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
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rigaux, Philippe
Other Authors: Scholl, Michel O., 1943-, Voisard, Agnes
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, �2002.
�2002
Series:Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems.
Subjects:
Geographic information systems.
Geographic Information Systems
Syst�emes d'information g�eographique.
geographic information systems.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems.
Geographic information systems
R�aumliches Datenbanksystem
Geoinformationssystem
Online Access:Texto completo
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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