Advances in Spatial Data Handling 10th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling

This book, entitled Advances in Spatial Data Handling, is a compendium of papers resulting from the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH), held in Ottawa, Canada, July 9-12, 2002. The SDH conference series has been organised as one of the main activities of the International Geograp...

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Other Authors: Richardson, Dianne (Editor), Oosterom, Peter van (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Above-Ground Biomass Estimation of Successional and Mature Forests Using TM Images in the Amazon Basin
  • Grid Computing for Real Time Distributed Collaborative Geoprocessing
  • The Balance Between Geometry and Topology
  • STOQL: An ODMG-Based Spatio-Temporal Object Model and Query Language
  • A Semantics for Version Queries in GIS Databases
  • A Differential Spatio-temporal Model: Primitives and Operators
  • A QTM-based Algorithm for Generation of the Voronoi Diagram on a Sphere
  • The Dimensional Model: A Framework to Distinguish Spatial Relationships
  • A Quantitative Description of Spatial Configurations
  • Implementing Topological Predicates for Complex Regions
  • Route Specifications with a Linear Dual Graph
  • Projecting a Regular Grid onto a Sphere or Ellipsoid
  • Creating Spatial Information: Commissioning the UK Land Cover Map 2000
  • A Methodology for Updating Geographic DatabasesUsing Map Versions
  • Revealing Uncertainty in Maps of Glacial Lake Algonquin
  • A Decision Tree for Multi-Layered Spatial Data
  • Computational and Visual Support for Geographical Knowledge Construction: Filling in the Gaps Between Exploration and Explanation
  • Polygonization of Point Clusters through Cluster Boundary Extraction for Geographical Data Mining
  • The Impact of Filtering on Spatial Continuous Queries
  • An Object Model for Geologic Map Information
  • Indexing and Browsing Digital Maps with Intelligent Thumbnails
  • Modelling and Manipulating Multiple Representations of Spatial Data
  • Terrain Modelling Based on Contours and Slopes
  • Siting Observers on Terrain
  • An Agent-Based Framework for Polygonal Subdivision Generalisation
  • Template Matching in Support of Generalisation of Rural Buildings
  • Minimising Positional Errors in Line Simplification Using Adaptive Tolerance Values
  • A New Merging Process for Data Integration Based on the Discrete Fréchet Distance
  • Spatio-Temporal Methods to Reduce Data Uncertainty in Restricted Movement on a Road Network
  • Quantifying Uncertainty of Digital Elevation Models Derived from Topographic Maps
  • Detecting Building Alignments for Generalisation Purposes
  • Temporal GIS and Statistical Modelling of Personal Lifelines
  • Urban Simulation Using Neural Networks and Cellular Automata for Land Use Planning
  • Creation of the Anamorphoses-Based 3D-Pyramidal Block-Diagrams
  • Schematic Networks: An Algorithm and its Implementation
  • Developing Lightweight, Data-Driven Exploratory Geo-visualisation Tools for the Web
  • GAP-Tree Extensions Based on Skeletons
  • Improving Automated Generalisation for On-Demand Web Mapping by Multiscale Databases
  • Map Samples to Help GI Users Specify their Needs
  • Representation of Map Objects with Semi-Structured Data Models