Research Trends in Geographic Information Science

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Navratil, Gerhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

In June/July 2008 the Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography at the Vienna University of Technology organized a scientific colloquium in this city, where 15 well-known scientists presented their ideas on research for the upcoming decade. This book contains papers prepared by the participants a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section I: Philosophical background and Semantics
• Ontology, Epistemology, Teleology: Triangulating Geographic Information Science
• Geonoemata Elicited: Concepts, Objects, and Other Uncertain Geographic Things
• Virtue Ethics for GIS Professionals
• Why Is Scale an Effective Descriptor for Data Quality? The Physical and Ontological Rationale for Imprecision and Level of Detail
• Semantic Engineering
• Section II: Mathematical Methods
• A Common Spatial Model for GIS
• Computation with Imprecise Probabilities
• Spatial Data Quality: Problems and Prospects
• Latent Analysis as a Potential Method for Integrating Spatial Data Concepts
• Stereology for Multitemporal Images with an Application to Flooding
• Modeling Spatiotemporal Paths for Single Moving Objects
• Moving Objects in Databases and GIS: State-of-the-Art and Open Problems
• The Degree Distribution of Random Planar Graphs
• Section III: Tools and Applications
• Geographical Information Engineering in the 21 Century
• Towards Visual Summaries of Geographic Databases Based on Chorems
• Intelligent Spatial Communication
• Training Games and GIS
• Cadastre and Economic Development.