Title
Towards a unified framework for spatial data models
Abstract
This paper describes a unified framework for the problems of modelling and processing spatial entities. We propose a general definition of spatial objects, and show that the different types of spatial data can be expressed as particular cases of this definition. Furthermore, we present a taxonomy for the various types of GIS operations, defined in terms of the properties of this definition. Our goal is to argue that GIS data types and operations can be defined based on a single formal notion,...
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1590/S0104-65002000000200003
J. Braz. Comp. Soc.
Keywords
Field
DocType
spatial data,data type
Spatial analysis,Data mining,Computer science,Data type,Enterprise GIS,Interface design
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
7
1
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
4
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gilberto Câmara169169.10
Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro214621.72
João Argemiro Carvalho Paiva361.39
Jonas Gomes49919.12
Luiz Velho51162120.74