Time In Geographic Information SystemsA study into the consideration of the temporal dimension of computerized spatial data handling using GIS. The book describes the use of historical and time-variable data as explicit components of the modelling process. |
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access methods algorithms analysis applications approach aspatial attribute change attribute data BANG files bucket overflow cartographic Cell trees cells chains Chapter chart Chrisman clipped objects clustering components conceptual model constraints coverage data access data space data structure defined deleted describe dimensional dominance dimensions discussion dynamic entity epochs exist Falls Church feature Figure geographic data geographic information geographic information systems geometric hashing hierarchical implementation information systems intersect irregular partitions k-dimensional Langran lifespans logical maps minimum bounding rectangles multidimensional navigation Nievergelt nodes offset grid file operations overlap partitioning scheme performance phase space polygon problem procedures processing quadtrees R-tree range queries regular relational database represent representation retrieval search space search tree Sinton's slice snapshots space-dominant space-time composite spatial data spatiotemporal data spatiotemporal queries storage stored strategy Table temporal data temporal database temporal GIS temporal query tense three-dimensional time-dominant topological treat tuples unnested updates