Map Data Processing. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Map Data Processing Held in Maratea, Italy, June 18–29, 1979

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ifc1
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages vii-viii, Richard Baxter, A. Raymond Boyle, M.F. Costabile, Larry S. Davis, Avi Degani, Silvano Di Zenzo, Herbert Freeman, Michael F. Goodchild, C. Guerra, Robert M. Haralick, Ellen M. Knapp, S. Levialdi, George Nagy, G.G. Pieroni, Azriel Rosenfeld, Bruce Schachter, Linda G. Shapiro, Dieter Steiner, Helmut Werner, Joan S. Weszka
PREFACE, Page ix
A MINICOMPUTER-BASED GEOGRAPHICAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, Pages 1-25, Dieter Steiner
SCAN DIGITIZATION OF CARTOGRAPHIC DATA, Pages 27-46, A. Raymond Boyle
SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION, Pages 47-61, Ellen M. Knapp
A SPATIAL DATA STRUCTURE FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Pages 63-99, Robert M. Haralick
DESIGN OF A SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM, Pages 101-117, Linda G. Shapiro
WHAT IS A “GOOD” DATA STRUCTURE FOR 2-D POINTS?, Pages 119-135, George Nagy
TREE STRUCTURES FOR REGION REPRESENTATION, Pages 137-150, Azriel Rosenfeld
ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF LINEAL MAP DATA, Pages 151-168, Herbert Freeman
REPRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF CARTOGRAPHIC DATA, Pages 169-189, Larry S. Davis
THE EFFECTS OF GENERALIZATION IN GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ENCODING, Pages 191-205, Michael F. Goodchild
METHODOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF GEOCARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF AUTOMATED SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Pages 207-221, Avi Degani
THE TRANSFER OF SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR MAP DATA PROCESSING, Pages 223-246, Richard Baxter
PATTERN RECOGNITION PROBLEMS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF MULTI-IMAGES, Pages 247-264, Silvano Di Zenzo
A COMPARATIVE TEXTURE CLASSIFICATION EXPERIMENT, Pages 265-278, Joan S. Weszka
SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES AND PARALLEL COMPUTATION FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, Pages 279-307, S. Levialdi
MAP SEQUENCE PROCESSING, Pages 309-329, G.G. Pieroni, M.F. Costabile, C. Guerra
NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS FOR INTERPOLATION AND SMOOTHING, Pages 331-353, Helmut Werner
COMPUTER GENERATION OF SHADED RELIEF MAPS, Pages 355-368, Bruce Schachter
INDEX, Pages 369-374