Spatial databases : with application to GIS / Philippe Rigaux, Michel Scholl, Agnes Voisard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rigaux, Philippe.

Contributor:

Scholl, Michel O., 1943-

Voisard, Agnès.

Series:

Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems.

The Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 specific features of spatial data that are not adequately handled by mainstream DBMS technology. The book also reviews commercial solutions to geographic data handling: ArcInfo, ArcView, and Smallworld GISs; and two extensions to the relational model, PostgreSQL and Orac

Contents:

Front Cover; Spatial Databases: With Application to GIS; Copyright Page; Contents; FOREWORD; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL DATABASES; 1.1 Database Management Systems (DRMSs); 1.2 Vocabulary in Geospatial Database Applications; 1.3 Geospatial Data Manipulation; 1.4 DBMS Support for Geospatial Data; 1.5 Requirements for a Spatial DBMS; 1.6 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 2. REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS; 2.1 Geographic Space Modeling; 2.2 Representation Modes; 2.3 Representing the Geometry of a Collection of Objects

2.4 Spatial Data Formats and Exchange Standards2.5 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 3. LOGICAL MODELS AND QUERY LANGUAGES; 3.1 Reference Schemas; 3.2 Reference Queries; 3.3 Spatial Abstract Data Types; 3.4 Relational Models Extended with ADT; 3.5 Object-Oriented Models; 3.6 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 4. THE CONSTRAINT DATA MODEL; 4.1 Spatial Data Modeling with Constraints; 4.2 The Linear Constraint Data Model; 4.3 Modeling Entity-Based Data; 4.4 Modeling Field-Based Data and Moving Objects; 4.5 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 5. COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; 5.1 An Introduction to Computational Geometry

5.2 Background5.3 Useful Algorithmic Strategies; 5.4 Polygon Partitioning; 5.5 Algorithms for Spatial Databases; 5.6 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 6. SPATIAL ACCESS METHODS; 6.1 Issues in SAM Design; 6.2 Space-Driven Structures; 6.3 Data-Driven Structures: The R-Tree; 6.4 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 7. QUERY PROCESSING; 7.1 An Introduction to Query Processing; 7.2 Two Optimal I/O Algorithms; 7.3 Spatial Join; 7.4 Complex Queries; 7.5 Bibliographic Notes; CHAPTER 8. COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; 8.1 An Introduction to Commercial Systems; 8.2 ArcInfo; 8.3 ArcView GIS; 8.4 Smallworld

8.5 Oracle Extension for Handling Spatial Data8.6 PostgreSQL; 8.7 Bibliographic Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-394).

ISBN:

9786611078034

9781281078032

1281078034

9780080517469

0080517463

9780585456539

0585456534

OCLC:

437191509