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Advances in Geoinformatics

VIII Brazilian Symposium on Geoinformatics, GEOINFO 2006, Campos do Jordão (SP), Brazil, November 19-22, 2006

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Editors:
  1. Clodoveu Augusto Davis

    1. Informatics Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil

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  2. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro

    1. Image Processing Division/Space and Society Initiative, National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Sāo José dos Campos - SP, Brazil

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
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  2. Computational Geometry and Visualization

    1. Consistent Handling of Linear Features in Polyline Simplification

      • Adler C. G. da Silva, Shin-Ting Wu
      Pages 1-17

    2. Cartographical Data Treatment Analysis for Real Time Three-Dimensional Terrain Visualization

      • Flávio L. Mello, Luiz Felipe C. Ferreira da Silva
      Pages 19-36

    3. A More Efficient Method for Map Overlay in Terralib

      • Vinícius Lopes Rodrigues, Marcus Vinícius Alvim Andrade, Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz, Mirella Antunes de Magalhães
      Pages 37-46

  3. Spatial Databases

    1. Exploiting Type and Space in a Main Memory Query Engine

      • Thomas Schwarz, Matthias Grossmann, Daniela Nicklas, Bernhard Mitschang
      Pages 47-67

    2. Approximate Query Processing in Spatial Databases Using Raster Signatures

      • Leonardo Guerreiro Azevedo, Geraldo Zimbrão1, Jano Moreira de Souza
      Pages 69-86

    3. A Rule-Based Optimizer for Spatial Join Algorithms

      • Miguel Fornari, João Luiz Dihl Comba, Cirano Iochpe
      Pages 87-106

    4. Spatial Query Broker in a Grid Environment

      • Wladimir S. Meyer, Milton R. Ramirez, Jano M. Souza
      Pages 107-126

    5. TerraHS: Integration of Functional Programming and Spatial Databases for GIS Application Development

      • Sérgio Souza Costa, Gilberto Câmara, Danilo Palomo
      Pages 127-149

  4. Spatial Ontologies and Interoperability

    1. An Algorithm and Implementation for GeoOntologies Alignment

      • Guillermo Nudelman Hess, Cirano Iochpe, Silvana Castano
      Pages 151-164

    2. Querying a Geographic Database using an Ontology-Based Methodology

      • Renata Viegas, Valéria Soares
      Pages 165-182

    3. A Method for Defining Semantic Similarities between GML Schemas

      • Angelo Augusto Frozza, Ronaldo dos Santos Mello
      Pages 183-192

    4. Interoperability among Heterogeneous Geographic Objects

      • Victor H. M. Azevedo, Margareth S. P. Meirelles, Rodrigo P. D. Ferraz, Antônio Ramalho-Filho
      Pages 193-202

  5. Distributed GIS / GIS and the Internet

    1. Web Service for Cooperation in Biodiversity Modeling

      • Karla Donato Fook, Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara
      Pages 203-216

    2. Evaluation of OGC Web Services for Local Spatial Data Infrastructures and for the Development of Clients for Geographic Information Systems

      • Leonardo Lacerda Alves, Clodoveu A. Davis Jr.
      Pages 217-234

    3. Towards Gazetteer Integration through an Instance-based Thesauri Mapping Approach

      • Daniela F. Brauner, Marco A. Casanova, Ruy L. Milidiú
      Pages 235-245

    4. WS-GIS: Towards a SOA-Based SDI Federation

      • Fábio Luiz Leite Jr., Cláudio de Souza Baptista, Patrício de Alencar Silva, Elvis Rodrigues da Silva
      Pages 247-265

  6. Geostatistics, Spatial Statistics and Spatial Analysis

    1. Electricity Consumption as a Predictor of Household Income: a Spatial Statistics Approach

      • Eduardo de Rezende Francisco, Francisco Aranha, Felipe Zambaldi, Rafael Goldszmidt
      Pages 267-282

    2. Shiryaev-Roberts Method to Detect Space-Time Emerging Clusters

      • Renato Assunção, Thaís Correa
      Pages 283-292

    3. Testing association between origin-destination spatial locations

      • Renato Martins Assunção, Danilo Lourenço Lopes
      Pages 293-304
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Reviews

From the reviews:

“Advances in Geoinformatics benefits not only professionals in geoinformatics but also those who are interested in new research works and ideas in the geospatial information science community in its broadest sense. … The book editors … have provided a well-organized set of individual papers to grasp recent developments and efforts in the field of geoinformatics. … it would be enjoyable read for those who are interested in computational science and software engineering aspects of geospatial information science and the latest innovative approaches to them.” (Dong Han Kim, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol. 2 (3), October, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Informatics Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil

    Clodoveu Augusto Davis

  • Image Processing Division/Space and Society Initiative, National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Sāo José dos Campos - SP, Brazil

    Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Geoinformatics

  • Book Subtitle: VIII Brazilian Symposium on Geoinformatics, GEOINFO 2006, Campos do Jordão (SP), Brazil, November 19-22, 2006

  • Editors: Clodoveu Augusto Davis, Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73414-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-73413-0Published: 23 August 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09247-3Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-73414-7Published: 25 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 315

  • Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Earth Sciences, general

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