The philosophy of geo-ontologies : applied ontology of geography / / Timothy Tambassi |
Autore | Tambassi Timothy |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : Springer : , : Springer, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 pages) |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in geography |
Soggetto topico | Geographic information systems |
ISBN | 3-030-78145-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- Part I Among Computer Science, Philosophy, and Geography: An Ontological Investigation -- 1 From the Philosophies of Geographies to the Applied Ontology of Geography -- 1.1 On the Connections Between Philosophy and Geography -- 1.2 Two Triangles -- 1.3 Ontologies of Geography -- 1.4 Digital Geographies -- 1.5 Big-O Ontology Versus Small-o Ontologies -- 1.6 The Geo-Ontological Circle -- 1.7 (Small-o) Ontological Interdisciplinary Connections -- 1.8 Five Features of (Big-O) Ontological Knowledge -- 1.9 (Big-G) Geographical Disconnections -- 1.10 Representations and Practices -- 1.11 From Applied o/Ontology of Geography to Applied o/Ontology of Geography -- References -- 2 The Ontological Background -- 2.1 IT/Computer Ontologies and Semantic Web -- 2.2 Some Definitions of IT/Computer Ontology -- 2.3 Clarification of Terms -- 2.4 From the Ontological Turn to Taxonomies of Philosophical Ontologies -- 2.5 Ontology, Metaphysics, and Scientific Disciplines -- 2.6 Ontology of Geography -- 2.7 Common-Sense Geography -- 2.8 Primary and Secondary Theories -- 2.9 Mark and Smith's Experiments -- 2.10 Analysis of Results -- References -- Part II Systematizing the Geographical World -- 3 Spatial Representation -- 3.1 Ontology of Geography and Spatial Representation -- 3.2 Tools for Spatial Representation -- 3.3 Classical and Non-Classical Geographies -- 3.4 Issues from Cartographic Representation -- 3.5 The Capital of Singapore -- 3.6 Looking for No Man's Land -- 3.7 Sailing to Thule -- 3.8 Poland into Exile -- 3.9 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Boundaries -- 4.1 The Ontology of Geographical Boundaries -- 4.2 Bona Fide and Fiat Boundaries -- 4.3 Legal Fiat Boundaries and Normativity -- 4.4 Physical and Institutional Boundaries -- 4.5 Boundaries, Cultural Diversities, Human Beliefs -- 4.6 Cultural Boundaries?.
4.7 Three Levels of Cultural Dependence -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Geographical Entities -- 5.1 A Chaotic List that Cries Out for Explanation -- 5.2 Avoiding Univocal and Incomplete Accounts -- 5.3 Laundry Lists -- 5.4 Attempts of Definition -- 5.5 On Being Portrayed on Maps -- 5.6 Maps, Granularity of Interest, and Multiple Levels of Details -- 5.7 On What and Where -- 5.8 Drawing the Contour -- 5.9 Cultural Entities -- 5.10 GIS, Knowledge Engineering, and Geographic Objects -- 5.11 Rivers, Fleuves, and Revières -- 5.12 Danube, Donau, and Дyнaв -- 5.13 Vagueness -- 5.14 (Geographical) Kinds and Properties -- 5.15 Relations, Fields, and Time -- 5.16 Boundaries -- 5.17 On Non-Existent and Abstract Geographical Entities -- 5.18 Historical Entities -- 5.19 Complex Geographical Entities -- 5.20 Hierarchical Structures -- 5.21 Three Thin Red Lines -- 5.22 From Multiple (Ways of Doing) Geographies to Multiple (Kinds of) Geographical Entities -- References -- Part III The Philosophy of Geo-Ontologies -- 6 Geo-Ontologies: From the Spatial Turn to Geographical Taxonomy -- 6.1 From the Spatial Turn to the Diffusion of Geo-Ontologies -- 6.2 The Problem of Existing Taxonomies -- 6.3 A Geographical Point of View -- 6.4 A Geo-Ontological Tri-Partition -- 6.4.1 Spatial Geo-Ontologies -- 6.4.2 Physical (or Natural) Geo-Ontologies -- 6.4.3 Human Geo-Ontologies -- 6.4.4 Other Geo-Ontologies -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Ontological Categories for Geo-Ontologies -- 7.1 The Geo-Ontological Domain -- 7.2 Issues of a Categorial Ontology -- 7.3 On the General Aims of Geo-Ontologies -- 7.4 From the Need of Accessibility to the Common-Sense Geography -- 7.5 Ontology Components -- 7.6 Between Formal Ontologies and Ontological Categories -- 7.7 Lowe's Four-Category Ontology -- 7.8 Overlaps and Deviations: Cumpa's Fact-Oriented Ontology. 7.9 From Components to Contents -- 7.10 Variantism -- 7.11 Two Kinds of Completeness -- 7.12 Completeness and Fundamentality -- 7.13 Philosophical Ontology Versus IT/Computer Ontology -- References -- Conclusion -- Index. |
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Tambassi Timothy | ||
Cham, Switzerland : Springer : , : Springer, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Position, navigation, and timing technologies in the 21st Century . Volume 1 : Integrated satellite navigation, sensor systems, and civil applications / / edited by Y. Jade Morton [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,164 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico |
Electronics in navigation
Global Positioning System Electronic navigation equipment industry |
ISBN |
1-119-45846-3
1-119-45845-5 1-119-45844-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555266403321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Position, navigation, and timing technologies in the 21st Century . Volume 1 : Integrated satellite navigation, sensor systems, and civil applications / / edited by Y. Jade Morton [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,164 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico |
Electronics in navigation
Global Positioning System Electronic navigation equipment industry |
ISBN |
1-119-45846-3
1-119-45845-5 1-119-45844-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829842903321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Positioning |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Irvine, Calif., : Scientific Research Pub |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico |
Location-based services
Mobile geographic information systems Motor vehicles - Automatic location systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 2150-8526 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996208043003316 |
Irvine, Calif., : Scientific Research Pub | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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PostGIS Cookbook [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Corti Paolo |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Birmingham, : Packt Publishing, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (484 p.) |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MatherStephen Vincent
