Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

ISBN-13: 9783642065118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 329 str.

Sanjay Rana; Jayant Sharma

Opis

Although designed primarily for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have, for some years, been coupled to other allied technologies. This coupling or integration has occurred for some time due to the limitations in commercially available systems. It has occurred in several areas including visualisation (virtual reality), simulation (pedestrian, urban modelling), data storage and management (distributed or Internet GIS) and decision support. The chapters of the book, written by an international group of experts examine several of these discrete areas, focussing on the use of GIS and the technology it has been allied to. "

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The content of Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology is firmly rooted in concrete technical developments constructed from a sound theoretical perspective. ... The book intends not just to educate but also to inspire. ... This is an excellent book for an institution or research group to have in its library. Senior graduate students, postdocs, and faculty are strongly encouraged to read at least several chapters, think about the possibilities, and discuss with each other ... ." (Phil A Graniero, Geomatica, Vol. 61 (1), 2007)

Spis treści

Geographic Information Technologies – Overview (Sanjay Rana and Jayant Sharma).- Soft Computing and Geographical Information Systems (Yingjie Yang, David Gillingwater and Chris Hinde).- Using Geospatial Information for Autonomous Systems Control (Ayanna Howard and Edward Tunstel).- Simulating Spatial Dynamics Using Cell & Agent-Based Urban Models (Mike Batty).- Distributed Geospatial Information Services (Chaowei (Phil) Yang and C. Vincent Tao).- Geospatial Grid (Liping Di).- Geospatial Semantic Web (Yaser Bishr).- The Role of DBMS in New Generation GIS Architecture (Sisi Zlatanova and Jantien Stoter).- Multimodal Interfaces for Representing and Accessing Geospatial Information (Reg Golledge, Matthew T. Rice and R. Daniel Jacobson).- Way Finding With Mobile Devices Decision Support (Sabine Timpf).- Augmented Reality Visualisation of Geospatial Data (Daniel Holweg and Ursula Kretschmer).- GeoICT and Development - The Inverted Pyramid Syndrome (Satya Prakash, Ayon Kumar Tarafdar and Ravi Gupta).- Privacy Issues in Geographic Information Technologies (Alastair Beresford).- Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology (Sanjay Rana and Jayant Sharma).