The European Information Society: Taking Geoinformation Science One Step Further

ISBN-13: 9783540789451 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 430 str.

Bernard, Lars

Opis

This book comprises innovative research presented at the 11th Conference of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE), held in 2008 in Girona, Spain. The scientific papers cover a variety of fundamental research topics as well as applied research in Geoinformation Science including measuring spatiotemporal phenomena, quality and semantics, spatiotemporal analysis and modelling, spatiotemporal decision support, and spatial information infrastructures. The book is aimed at researchers, practitioners, and students who work in various fields and disciplines related to Geoinformation Science and GI technology.

Spis treści

Forest Stand Volume of Sitka Spruce Plantations in Britain: Can Existing Laser Scanning Methods Based on the Conventional One Provide Better Results, a Comparison of Two Approaches.- Assessing Stand and Data Variability Using Airborne Laser Scanner.- Model Based Optimization of Mobile Geosensor Networks.- Evaluation of the Geometric Accuracy of Automatically Recorded 3D – City Models Compared to GIS-Data.- Lifting Imprecise Values.- GeoSR: Geographically Explore Semantic Relations in World Knowledge.- A Study on the Cognitive Plausibility of SIM-DL Similarity Rankings for Geographic Feature Types.- A Geospatial Implementation of a Novel Delineation Clustering Algorithm Employing the K-means.- DBSCAN-MO: Density-Based Clustering among Moving Obstacles.- A Metric of Compactness of Urban Change Illustrated to 22 European Countries.- Advanced Data Mining Method for Discovering Regions and Trajectories of Moving Objects: “Ciconia Ciconia” Scenario.- Mining Spatio-Temporal Data at Different Levels of Detail.- Automated Boundary Creation: Atomic Small Areas in Ireland.- Climate-Change Adaptations in Land-Use Planning; A Scenario-Based Approach.- Quantifying and Analysing Neighbourhood Characteristics Supporting Urban Land-Use Modelling.- Interactive Multi-Perspective Views of Virtual 3D Landscape and City Models.- Scenario-Based Spatial Decision Support for Network Infrastructure Design.- Grouping of Optimized Pedestrian Routes for Multi-Modal Route Planning: A Comparison of Two Cities.- Spatial Decision Support in the Pedagogical Area: Processing Travel Stories to Discover Itineraries Hidden Beneath the Surface.- Ownership Definition and Instances Integration in Highly Coupled Spatial Data Infrastructures.- Spatial Data Integrability and Interoperability in the Context of SDI.- Information Services to Support Disaster and Risk Management in Alpine Areas.- User Performance in Interaction with Web-GIS: A Semi-Automated Methodology Using Log-Files and Streaming-Tools.

O autorze

Hardy Pundt, geboren 1964, stammt von der Insel Memmert und verbrachte Kindheit und Jugend in Ostfriesland. Nach über 20 Jahren in Westfalen lebt er heute mit seiner Familie in Schleswig-Holstein. Er ist Hochschuldozent und kann auf zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen zurückblicken.