Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems 12th International Symposium, W2GIS 2013, Banff, AB, Canada, April 4-5, 2013. Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liang, Steve H. L. (Editor), Wang, Xin. (Editor), Claramunt, Christophe. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7820
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval systems.; Multimedia systems.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Multimedia Information Systems.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37087-8

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 12th International Symposium, W2GIS 2013, held in Banff, Canada, in April 2013. The 11 revised full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully selected from 28 submissions. The program covers a wide range of topics including Sp...

Table of Contents:

• Grounding Linked Open Data in WordNet: The Case of the OSM Semantic Network
• A Strategy for Optimizing a Multi-Site Query in a Distributed Spatial Database
• The Impact of Spatial Resolution and Representation on Human Mobility Predictability
• A Data-driven Approach for Convergence Prediction on Road Network
• Tour Suggestion for Outdoor Activities
• Interpreting Pedestrian Bahaviour by Visualising and Clustering Movement Data
• A Multi-Modal Communication Approach to Describing the Surroundings to Mobile Users
• An Adaptive Context Acquisition Framework to Support Mobile Spatial and Context-Aware Applications
• Comparing Close Destination and Route-based Similarity Metrics for the Analysis of Map User Trajectories A Sensor Data Mediator Bridging the OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) and the OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData)
• Dynamic Objects E_ect on Visibility Analysis in 3D Urban Environments
• Exploring Spatial Business Data: A Resource Oriented Architecture eCampus Application
• ISOGA: a System for Geographical Reachability Analysis Enhanced with Statistics
• A high performance Web-based system for analyzing and visualizing spatiotemporal data for climate studies
• Personalized Accessibility Maps (PAMs) for Communities with Special Needs
• A probabilistic model for road selection in mobile maps.