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Time-Integrative Geographic Information Systems Management and Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data

The book deals with the integration of temporal information in Geographic Information Systems. The main purpose of an historical or time-integrative GIS is to reproduce spatio- temporal processes or sequents of events in the real world in the form of a model. The model thus making them accessible fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ott, Thomas, Swiaczny, Frank (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Subjects:
Computer Communication Networks
Geographical Information System
Geography
Sociology / Methodology
Human Geography
Computer Networks 
Geographic Information Systems
Earth Sciences
Sociological Methods
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The relationship of space and time
  • 1.2 Targets and contents of the book
  • 1.3 Further Reading
  • 2 Conceptualising real world entities in spatio-temporal GIS
  • 2.1 The geographer’s perspective on space and time
  • 2.2 Modelling the real world in Geographic Information Systems
  • 2.3 The representation of space in GIS
  • 2.4 Integration of external models in Geographic Information Systems
  • 2.5 Spatio-temporal dimensions in GIS
  • 3 Integrating time in Geographic Information Systems
  • 3.1 Different types of time
  • 3.2 Conceptualising time in GIS
  • 3.3 Event and database time
  • 3.4 Version management
  • 3.5 Types of temporal databases
  • 4 Implementation of time in GIS
  • 4.1 Implementation problems
  • 4.2 Project design
  • 4.3 Implementation constraints
  • 4.3.2 Spatio-temporal GIS approaches
  • 5 Processing and analysis of temporal data inside a GIS
  • 5.1 Common GIS analysis functions
  • 5.2 Spatial and thematic queries
  • 5.3 Temporal queries
  • 5.4 Process analysis and simulation
  • 6 The visualization of spatio-temporal processes
  • 6.1 Basic concepts of spatio-temporal visualisation
  • 6.2 Displaying time on a map
  • 6.3 Multidimensional GIS
  • 6.4 GIS and Multimedia
  • 7 Examples
  • 7.1 Building a historical GIS
  • 7.2 Studying historical transport networks
  • 7.3 Exploring cultural landscape change
  • 7.4 Working with cadastres
  • 7.5 Predicting wildfires
  • 7.6 Mapping urban growth
  • 7.7 Reconstructing archaeological excavations
  • 7.8 Mining for business data
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 8.1 Summary
  • 8.2 Outlook
  • 9 Appendix
  • 9.1 Research bibliography
  • 9.2 Internet links
  • CD-ROM with examples / code from the book

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