Advances in Spatial Data Handling and GIS

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Modeling Space and Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Deriving Space-Time Variograms from Space-Time Autoregressive (STAR) Model Specifications

      • Daniel A. Griffith, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink

      Pages 3-12

3. Spatial Analysis and Mining

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Sampling Survey of Heavy Metal in Soil Using SSSI

      • Aihua Ma, Jinfeng Wang, Keli Zhang

      Pages 15-26

   3. An Optimised Cellular Automata Model Based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Urban Growth Simulation

      • Yongjiu Feng, Yan Liu

      Pages 27-38

   4. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Regional Economic Disparities in Beijing During 2001–2007

      • Xiaoyi Ma, Tao Pei

      Pages 39-48

   5. An Approach to Discovering Spatial–Temporal Patterns in Geographical Processes

      • Siyue Chai, Fenzhen Su, Weiling Ma

      Pages 49-62

4. Generalization and Indexing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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5. Generalization and indexing

   1. Normalizing Spatial Information to Improve Geographical Information Indexing and Retrieval in Digital Libraries

      • Damien Palacio, Christian Sallaberry, Mauro Gaio

      Pages 65-78

   2. Explore Multivariable Spatio-Temporal Data with the Time Wave: Case Study on Meteorological Data

      • Xia Li, Menno-Jan Kraak

      Pages 79-92

   3. Characterization and Detection of Building Patterns in Cartographic Data: Two Algorithms

      • Xiang Zhang, Tinghua Ai, Jantien Stoter

      Pages 93-107

   4. Formalization and Data Enrichment for Automated Evaluation of Building Pattern Preservation

      • Xiang Zhang, Jantien Stoter, Tinghua Ai, Menno-Jan Kraak

      Pages 109-125

6. Pattern Recognition and Object Extraction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Graph Based Recognition of Grid Pattern in Street Networks

      • Jing Tian, Tinghua Ai, Xiaobin Jia

      Pages 129-143

   3. Digital Image Processing for Spatial Object Recognition via Integration of Nonlinear Wavelet-Based Denoising and Clustering-Based Segmentation

      • Zhengmao Ye, Habib Mohamadian

      Pages 145-155

   4. CCSSM: A Toolkit for Information Extraction from Remotely Sensed Imagery

      • Yong Ge, Chi Zhang, Hexiang Ba

      Pages 157-165

7. Location-Based Service

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Evaluation of Automatically Extracted Landmarks for Future Driver Assistance Systems

      • Claus Brenner, Sabine Hofmann

      Pages 169-181

   3. Temporally Adaptive A* Algorithm on Time-Dependent Transportation Network

      • Nianbo Zheng, Feng Lu

      Pages 183-194

This book provides a cross-section of cutting-edge research areas being pursued by researchers in spatial data handling and geographic information science (GIS). It presents selected papers on the advancement of spatial data handling and GIS in digital cartography, geospatial data integration, geospatial database and data infrastructures, geospatial data modeling, GIS for sustainable development, the interoperability of heterogeneous spatial data systems, location-based services, spatial knowledge discovery and data mining, spatial decision support systems, spatial data structures and algorithms, spatial statistics, spatial data quality and uncertainty, the visualization of spatial data, and web and wireless applications in GIS.

• GIS
• Geoinformatics
• Spatial Analysis
• Spatial Data Handling

• , Centre of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, People's Republic

  Anthony G.O. Yeh

• Hung Hom, Dept. of Land Surveying and, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China, People's Republic

  Wenzhong Shi

• , Dept. of Geography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, People's Republic

  Yee Leung

• , Institute of Geographical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing, China, People's Republic

  Chenghu Zhou

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