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Nearest Neighbor Search:: A Database Perspective (Series in Computer Science)

Springer, 2004

From the reviews of the first edition:

"This monograph explores the way spatial database management systems aim at supporting queries that involve the space characteristics of the underlying data, and discusses query processing techniques for nearest neighbor queries. It provides both basic concepts and state-of-the-art results in...

Landscape Simulation Modeling:: A Spatially Explicit, Dynamic Approach (Modeling Dynamic Systems)

Springer, 2003

When managers and ecologists need to make decisions about the environment, they use models to simulate the dynamic systems that interest them. All management decisions affect certain landscapes over time, and those landscapes are composed of intricate webs of dynamic processes that need to be considered in relation to each other. With widespread...

Spatial Databases: Technologies, Techniques and Trends

Idea Group Publishing, 2004

Spatial database systems has been an active area of research over the past 20 years. A large number of research efforts have appeared in literature aimed at effective modelling of spatial data and efficient processing of spatial queries. This book investigates several aspects of a spatial database system, and includes recent research efforts in...

Practicing Software Engineering in the 21st Century

IRM Press, 2003

This technological manual explores how software engineering principles can be used in tandem with software development tools to produce economical and reliable software that is faster and more accurate. Tools and techniques provided include the Unified Process for GIS application development, service-based approaches to business and information...

Exploratory Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Data: A Systematic Approach

Springer, 2005

It seems curious that we have not found a general definition of this term in
the literature. In statistics, for example, data analysis is understood as “the
process of computing various summaries and derived values from the
given collection of data” (Hand 1999, p. 3). It is specially stressed that the
process is...

Ambient Findability

O'Reilly, 2005

How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be "findable" in this day and...

Digital Terrain Modelling: Development and Applications in a Policy Support Environment (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography)

Springer, 2007

This publication is the first book on the development and application of digital terrain modelling for regional planning and policy support. It is a compilation of research results by international research groups at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, providing scientific support to the development and implementation of EU...

Pro Oracle Spatial

Apress, 2013

In the past decade, location analysis has outgrown its traditional use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and has become a critical component in business applications. The vast majority of commercial franchises employ location-based analysis and services in their day-to-day activities. With this growing usage, scalable and...

PostGIS Cookbook

Packt Publishing, 2014

For web developers and software architects this book will provide a vital guide to the tools and capabilities available to PostGIS spatial databases. Packed with hands-on recipes and powerful concepts.

Overview

Integrate PostGIS with web frameworks and implement OGC standards such as WMS and WFS using...

Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications (GeoJournal Library)

Springer, 2011

Currently, spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources, such as GPS, Remote Sensing, and others.

This book deals with spatial analysis and modelling. It provides a comprehensive discussion of spatial analysis, methods, and approaches related to...

Python Geospatial Development - Second Edition

Packt Publishing, 2013

Geospatial development links your data to places on the Earth’s surface. Writing geospatial programs involves tasks such as grouping data by location, storing and analyzing large amounts of spatial information, performing complex geospatial calculations, and drawing colorful interactive maps. In order to do this well, you’ll need...

PostGIS in Action

Manning Publications, 2011

Whether you're canvassing a congressional district, managing a sales region, mapping city bus schedules, or analyzing local cancer rates, thinking spatially opens up limitless possibilities for database users. PostGIS, a freely available open-source spatial database extender, can help you answer questions that you could not answer using...

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