Spatial data types for database systems : finite resolution geometry for geographic information systems /

Database research in the last decade has increasingly focused on providing support for non-standard applications. One important domain is representation and processing of spatial information, needed, e.g., in geographical information systems. Spatial data types provide a fundamental abstraction for...

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Main Author: Schneider, Markus
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1997]
Series:Lecture notes in computer science ; 1288.
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Summary:Database research in the last decade has increasingly focused on providing support for non-standard applications. One important domain is representation and processing of spatial information, needed, e.g., in geographical information systems. Spatial data types provide a fundamental abstraction for modeling the structure of geometric entities, their relationships, properties and operations. This monograph is an extensive survey of this field and introduces a new, general, sophisticated framework for the formal definition and robust implementation of spatial data types.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 275 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783540695516 (electronic bk.)
3540695516 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0302-9743 ;