Time-Integrative Geographic Information Systems
Subtitle: Management and Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data
By: by Thomas Ott, Frank Swiaczny
Contributors: Swiaczny, Frank
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint; Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9783642567476
Description: The book deals with the integration of temporal information in Geographic Information Systems. The main purpose of an historical or time-integrative GIS is to reproduce spatio- temporal processes or sequents of events in the real world in the form of a model. The model thus making them accessible for spatial query, analysis and visualization. This volume reflects both theoretical thoughts on the interrelations of space and time, as well as practical examples taken from various fields of application (e.g. business data warehousing, demographics, history and spatial analysis).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conceptualising real world entities in spatio-temporal GIS; title: Integrating time in Geographic Information Systems; title: Implementation of time in GIS; title: Processing and analysis of temporal data inside a GIS; title: The visualisation of spatio-temporal processes; title: Examples; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.