By: Wolfgang Kresse (Editor), David M. Danko (Editor)

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Computer science provides a powerful tool that was virtually unknown three generations ago. Computer science has changed the shape of many classical domains. Often domains have become more similar than before. On the other hand new applications have emerged that were technically not feasible without the support of a computer. Those developments lead to new high-level domains. One of them is Geographic Information. Some of the classical fields of knowledge are geodesy (surveying), cartography, and geography. Electronics have revolutionized geodetic methods. Cartography has faced the dominance of the computer that results in simplified cartographic products. All three fields make use of basic components such as the Internet and databases. Geodesy may be interpreted as the input-component, cartography may be interpreted as the output-component, and geography may be interpreted as one of many application of Geographic Information. Fast and mobile Internet access as well as a comprehensive standardization of the data exchange has opened the door to many new applications. Typical examples are spatial data infrastructures. They enable an overlay of data that reside on different computers but are geometrically referred to the same area. Spatial data infrastructures revolutionize the relations of citizens with administration and economy. Another booming field is location based services. This links mobile devices with spatial and temporal data. The most advanced concept is called "Ubiquitous GIS" which handles a great number of position-coded mobile objects such as containers within one system. The automatic administration of those objects has already gained importance within logistic enterprises. According to the above mentioned thoughts the handbook is organized into the parts, Basics and Applications. Many parts of the basics belong to the larger field of Computer Science. Possibly, those chapters could become a part of a book that is specialized in Computer Science. However, the reader should get a comprehensive view on Geographic Information in the planned handbook. Therefore, the topics selected from Computer Sciences have a close relation to Geographic Information. For a better thematic separation of the two the Basics are split into the sections Computer Science and Geoinformatics.

From the reviews: "This book provides an encyclopedic survey of geoinformation through 31 chapters contributed by specialists from around the globe. ... This book is both timely and up-to-date. The editors have done a very good job spanning the relevant topics for such a handbook, and each chapter is very detailed technically ... . This volume is intended as a reference manual for specialists in this area or for researchers needing specialist knowledge. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (R. A. Kolvoord, Choice, Vol. 50 (5), January, 2013) "It attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and current practices in the generation, analysis, and distribution of geographic information. ... This book would be a good starting place for novices in the field. The exposition of the material is more suited for professionals with a technological focus, such as technologists, engineers, analysts, and cartographers, but managers looking for reasonably comprehensive tutorials about the specific topics covered in this book should find the relevant sections useful." (R. M. Malyankar, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)

Part A Basics - Computer Science Modelers and theorists consider geographic information (GI) as being a subtopic of computer science. Many aspects of geographic information are almost pure information technology while others are more geographic information. Part A is dedicated to the topics which have a close relation to information technology, including modeling, mathematics and statistics, databases, encoding, as well as data mining and knowledge discovery. Chap. 1 Modeling of Geographic Information (C. Roswell Chap. 2 Mathematics and Geostatistics (F. Gielsdorf, L. Grundig, T. Hillmann) Chap. 3 Databases (T. Brinkhoff, W. Kresse) Chap. 4 Encoding of Geographic Information (C. Portele) Chap. 5 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (S.-L. Wang, W.-Z. Shi) Part B Geographic Information Part B addresses all geographic information topics that primarily are more specific to space and time. Staring with on the description of geographic information systems (GIS), the following chapters cover geodetic foundations, the capture of spatial and temporal data and their visualization (cartography) as well as web mapping technologies. Chap. 6 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (N. Bartelme) Chap. 7 Change Detection (J. Theau) Chap. 8 Geodesy (M. Becker) Chap. 9 Data Capture and Geosensor Networks (J. Skaloud, M. Cramer, N. Haala, J.-O. Wallgrun, S. Nittel, W. Kresse) Chap. 10 Geometry, Topology and Graph Theory (G. Groger, B. George) Chap. 11 Portrayal and Cartography (P. Hardy, K. Field) Chap. 12 Geospatial Metadata (D. Danko) Chap. 13 Standards for Geographic Information (W. Kresse, D. Danko, K. Fadaie) Chap. 14 Web Mapping and Web Cartography (A. Neumann) Chap. 15 Geospatial Semantic Web (J. Brodeur) Chap. 16 Registration of Geospatial Information Elements (C.D. O'Brien, R. Lott)Chap. 17 Security for Geospatial Information Systems (A. Matheus) Part C Applications Part C presents a selection of typical and important applications of geographic information. Some of the chapters address applications which may be considered as a specialization of geographic information, such as cadastre. In most of the other cases, geographic information systems (GIS) are only a tool for managing spatiotemporal data, as in planning, defense, and geology. The chapters open up a vast number of new applications, such as the chapter on location-based services. Another approach is open-source GIS, which is a license-oriented perspective on GIS and has become a lifestyle or philosophy among information technology (IT) people. Chap. 18 Ubiquitous Geographic Information (T.J. Kim, S.-G. Jang) Chap. 19 Legal, Law, Cadastre (M. Seifert) Chap. 20 Spatial Planning (F. Wilke) Chap. 21 Location Based Services (A. Zipf, M. Jost) Chap. 22 Movement Analysis (J. Gudmundsson, P. Laube, T. Wolle) Chap. 23 Marine GIS (M. Jonas, L. Vetter, W. Schroder, R. Pesch) Chap. 24 GIS in Agriculture (R. Bill, E. Nash, G. Grenzdorffer) Chap. 25 GIS in Defense (G. Joos) Chap. 26 GIS for Transportation (K. Choi, T.J. Kim) Chap. 27 GIS in Geology (K. Asch, S.J. Mathers, H. Kessler) Chap. 28 GIS for Energy and Utilities (W. (Bill) Meehan, J. Wyland) Chap. 29 GIS in Health and Human Services (W. (Bill) Davenhall, C. Kinabrew) Chap. 30 Open Source GIS (R.R. Vatsavai, T.E. Burk, S. Lime, M. Hugentobler, A. Neumann, C. Strobl) Chap. 31 Open Source Tools for Environmental Modeling (A. Jolma, D.P. Ames, N. Horning, H. Mitasova, M. Neteler, A. Racicot, T. Sutton) Glossary of ISO Terms.- Acknowledgements.- About the Authors.- Subject Index

ISBN: 9783540726784
ISBN-10: 3540726780
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 1130
Published: 6th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 19.3  x 5.3
Weight (kg): 2.336