Foundations of Geographic Information Science

As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature of geographic information. This volume contains a collection of essays and discussions on this theme. What is geographic information? What fundamental principles are associated with it? How can it be represented? How does it represent the world? How can geographic information be quantified? How can it be communicated and related to the other information sciences? How does HCI tie in with it? A number of other more specific but relevant issues are considered, such as Spatio-temporal relationships, boundaries, granularity and taxonomy.This book is a revised and updated version of a collection of presentations given by a group of distinguished researchers in the field of Geographic Information Science who gathered in Manchester in July 2001. It should be useful for graduate students as well as researchers and high-level professionals.

Foundations Of Geographic Information Science

Science & Math

Goodchild, Michael F.

Worboys, Michael F.

Duckham, Matt

Earth Sciences

Taylor&Francis

GIS: A Computing Perspective, Second Edition, provides a full, up-to-date overview of GIS, both Geographic Information Systems and the study of Geographic Information Science. Analyzing the subject from a computing perspective, the second edition explores conceptual and formal models needed to understand spatial information, and examines the representations and data structures needed to support adequate system performance. This volume also covers the special-purpose interfaces and architectures required to interact with and share spatial information, and explains the importance of uncertainty and time. The material on GIS architectures and interfaces as well as spatiotemporal information systems is almost entirely new. The second edition contains substantial new information, and has been completely reformatted to improve accessibility. Changes include: <ul>
<li>A new chapter on spatial uncertainty</li> <li>Complete revisions of the bibliography, index, and supporting diagrams</li> <li>Supplemental material is offset at the top of the page, as are references and links for further study</li> <li>Definitions of new terms are in the margins of pages where they appear, with corresponding entries in the index</li>
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GIS: A Computing Perspective

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

CRC Pr I Llc

This aims to make the computing principles underlying geographic databases understandable and accessible to current and potential users of such systems. It overviews database system philosophy; describes database concepts eg storage, retrieval, architecture, conceptual modelling, and database querying.It then focuses on the characteristics of GIS, spatial data and spatial databases, concluding with a discussion of current/future research trends.

GIS : A Computer Science Perspective

CRC-Press

Following two successful editions, the third edition of GIS: A Computer Perspective has been completely revised and incorporates new chapters. Now included are updates of ontologies, developments in decentralized computing, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD). The authors have also expanded this edition to include a more thorough treatment of geovisualization and spatial cognition.

Sun, Qian (Chayn)

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