
visualisations; and dancing)

5) Time (time line)

6) Hypertext "maps"

7) Data visualisation (graphs, 3D representations etc)

8) Hand gestures to accompany speech

Thanks,
Jack