Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems (Hardcover)

Introduction to the Spatial Context:
Geomatics.
Introduction to Spatial Information Systems.
Needs.
Purposes and Types of Spatial Problem.
Semantics.
Objects, Surfaces, Data.
Geometries For Spatial Data:
Geometries.
Position, Representation, Dimensions.
Topology.
Graphs, Areas, Ordering.
Tessellations.
Regular and Irregular Cells, Hierarchies.
Manipulations.
Interpolations, Geometric Operations, Transformations.
Spatial Analysis.
Attribute Data, Modelling, Integration.
Conceptual Modelling for Spatial Data:
Design for Information Systems.
Methodologies, Issues.
Spaghetti: Conceptual Modelling of Line-Oriented Objects.
Pizza: Conceptual Modelling for Areas and Volumes.
Spatial Object Modelling.
Views, Integration, Complexities.
Spatial Data Retrieval and Reasoning:
Algebras.
Relational and Peano Tuple.
Spatial Queries.
Types, Algorithms.
Access and Quality: Spatial Indices and Integrity Constraints.
Hypermedia.
Multimedia Spatial Information Systems and Hypermaps.
Spatial Knowledge.
Intelligent Spatial Information Systems.
Afterword.
Index.