Geographic Information Science
Subtitle: Third International Conference, GI Science 2004 Adelphi, MD, USA, October 20-23, 2004 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Contributors: Max J. Egenhofer (Editor); Christian Freksa (Editor); Harvey J. Miller (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9783540235583
Subjects: Geographical information systems (GIS); Information Technology; Database Management - General; Science; Computers - Data Base Management; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Information Storage & Retrieval; Computers / Database Management / General; Computers : Information Storage & Retrieval; Science : Earth Sciences - Geology; geographic information proceeding; geographic information retrival; geographic information systems; geosensor networks; gis; gis semantics; ontologies; spatial data processing; spatial information engineering
First sentence: Ambiguous meanings and fuzzy delineation between concepts causes problems in a clear definition and modelling of the geographical domain, and in the specification of a geo-ontology.