Advances in Spatial Data Handling: 10th International Symposium on Spatial Data HandlingThis 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 Geographical Union (IGU) since it was first started in Zurich in 1984. In the late 1990’s the IGU Commission of Geographic Information Systems was discontinued and a study group was formed to succeed it in 1997. Much like the IGU Commission, the objectives of the Study Group are to create a network of people and research centres addressing geographical information science and to facilitate exchange of information. The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, which is the most important activity of the IGU Study Group, has, throughout its 18 year history been highly regarded as one of the most important GIS conferences in the world. |
Contents
A Decision Tree for MultiLayered Spatial Data | 1 |
Filling in the Gaps Between Exploration and Explanation | 11 |
Polygonization of Point Clusters through Cluster Boundary Extraction for Geographical Data Mining | 27 |
The Impact of Filtering on Spatial Continuous Queries | 41 |
An Object Model for Geologic Map Information | 55 |
Indexing and Browsing Digital Maps with Intelligent Thumbnails | 69 |
Modelling and Manipulating Multiple Representations of Spatial Data | 81 |
Terrain Modelling Based on Contours and Slopes | 95 |
A Quantitative Description of Spatial Configurations | 299 |
Implementing Topological Predicates for Complex Regions | 313 |
Route Specifications with a Linear Dual Graph | 329 |
Projecting a Regular Grid onto a Sphere or Ellipsoid | 339 |
Commissioning the UK Land Cover Map 2000 | 351 |
A Methodology for Updating Geographic Databases using Map Versions | 363 |
Revealing Uncertainty in Maps of Glacial Lake Algonquin | 377 |
SpatioTemporal Methods to Reduce Data Uncertainty in Restricted Movement on a Road Network | 391 |
Siting Observers on Terrain | 109 |
An AgentBased Framework for Polygonal Subdivision Generalisation | 121 |
Template Matching in Support of Generalisation of Rural Buildings | 137 |
Minimising Positional Errors in Line Simplification Using Adaptive Tolerance Values | 153 |
A New Merging Process for Data Integration Based on the Discrete Frechet Distance | 167 |
AboveGround Biomass Estimation of Successional and Mature Forests Using TM Images in the Amazon Basin | 183 |
Grid Computing for Real Time Distributed Collaborative Geoprocessing | 197 |
The Balance Between Geometry and Topology | 209 |
An ODMGBased SpatioTemporal Object Model and Query Language | 225 |
A Semantics for Version Queries In GIS Databases | 239 |
Primitives and Operators | 255 |
A QTMbased Algorithm for Generation of the Voronoi Diagram on a Sphere | 269 |
A Framework to Distinguish Spatial Relationships | 285 |
Quantifying Uncertainty of Digital Elevation Models Derived from Topographic Maps | 403 |
Detecting Building Alignments for Generalisation Purposes | 419 |
Temporal CIS and Statistical Modelling of Personal Lifelines | 433 |
Urban Simulation Using Neural Networks and Cellular Automata for Land Use Planning | 451 |
Creation of the AnamorphosesBased 3D Pyramidal BlockDiagrams | 465 |
An Algorithm and its Implementation | 475 |
Developing Lightweight DataDriven Exploratory GeoVisualization Tools for the Web | 487 |
GAPTree Extensions Based on Skeletons | 501 |
Improving Automated Generalisation for On Demand Web Mapping by Multiscale Databases | 515 |
Map Samples to Help Gl Users Specify their Needs | 533 |
Representation of Map Objects with Semi Structured Data Models | 547 |
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agent algorithm alignment analysis applications approach attributes biomass boundary building C-Variable Length(40 cartographic cell choropleth map cluster complex computing concepts connections constraints Cover Map data mining data model data set DBMS decision tree defined Delaunay triangulation described dimensional distance dual graph edge Egenhofer elements error example function generalisation process Geographic Information Systems geometry geospatial graph grid identified implementation integration International interpolation intersection land cover layer linked map samples map version MBRS measures meta-model method neighbour node observers ODMG operations paper parameters points polygon prodo prototype query language region relationships Remote Sensing representation represented road scale schema segment selected semantics sequence shoreline simplification simulation skeleton Spatial Data Handling spatial objects spatio-temporal specific stamps Table template temporal tessellation thematic tolerance value topological predicates triangle uncertainty updates urban variogram viewshed visualisation Voronoi diagram