Spatial Data Types for Database Systems: Finite Resolution Geometry for Geographic Information Systems (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

By Thomas W. Miller

Database research in the last decade has increasingly focused on providing support for non-standard applications. One important domain is representation and processing of spatial information, needed, e.g., in geographical information systems. Spatial data types provide a fundamental abstraction for modeling the structure of geometric entities, their relationships, properties and operations. This monograph is an extensive survey of this field and introduces a new, general, sophisticated framework for the formal definition and robust implementation of spatial data types.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540634541
• ISBN13: 9783540634546
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"