Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS [[electronic resource] ] : International Conference COSIT '97, Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA, October 15-18, 1997. Proceedings / / edited by Stephen C. Hirtle, Andrew U. Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1997.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 518 p.) |
Disciplina | 910/.285 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Soggetto topico |
Computers
Geographical information systems Database management Artificial intelligence Data structures (Computer science) Earth sciences Theory of Computation Geographical Information Systems/Cartography Database Management Artificial Intelligence Data Structures Earth Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-540-69616-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Continuous change in spatial regions -- Qualitative representation of change -- Image-schemata-based spatial inferences: The container-surface algebra -- A city metaphor to support navigation in complex information spaces -- Using hierarchical spatial data structures for hierarchical spatial reasoning -- Structuring space with image schemata: Wayfinding in airports as a case study -- Fiat and bona fide Boundaries: Towards an ontology of spatially extended objects -- A representation-oriented taxonomy of gradation -- Classification as an impediment to the reliable and valid use of spatial information: A disaggregate approach -- What maps mean to people: Denotation, connotation, and geographic visualization in land-use debates -- The algebraic structure of sets of regions -- Complex regions in topological queries -- A cognitive assessment of topological spatial relations: Results from an empirical investigation -- Voronoï diagrams on line segments: Measurements for contextual generalization purposes -- A qualitative coordinate language of location of figures within the ground -- Identification of fuzzy objects from field observation data -- Long-term spatial representations from pictorial and textual input -- Feature accumulation and route structuring in distance estimations — An interdisciplinary approach -- The perception and cognition of environmental distance: Direct sources of information -- Improving multi-purpose GIS design: Participative design -- Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems -- Cognitive requirements on making and interpreting maps -- From knowledge to words to wayfinding: Issues in the production and comprehension of route directions -- Spatial representation for pragmatic navigation -- Partition and conquer -- Supporting emergence in spatial reasoning with shape algebras and formal logic -- Linear constraints: Geometric objects represented by inequalitiesl -- An event-based approach to spatial information -- Geocognostics — A new framework for spatial information theory -- Graphical modelling for geographic explanation -- Experiments using context and significance to enhance the reporting capabilities of gis -- Automatic summarization of radiographic imagery -- An automated system for name placement which complies with cartographic quality criteria: The hydrographic network -- Agent-based simulations of a city dynamics in a gis environment -- A logical approach to incorporating qualitative spatial reasoning into GIS (Extended Abstract) -- User interaction in a sketch-based GIS user interface -- Metrical refinement of topological relations -- Approximation of topological relations between fuzzy regions satisfying a linguistically described query. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996465746403316 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS [[electronic resource] ] : International Conference COSIT '97, Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA, October 15-18, 1997. Proceedings / / edited by Stephen C. Hirtle, Andrew U. Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1997.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 518 p.) |
Disciplina | 910/.285 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Soggetto topico |
Computers
Geographic information systems Database management Artificial intelligence Data structures (Computer science) Earth sciences Theory of Computation Geographical Information Systems/Cartography Database Management Artificial Intelligence Data Structures Earth Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-540-69616-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Continuous change in spatial regions -- Qualitative representation of change -- Image-schemata-based spatial inferences: The container-surface algebra -- A city metaphor to support navigation in complex information spaces -- Using hierarchical spatial data structures for hierarchical spatial reasoning -- Structuring space with image schemata: Wayfinding in airports as a case study -- Fiat and bona fide Boundaries: Towards an ontology of spatially extended objects -- A representation-oriented taxonomy of gradation -- Classification as an impediment to the reliable and valid use of spatial information: A disaggregate approach -- What maps mean to people: Denotation, connotation, and geographic visualization in land-use debates -- The algebraic structure of sets of regions -- Complex regions in topological queries -- A cognitive assessment of topological spatial relations: Results from an empirical investigation -- Voronoï diagrams on line segments: Measurements for contextual generalization purposes -- A qualitative coordinate language of location of figures within the ground -- Identification of fuzzy objects from field observation data -- Long-term spatial representations from pictorial and textual input -- Feature accumulation and route structuring in distance estimations — An interdisciplinary approach -- The perception and cognition of environmental distance: Direct sources of information -- Improving multi-purpose GIS design: Participative design -- Self-organization, cities, cognitive maps and information systems -- Cognitive requirements on making and interpreting maps -- From knowledge to words to wayfinding: Issues in the production and comprehension of route directions -- Spatial representation for pragmatic navigation -- Partition and conquer -- Supporting emergence in spatial reasoning with shape algebras and formal logic -- Linear constraints: Geometric objects represented by inequalitiesl -- An event-based approach to spatial information -- Geocognostics — A new framework for spatial information theory -- Graphical modelling for geographic explanation -- Experiments using context and significance to enhance the reporting capabilities of gis -- Automatic summarization of radiographic imagery -- An automated system for name placement which complies with cartographic quality criteria: The hydrographic network -- Agent-based simulations of a city dynamics in a gis environment -- A logical approach to incorporating qualitative spatial reasoning into GIS (Extended Abstract) -- User interaction in a sketch-based GIS user interface -- Metrical refinement of topological relations -- Approximation of topological relations between fuzzy regions satisfying a linguistically described query. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144908403321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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