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Record Nr.

UNISA996465957503316

Autore

Ray Cyril

Titolo

Web and wireless geographical information systems : 8th international symposium, W2GIS 2008, Shanghai, China, December 11-12, 2008 ; proceedings / / Cyril Ray, Xiang Li, Michela Bertolotto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Springer, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

3-540-89903-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 179 p.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 5373

Disciplina

910.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems

Wireless communication systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Indoor Space: A New Notion of Space -- HyperSmooth: A System for Interactive Spatial Analysis Via Potential Maps -- SVG-Based Spatial Information Representation and Analysis -- Design and Implementation of GeoBrain Online Analysis System (GeOnAS) -- Semantic Analysis for the Geospatial Web – Application to OWL-DL Ontologies -- Automatic Transformation from Semantic Description to Syntactic Specification for Geo-Processing Service Chains -- Online Generation and Dissemination of Disaster Information Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Data -- A Toponym Resolution Service Following the OGC WPS Standard -- Sensor Web Oriented Web-Based GIS -- A Design Process for the Development of an Interactive and Adaptive GIS -- Towards a Conceptual Model of Talking to a Route Planner -- Estimation of Geographic Relevance for Web Objects Using Probabilistic Models -- Efficient Vessel Tracking with Accuracy Guarantees -- Spatial Factors Affecting User’s Perception in Map Simplification: An Empirical Analysis -- Location-Aware Reminders with Personal Life Content on Place-Enhanced Blogs.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Web and Wirelsss Geographical Information Systems, W2GIS 2008, held in Shanghai, China, in December 2008. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from



38 submissions. The papers span a wide area including but not limited to Conceptual and logical models, Data management and retrieval, Geographical search engines, Web services, Query languages and interfaces, 2D and 3D information visualization, Exploratory cartography and interfaces, Data mining, Security and usability, Location-based services, Peer-to-peer computing, Cyber-geography, Semantic geo-spatial web, Mobile & Wireless GIS, Telematics and GIS Applications, Ubiquitous GIS, Personalization and adaptation as well as Wayfinding and navigation.