Database issues in geographic information systems
By: by Nabil R. Adam and Aryya Gangopadhyay.
Contributors: Gangopadhyay, Aryya, 1962-
Series: The Kluwer international series on advances in database systems
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Geographic information systems; Database management
Description: Database Issues in Geographic Information Systems approaches several important topics in GIS from a database perspective. Database management has a central role to play in most computer-based information systems, and is expected to have an equally important role to play in managing information in GIS as well. Existing database technology, however, focuses on the alphanumeric data that are required in business applications.

GIS, like many other application areas, requires the ability to handle spatial as well as alphanumeric data. This requires new innovations in data management, which is the central theme of this monograph. Database Issues in Geographic Information Systems is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on Geographic Information Systems, Database Systems or Cartography, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-134) and index.