Algorithmic Foundations of Geographic Information Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kreveld, Marc van (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nievergelt, Jürgen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Roos, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Widmayer, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1997.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1340
• Subjects: Computers.; Geographical information systems.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Algorithms.; Earth sciences.; Theory of Computation.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Database Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Earth Sciences, general.
• Physical Description: XIV, 290 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540696537
• ISSN: 0302-9743 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-63818-0

This tutorial survey brings together two lines of research and development whose interaction promises to have significant practical impact on the area of spatial information processing in the near future: geographic information systems (GIS) and geometric computation or, more particularly, geometric algorithms and spatial data structures. In nine uniformly structured and coherent chapters, the authors present a unique survey ranging from the history and basic characteristics to current issues of precision and robustness of geometric computing. This textbook is ideally suited for advanced courses on GIS and applied geometric algorithms. Research and design professionals active in the area will find it valuable as a state-of-the-art survey.