Advances in GIS Research
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2010
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-3-540-43456-6 (ISBN)
Description
Spatial and geographic data and the information systems which handle them are a major IT growth area for the 21st century. This book assembles the work of a number of leading researchers concerned with developing new models for describing, analysing and visualising such data. The authors address themes in data modelling, data error management, remote sensing techniques, neural networks, agent-based systems, generalisation, interactive cartography and networked decision support systems.The collection provides an exciting and authoritative selection of work occuring at the forefront of GIS and spatial data handling.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
150 s/w Abbildungen
150 black & white illustrations, 150 black & white line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-540-43456-6 (9783540434566)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
Department of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Content
Triangles and Computational Geometry - Clustering/Grouping - Learning and Reasoning - Geometric Modeling - Data Quality, Metadata - Multiscale Data - Constraints-based approaches - Environmental Data Models - Distributed Databases/Network Solutions - GIS: Systems and Science - Generalization and Compression - Interoperability - Time - Applications - Exploratory Data Visualization - Computational Geometry (Overlay) - Query and Interface - Triangulated Irregular Networks and Contours - Generalization - Geometric Models - Three-Dimensional Modeling.