Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries

Bringing together a diversity of specialists, this book demonstrates that by ignoring the essential complexity of the world, current GIS do not adequately address problems as diverse as the resolution of crime between national boundaries.

Informationen zum Autor Professor Peter A. Burrough and Andrew U. Frank Klappentext Bringing together a diversity of specialists, this book demonstrates that by ignoring the essential complexity of the world, current GIS do not adequately address problems as diverse as the resolution of crime between national boundaries. Zusammenfassung Bringing together a diversity of specialists, this book demonstrates that by ignoring the essential complexity of the world, current GIS do not adequately address problems as diverse as the resolution of crime between national boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface, Editors' Preface, Contributors, European Science Foundation, Part One: Introduction by the Editors, Part Two: Objects versus Fields: Contrast in Concepts, Part Three: Languages to Describe Shape, Part Four: Qualitative Topological Relations and Indeterminate Boundaries, Part Five: Data Models for Indeterminate Objects and Fields, Part Six: Practical Issues of Dealing with Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries, Part Seven: Postscript, Index

Autorentext
Professor Peter A. Burrough and Andrew U. Frank

Inhalt
Series Editors' Preface, Editors' Preface, Contributors, European Science Foundation, Part One: Introduction by the Editors, Part Two: Objects versus Fields: Contrast in Concepts, Part Three: Languages to Describe Shape, Part Four: Qualitative Topological Relations and Indeterminate Boundaries, Part Five: Data Models for Indeterminate Objects and Fields, Part Six: Practical Issues of Dealing with Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries, Part Seven: Postscript, Index