Quality Aspects in Spatial Data Mining (Hardcover)

Foreword: Granular Computing ? Computing with Uncertain, Imprecise, and Partially True Data, L.A. Zadeh

Introduction

Systems Approaches to Spatial Data Quality

Querying Vague Spatial Objects in Databases with VASA, A. Pauly and M. Schneider

Assessing the Quality of Data with a Decision Model, A. Frank

Semantic Reference Systems Accounting for Uncertainty: A Requirements Analysis, S. Schade

Elements of Semantic Mapping Quality: A Theoretical Framework, M. Bakillah, M.A. Mostafavi, Y. Bedard, and J. Brodeur

A Multicriteria Fusion Approach for Geographical Data Matching, A.-M. Olteanu

Geostatistics and Spatial Data Quality for DEMs

A Preliminary Study on Spatial Sampling for Topographic Data, H.X. Mao, W.Z. Shi, and Y. Tian

Predictive Risk Mapping of Water Table Depths in a Brazilian Cerrado Area, R.L. Manzione, M. Knotters, G.B.M. Heuvelink, J.R. Von Asmuth, and G. Camara

Modeling Data Quality with Possibility Distributions, G. Navratil

A Comparison of Geostatistics and Fuzzy Applications for Digital Elevation Models, R. Sunila and K. Kollo

Error Propagation

Propagation of Positional Measurement Errors to Field Operations, S. de Bruin, G.B.M. Heuvelink, and J.D. Brown

Error Propagation Analysis Techniques Applied to Precision Agriculture and Environmental Models, M. Marinelli, R. Corner, and G. Wright

Aspects of Error Propagation in Modern Geodetic Networks, M. Vermeer and K. Kollo

Analysis of the Quality of Collection 4 and 5 Vegetation Index Time Series from MODIS, R.R. Colditz, C. Conrad, T. Wehrmann, M. Schmidt, and S. Dech

Modeling DEM Data Uncertainties for Monte Carlo Simulations of Ice Sheet Models, F. Hebeler and R.S. Purves

Applications

Geostatistical Texture Classification of Tropical Rainforest in Indonesia, A. Wijaya, P.R. Marpu, and R. Gloaguen

Quality Assessment for Polygon Generalization, E.S. Podolskaya, K.-H. Anders, J.-H. Haunert, and M. Sester

Effectiveness of High-Resolution LIDAR DSM for Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Flood Modeling in an Urban Area, T.H.M. Rientjes and T.H. Alemseged

Uncertainty, Vagueness, and Indiscernibility: The Impact of Spatial Scale in Relation to the Landscape Elements, A.J. Comber, P.F. Fisher, and A. Brown

A Quality-Aware Approach for the Early Steps of the Integration of Environmental Systems, A. Guemeida, R. Jeansoulin, and G. Salzano

Analyzing and Aggregating Visitor Tracks in a Protected Area, E.S. Dias, A.J. Edwardes, and R. S. Purves

Communication

What Communicates Quality to the Spatial Data Consumer?, A.T. Boin and G.J. Hunter

Judging and Visualizing the Quality of Spatio-Temporal Data on the Kakamega-Nandi Forest Area in West Kenya, K. Huth, N. Mitchell, and G. Schaab

A Study on the Impact of Scale-Dependent Factors on the Classification of Landcover Maps, A.M. Lechner, S.D. Jones, and S.A. Bekessy

Formal Languages for Expressing Spatial Data Constraints and Implications for Reporting of Quality Metadata, P. Watson

Epilogue: Putting Research into Practice, M.F. Goodchild

Index