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By
Robert Laurini, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Derek Thompson, University of Maryland at College Park
Description
The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences. These
systems have the principle functions of capturing, storing, representing, manipulating, and displaying data in 2-D and 3-D worlds. This
book approaches its subject from the perspectives of informatics and geography, presenting methods of conceptual modeling developed in
computer science that provide valuable aids for resolving spatial problems. This book is an essential textbook for both students and
practitioners. It is indispensable for academic geographers, computer scientists, and the GIS professional.
Audience
Graduate students and researchers in geography, computer science, scientific computing, and applications in scientific computing.
Contents
Introduction to the Spatial Context:
Geomatics.
Introduction to Spatial Information Systems.
Needs.
Purposes and Types
of Spatial Problem.
Semantics.
Objects, Surfaces, Data.
Geometries For Spatial Data:
Geometries.
Position, Representation,
Dimensions.
Topology.
Graphs, Areas, Ordering.
Tessellations.
Regular and Irregular Cells, Hierarchies.
Manipulations.
Interpolations,
Geometric Operations, Transformations.
Spatial Analysis.
Attribute Data, Modelling, Integration.
Conceptual Modelling for Spatial
Data:
Design for Information Systems.
Methodologies, Issues.
Spaghetti: Conceptual Modelling of Line-Oriented Objects.
Pizza:
Conceptual Modelling for Areas and Volumes.
Spatial Object Modelling.
Views, Integration, Complexities.
Spatial Data Retrieval
and Reasoning:
Algebras.
Relational and Peano Tuple.
Spatial Queries.
Types, Algorithms.
Access and Quality: Spatial Indices
and Integrity Constraints.
Hypermedia.
Multimedia Spatial Information Systems and Hypermaps.
Spatial Knowledge.
Intelligent Spatial Information
Systems.
Afterword.
Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 680 pages, publication date: MAR-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-438380-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-438380-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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