Spatial databases with application to GIS
Spatial Databases is the first unified, in-depth treatment of special techniques for dealing with spatial data, particularly in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). This book surveys various techniques, such as spatial data models, algorithms, and indexing methods, developed to address...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
2002
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| Series: | The Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-394)
- 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL DATABASES
- 2 REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS
- 3 LOGICAL MODELS AND QUERY LANGUAGES
- 4 THE CONSTRAINT DATA MODEL
- 5 COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY
- 6 SPATIAL ACCESS METHODS
- 7 QUERY PROCESSING
- 8 COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS.
- An introduction to spatial databases
- Representation of spatial objects
- Logical models and query languages
- The constraint data model
- Computational geometry
- Spatial access methods
- Query processing
- Commercial systems