Algorithmic Foundations of Geographic Information Systems

by Marc van Kreveld

This tutorial survey brings together two lines of research and development whose interaction promises to have significant practical impact on the area of spatial information processing in the near future: geographic information systems (GIS) and geometric computation or, more particularly, geometric algorithms and spatial data structures. In nine uniformly structured and coherent chapters, the authors present a unique survey ranging from the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540638180
• ISBN13: 9783540638186
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"