Spatial Information Theory: A Theoretical Basis for GIS

1. Front Matter

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2. Naive Geography

   • Max J. Egenhofer, David M. Mark

   Pages 1-15

3. Qualitative spatial reasoning using algebraic topology

   • Boi Faltings

   Pages 17-30

4. Proximity operators for qualitative spatial reasoning

   • Mark Gahegan

   Pages 31-44

5. Qualitative distances

   • Daniel Hernández, Eliseo Clementini, Paolino Di Felice

   Pages 45-57

6. Measuring without measures the Δ-calculus

   • Kai Zimmermann

   Pages 59-67

7. The Millennium Project: Constructing a dynamic 3+D virtual environment for exploring geographically, temporally and categorically organized historical information

   • Earl Rennison, Lisa Strausfeld

   Pages 69-91

8. Providing spatial navigation for the World Wide Web

   • Andreas Dieberger

   Pages 93-106

9. Structural analysis of geographic information and GIS operations from a user's perspective

   • May Yuan, Jochen Albrecht

   Pages 107-122

10. A loosely coupled interface to an object-oriented geographic database

    • Jean -Paul Peloux, Philippe Rigaux

    Pages 123-137

11. Overcoming the knowledge acquisition bottleneck in map generalization: The role of interactive systems and computational intelligence

    • Robert Weibel, Stefan Keller, Tumasch Reichenbacher

    Pages 139-156

12. Spectral representations of linear features for generalisation

    • Emmanuel Fritsch, Jean Philippe Lagrange

    Pages 157-171

13. A triangulated spatial model for cartographic generalisation of areal objects

    • J. Mark Ware, Christopher B. Jones, Geraint Ll. Bundy

    Pages 173-192

14. Object orientation and location updating during nonvisual navigation: The characteristics and effects of object-versus trajectory-centered processing modes

    • M. -A. Amorim, S. Glasauer, K. Corpinot, A. Berthoz

    Pages 193-206

15. Path selection and route preference in human navigation: A progress report

    • Reginald G. Golledge

    Pages 207-222

16. How spatial information connects visual perception and natural language generation in dynamic environments: Towards a computational model

    • Wolfgang Maaß

    Pages 223-240

17. On the determination of the optimum path in space

    • Emmanuel Stefanakis, Marinos Kavouras

    Pages 241-257

18. A unifying framework for multilevel description of spatial data

    • Michela Bertolotto, Leila De Floriani, Paola Marzano

    Pages 259-278

19. Updating visibility information on multiresolut ion terrain models

    • Paola Magillo, Leila De Floriani, Elisabetta Bruzzone

    Pages 279-296

20. Theory for the integration of scale and representation formats: Major concepts and practical implications

    • Bud P. Bruegger

    Pages 297-310

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'95, held near Vienna, Austria, in September 1995.
Spatial Information Theory brings together three fields of research of paramount importance for geographic information systems technology, namely spatial reasoning, representation of space, and human understanding of space. The book contains 36 fully revised papers selected from a total of 78 submissions and gives a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on this exciting multidisciplinary - and highly interdisciplinary - area of research and development.

• GIS
• Geoinformationssysteme
• Navigation
• Performance
• calculus
• cognition
• geographic data
• information system
• information theory
• intelligence
• proving
• topology

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