Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
8th International Symposium, W2GIS 2008, Shanghai, China, December 11-12, 2008. Proceedings
Editors: Bertolotto, Michela, Ray, Cyril, Li, Xiang (Eds.)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Web and Wirelsss Geographical Information Systems, W2GIS 2008, held in Shanghai, China, in December 2008. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions.
The papers span a wide area including but not limited to Conceptual and logical models, Data management and retrieval, Geographical search engines, Web services, Query languages and interfaces, 2D and 3D information visualization, Exploratory cartography and interfaces, Data mining, Security and usability, Location-based services, Peer-to-peer computing, Cyber-geography, Semantic geo-spatial web, Mobile & Wireless GIS, Telematics and GIS Applications, Ubiquitous GIS, Personalization and adaptation as well as Wayfinding and navigation.
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From the reviews:
"This book is the post-symposium proceedings, comprising 14 selected and peer-reviewed papers from the 8 International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS 2008). The proceedings review the state-of-the-art development of web and wireless GIS. … For researchers and GIS software programmers, the book provides a good reference to system design, software implementations, and the trends in web and wireless GIS research." (Steve Liang, Geomatica, Vol. 63 (3), 2009)
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Indoor Space: A New Notion of Space
Pages 1-3
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HyperSmooth: A System for Interactive Spatial Analysis Via Potential Maps
Pages 4-16
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SVG-Based Spatial Information Representation and Analysis
Pages 17-26
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Design and Implementation of GeoBrain Online Analysis System (GeOnAS)
Pages 27-36
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Semantic Analysis for the Geospatial Web – Application to OWL-DL Ontologies
Pages 37-49
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
- Book Subtitle
- 8th International Symposium, W2GIS 2008, Shanghai, China, December 11-12, 2008. Proceedings
- Editors
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- Michela Bertolotto
- Cyril Ray
- Xiang Li
- Series Title
- Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
- Series Volume
- 5373
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-89903-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-89903-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-89902-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 179
- Topics
