Spatial databases : with application to GIS /

Spatial databases : with application to GIS /

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Spatial Databases is the first unified, in-depth treatment of special techniques for dealing with spatial data, particularly in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). This book surveys various techniques, such as spatial data models, algorithms, and indexing methods, developed to address...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rigaux, Philippe
Other Authors: Scholl, Michel O., 1943-, Voisard, Agnes
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ©2002
©2002
Series:Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems
Subjects:
Geographic information systems
Geographic Information Systems
Systèmes d'information géographique
Systèmes d'information géographique
Geoinformationssystem
Räumliches Datenbanksystem
Räumliches Datenbanksystem
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems
geographic information systems
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL DATABASES
  • 2 REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS
  • 3 LOGICAL MODELS AND QUERY LANGUAGES
  • 4 THE CONSTRAINT DATA MODEL
  • 5 COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY
  • 6 SPATIAL ACCESS METHODS
  • 7 QUERY PROCESSING
  • 8 COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS
  • An introduction to spatial databases
  • Representation of spatial objects
  • Logical models and query languages
  • The constraint data model
  • Computational geometry
  • Spatial access methods
  • Query processing
  • Commercial systems

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