Advances in Spatial Databases: 5th International Symposium, SSD'97, Berlin, Germany, July 15-18, 1997 Proceedings

by Michel Scholl (Editor), Agnes Voisard (Editor)

Overview

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Spatial Databases, SSD '97, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 1997.

The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 55 submissions. Also included are two keynote contributions. The papers are organized in topical sections on spatial similarities, geo-algorithms, spatial constraint databases, spatial query processing, systems, spatial data models and spatial access methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540632382
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	08/08/1997
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #1262
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	387
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Spatial internet marketplaces: A grand challenge?.- 3D Similarity search by shape approximation.- Finding boundary shape matching relationships in spatial data.- Spatial data mining: A database approach.- A general and efficient implementation of geometric operators and predicates.- Materialization trade-offs in hierarchical shortest path algorithms.- Manipulating spatial data in constraint databases.- Constraint-based interoperability of spatiotemporal databases.- Improving spatial intersect joins using Symbolic Intersect Detection.- Data partitioning for parallel spatial join processing.- Orthogonal polygons as bounding structures in filter-refine query processing strategies.- From geoStore to GeoToolKit: The second step.- Geo-Opera: Workflow concepts for spatial processes.- Physical database design for raster images in concert.- Topological error correcting in GIS.- Vague regions.- On the assessment of generalisation consistency.- New linear node splitting algorithm for R-trees.- The S-tree: An efficient index for multidimensional objects.- Perspectives in GIS database architecture.