Geographic Information Science: Second International Conference, GIScience 2002, Boulder, CO, USA, September 25-28, 2002. Proceedings

ISBN-13: 9783540442530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 362 str.

Max J. Egenhofer;David M. Mark

Opis

science, requiring the concurrent att- tionfromresearchersfrommultipledisciplines. TheGIScienceconferencesaimto serve as the disciplinary melting pot for geographic information science research.

Spis treści

Investigating Recursive Point Voronoi Diagrams.- Distinguishing Instances and Evidence of Geographical Concepts for Geospatial Database Design.- Geographically Weighted Local Statistics Applied to Binary Data.- Transmitting Vector Geospatial Data across the Internet.- GeoVSM: An Integrated Retrieval Model for Geographic Information.- An Evaluation of Buffering Algorithms in Fuzzy GISs.- From Geo-to Eco-ontologies.- Modeling the Semantics of Geographic Categories through Conceptual Integration.- A Graded Approach to Directions between Extended Objects.- Analyzing Relative Motion within Groups ofTrackable Moving Point Objects.- A Comparison of Spatio-temporal Interpolation Methods.- Multi-agent Systems for Web-Based Map Information Retrieval.- New Methods to Generate Neutral Images for Spatial Pattern Recognition.- Combining Mediator and Data Warehouse Technologies for Developing Environmental Decision Support Systems.- Topologically-Consistent Map Generalisation Procedures and Multi-scale Spatial Databases.- Mobile Journey Planning for Bus Passengers.- Enriching Wayfinding Instructions with Local Landmarks.- A Content-Based Approach to Searching and Indexing Spatial Configurations.- A Qualitative Account of Discrete Space.- A New Approach to Incorporate Uncertainty in Terrain Modeling.- Decomposing Integer Programming Models for Spatial Allocation.- An Operational Metadata Framework for Searching, Indexing, and Retrieving Distributed Geographic Information Services on the Internet.- “Humane” Interfaces to Improve the Usability of Data Clearinghouses.- Integrating Spatio-thematic Information.