KraftThomas J ParkBborie |
Collana | Quick answers to common problems |
Soggetto topico |
Geography
Earth & Environmental Sciences Geography-General |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Moving Data In and Out of PostGIS; Introduction; Importing nonspatial tabular data (CSV) using PostGIS functions; Importing nonspatial tabular data (CSV) using GDAL; Importing shapefiles with shp2pgsql; Importing and exporting data with the ogr2ogr GDAL command; Handling batch importing and exporting of datasets; Exporting data to the shapefile with the pgsql2shp PostGIS command; Importing OpenStreetMap data with the osm2pgsql command
Importing raster data with the raster2pgsql PostGIS commandImporting multiple rasters at a time; Exporting rasters with the gdal_translate and gdalwarp GDAL commands; Chapter 2: Structures that Work; Introduction; Using geospatial views; Using triggers to populate a geometry column; Structuring spatial data with table inheritance; Extending inheritance - table partitioning; Normalizing imports; Normalizing internal overlays; Using polygon overlays for proportional census estimates; Chapter 3: Working with Vector Data - The Basics; Introduction; Working with GPS data; Fixing invalid geometries GIS analysis with spatial joinsSimplifying geometries; Measuring distances; Merging polygons using a common attribute; Computing intersections; Clipping geometries to deploy data; Simplifying geometries with PostGIS topology; Chapter 4: Working with Vector Data - Advanced Recipes; Introduction; Improving proximity filtering with KNN; Improving proximity filtering with KNN - advanced; Rotating geometries; Improving ST_Polygonize; Translating, scaling, and rotating geometries - advanced; Detailed building footprints from LiDAR; Using external scripts to embed new functionality in order to calculate a Voronoi diagramUsing external scripts to embed other; libraries in order to calculate a Voronoi; diagram - advanced; Chapter 5: Working with Raster Data; Introduction; Getting and loading rasters; Working with basic raster information and analysis; Performing simple map-algebra operations; Combining geometries with rasters for analysis; Converting between rasters and geometries; Processing and loading rasters with GDAL VRT; Warping and resampling rasters; Performing advanced map-algebra operations; Executing DEM operations Sharing and visualizing rasters through SQLChapter 6: Working with pgRouting; Introduction; Startup - Dijkstra routing; Loading data from OpenStreetMap and finding the shortest path using A*; Driving distance/service area calculation; Calculating the driving distance with demographics; Extracting the centerlines of polygons; Chapter 7: Into the Nth Dimension; Introduction; Importing LiDAR Data; Performing 3D queries on a LiDAR point cloud; Constructing and serving buildings 2.5 D; Using ST_Extrude to extrude building footprints; Creating arbitrary 3D objects for PostGIS Exporting models as X3D for the Web |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821943103321 |
Corti Paolo | ||
Birmingham, : Packt Publishing, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practical GIS : use tools such as QGIS, PostGIS, and GeoServer to build powerful GIS solutions / / Gábor Farkas |
Autore | Farkas Gábor |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 pages) |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico | GGeographic information systems |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Practical Geographic Information Systems |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792919903321 |
Farkas Gábor | ||
Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practical GIS : use tools such as QGIS, PostGIS, and GeoServer to build powerful GIS solutions / / Gábor Farkas |
Autore | Farkas Gábor |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 pages) |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico | GGeographic information systems |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Practical Geographic Information Systems |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816236503321 |
Farkas Gábor | ||
Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Precision positioning with commercial smartphones in urban environments / / Sara Paiva, editor |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VII, 181 p. 62 illus., 37 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Collana | EAI/Springer innovations in communication and computing |
Soggetto topico | Global Positioning System |
ISBN | 3-030-71288-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Recent and emergent technologies -- GPS, DGPS and GNSS -- Mobility and positioning -- Possible applications of precise positioning -- Smart cities and the role of positioning -- The importance for visually impaired people -- Android and iOS examples -- Case studies and applications -- Security issues and challenges -- Future trends in positioning techniques -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495213003321 |
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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PredictGIS 2018 : proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Prediction of Human Mobility (PredictGIS 2018) : November 6th, Seattle, Washington, USA / / Akihito Sudo |
Autore | Sudo Akihito |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (50 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico | Geographic information systems |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910375773103321 |
Sudo Akihito | ||
New York, NY : , : The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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PredictGIS 2019 : proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Prediction of Human Mobility (PredictGIS 2019) : November 5th, Chicago, Illinois, USA / / Association for Computing Machinery |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : The Association for Computing Machinery, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Disciplina | 910.285 |
Soggetto topico |
Geographic information systems
Geospatial data Social prediction |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910412061303321 |
New York, NY : , : The Association for Computing Machinery, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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