Advances in Spatial Data Handling: 10th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
A Decision Tree for Multi-Layered Spatial Data....Pages 1-10
Computational and Visual Support for Geographical Knowledge Construction: Filling in the Gaps Between Exploration and Explanation ....Pages 11-25
Polygonization of Point Clusters through Cluster Boundary Extraction for Geographical Data Mining....Pages 27-40
The Impact of Filtering on Spatial Continuous Queries....Pages 41-54
An Object Model for Geologic Map Information....Pages 55-68
Indexing and Browsing Digital Maps with Intelligent Thumbnails....Pages 69-80
Modelling and Manipulating Multiple Representations of Spatial Data....Pages 81-93
Terrain Modelling Based on Contours and Slopes....Pages 95-107
Siting Observers on Terrain....Pages 109-120
An Agent-Based Framework for Polygonal Subdivision Generalisation....Pages 121-135
Template Matching in Support of Generalisation of Rural Buildings....Pages 137-151
Minimising Positional Errors in Line Simplification Using Adaptive Tolerance Values....Pages 153-166
A New Merging Process for Data Integration Based on the Discrete Fréchet Distance....Pages 167-181
Above-Ground Biomass Estimation of Successional and Mature Forests Using TM Images in the Amazon Basin....Pages 183-196
Grid Computing for Real Time Distributed Collaborative Geoprocessing....Pages 197-208
The Balance Between Geometry and Topology....Pages 209-224
STOQL: An ODMG-Based Spatio-Temporal Object Model and Query Language....Pages 225-237
A Semantics for Version Queries In GIS Databases....Pages 239-253
A Differential Spatio-temporal Model: Primitives and Operators....Pages 255-268
A QTM-based Algorithm for Generation of the Voronoi Diagram on a Sphere....Pages 269-283
The Dimensional Model: A Framework to Distinguish Spatial Relationships....Pages 285-298
A Quantitative Description of Spatial Configurations....Pages 299-311
Implementing Topological Predicates for Complex Regions....Pages 313-328
Route Specifications with a Linear Dual Graph....Pages 329-338
Projecting a Regular Grid onto a Sphere or Ellipsoid....Pages 339-350
Creating Spatial Information: Commissioning the UK Land Cover Map 2000....Pages 351-362
A Methodology for Updating Geographic Databases using Map Versions....Pages 363-376
Revealing Uncertainty in Maps of Glacial Lake Algonquin....Pages 377-389
Spatio-Temporal Methods to Reduce Data Uncertainty in Restricted Movement on a Road Network....Pages 391-402
Quantifying Uncertainty of Digital Elevation Models Derived from Topographic Maps....Pages 403-418
Detecting Building Alignments for Generalisation Purposes....Pages 419-432
Temporal GIS and Statistical Modelling of Personal Lifelines....Pages 433-449
Urban Simulation Using Neural Networks and Cellular Automata for Land Use Planning....Pages 451-464
Creation of the Anamorphoses-Based 3D-Pyramidal Block-Diagrams....Pages 465-473
Schematic Networks: An Algorithm and its Implementation....Pages 475-486
Developing Lightweight, Data-Driven Exploratory Geo-Visualization Tools for the Web....Pages 487-500
GAP-Tree Extensions Based on Skeletons....Pages 501-513
Improving Automated Generalisation for On-Demand Web Mapping by Multiscale Databases....Pages 515-531
Map Samples to Help GI Users Specify their Needs....Pages 533-545
Representation of Map Objects with Semi-Structured Data Models....Pages 547-562