Time-integrative geographic information systems
Subtitle: management and analysis of spatio-temporal data
By: Thomas Ott, Frank Swiaczny.
Contributors: Swiaczny, Frank.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Spatial analysis (Statistics); Geographic information systems; Analyse spatiale (Statistique); Systèmes d'information géographique
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-222) and index.
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Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction; title: 1.1 The relationship of space and time; title: 1.2 Targets and contents of the book; title: 1.2.1 What this book is about; title: 1.2.2 What this book is not about; title: 1.2.3 How to use this book; title: 1.2.4 Structure and organization of the book; title: 1.3 Further Reading; title: 1.3.1 Introductions in GIS and reference books; title: 1.3.2 Data capturing, data management, database technology; title: and data storage; title: 1.3.3 Land survey, cadastre, remote sensing and GPS; title: 1.3.4 Map projections and reference systems; title: 1.3.5 Data models, topology and spatial queries; title: 1.3.6 Spatial statistics, spatial analysis and spatial modelling; title: 1.3.7 Data warehousing and decision support systems; title: 1.3.8 Visualisation techniques, cartography and Web-GIS; title: 1.3.9 GIS project management and applications of GIS; title: 1.3.10 Manuals and programming language handbooks; title: 1.3.11 Philosophical, social, political and legal aspects of GIS; title: 2 Conceptualising real world entities in spatio-temporal GIS; title: 2.1 The geographer's perspective on space and time; title: 2.2 Modelling the real world in Geographic Information Systems; title: 2.2.1 Steps in building a GIS; title: 2.2.2 Stages of abstraction in modelling a GIS; title: 2.2.3 Conceptualising the real world in GIS; title: 2.2.4 Geo-coding; title: 2.2.5 Geo-referencing; title: 2.3 The representation of space in GIS; title: 2.3.1 Vector data models; title: 2.3.2 Raster data models; title: 2.4 Integration of external models in Geographic Information Systems; title: 2.4.1 The dasymetric mapping problem; title: 2.4.2 The modifiable areal unit problem; title: 2.4.3 The closed number set problem; title: 2.4.4 The ecological fallacy problem; title: 2.5 Spatio-temporal dimensions in GIS; title: 3 Integrating time in Geographic Information Systems; title: 3.1 Different types of time.; title: 3.2 Conceptualising time in GIS; title: 3.2.1 Snapshots; title: 3.2.2 Time slices; title: 3.2.3 Topology of time; title: 3.2.4 Space-time composite; title: 3.2.5 The amendment vector method; title: 3.2.6 ER-models of temporal objects; title: 3.2.7 Spatio-temporal object model; title: 3.3 Event and database time; title: 3.4 Version management; title: 3.5 Types of temporal databases; title: 4 Implementation of time in GIS; title: 4.1 Implementation problems; title: 4.2 Project design; title: 4.2.1 Top down approach; title: 4.2.2 Bottom up approach; title: 4.2.3 Acquiring the technology; title: 4.3 Implementation constraints; title: 4.3.1 Data sources; title: 4.4 Spatio-temporal GIS approaches; title: 4.4.1 Temporal point maps; title: 4.4.2 Gazetteer method; title: 4.4.3 Raster cell spatio-temporal GIS; title: 4.4.4 Past in present snapshots; title: 4.4.5 Time slices overlay method; title: 4.4.6 Least common geometries method; title: 4.4.7 Pseudo-object GIS; title: 5 Processing and analysis of temporal data inside a GIS; title: 5.1 Common GIS analysis functions; title: 5.2 Spatial and thematic queries; title: 5.2.1 Spatial queries; title: 5.2.2 Thematic queries; title: 5.2.3 Statistical analysis; title: 5.2.4 Overlay and split; title: 5.2.5 Geometric-topological operations; title: 5.2.6 Interpolation; title: 5.2.7 Network functions; title: 5.3 Temporal queries; title: 5.4 Process analysis and simulation; title: 6 The visualization of spatio-temporal processes; title: 6.1 Basic concepts of spatio-temporal visualisation; title: 6.2 Displaying time on a map; title: 6.3 Multidimensional GIS; title: 6.4 GIS and Multimedia; title: 7 Examples; title: 7.1 Building a historical GIS; title: 7.2 Studying historical transport networks; title: 7.3 Exploring cultural landscape change; title: 7.4 Working with cadastres; title: 7.5 Predicting wildfires; title: 7.6 Mapping urban growth; title: 7.7 Reconstructing archaeological excavations; title: 7.8 Mining for business data; title: 8 Conclusion; title: 8.1 Summary; title: 8.2 Outlook; title: 9 Appendix; title: 9.1 Research bibliography; title: 9.2 Internet links; title: 9.3 CD-ROM with examples / code from the book.