Emerging spatial information systems and applications

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Hilton, Brian N., 1959-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
• Subjects: Geographic information systems.; Spatial analysis (Statistics)
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book presents innovative spatial information systems developed for a specific problem or decision-making situation. It also discusses key concepts and theories underlying current spatial information systems and technology trends and emerging concepts that may impact spatial information sy...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Section.I: Introduction. Chapter I. Geospatial web services / Peisheng Zhao, Genong Yu, Liping Di
• Chapter 2. Spatial information system development : the role of information system design theory and ontologies / Brian N. Hilton, Richard J. Burkhard, Tarun Abhichandani.
• Section II: Challenges for spatial information systems. Chapter.3. Geospatially enabled directory for emergency response interoperability / Judith Woodhall
• Chapter 4. The weather tool: an agent-based approach to information integration / Gunjan Kalra
• Chapter 5. GIME: A geotechnical information exchange architecture
• using web services / Wei-Shinn Ku, Roger Zimmermann
• Chapter 6. ScienceMaps: An online resource portal for.standards-based science instruction using geographic information system technology / June K. Hilton, David E. Drew.
• Section III: Decision-making environments. Chapter 7. Flexible spatial decision-making and support: processes and systems / Shan Gao, David Sundaram
• Chapter 8. Development of a Web-Based Intelligent Spatial Decision
• Support System (WEBISDSS): a case study with snow removal operations / Ramanathan Sugumaran, Shriram Ilavajhala, Vijayan Sugumaran
• Chapter 9. Conservation studio: dynamically modeling and mapping habitat suitability / Todd G. Olson, Brian N. Hilton
• Chapter 10. GIS-based site suitability decision support system for planning confined animal feeding operations in Iowa / Ramanathan Sugumaran, Brian Bakker.
• Section IV: Future trends and technologies. Chapter 11. Geo-communication, web services, and spatial data infrastructure: an approach through conceptual models / Lars Brodersen, Anders Nielsen
• Chapter 12. A data visualization and interpretation system for sensor networks / Fengxian Fan
• Chapter 13. Towards a global real-time enterprise / Peter Ibach, Miroslaw Malek, Gerrit Tamm
• Chapter 14. Mining critical infrastructure information from municipality data sets: a knowledge-driven approach and its implications / William J. Tolone, Wei-Ning Xiang, Anita Raja, David Wilson, Qianhong Tang, Ken McWilliams, Robert K. McNally
• Chapter 15. Cognitive mapping and GIS for community-based resource identification / Lyn Kathlene
• Chapter 16. Spatial reasoning for human-robot teams / David J. Bruemmer, Douglas A. Few, Curtis W. Nielsen
• About the authors
• Index.