Geographic Database Management Systems: Workshop Proceedings Capri, Italy, May 1991

Overview

Geographic information systems are becoming increasingly important in a widevariety of applications, such as those related to land use monitoring, environmental assessment,
resource management, etc. Within the ESPRIT program,
geographic information management appears as an application domain in various projects. The Working Group Basic GOODS
(Geographic Object-Oriented Database System) has been created in the framework of the Basic Research Actions program to address research topics directly related to geographic information systems. This proceedings volume comprises two invited papers and thirteen contributed papers presented at the International Workshop on Database Management Systems for Geographical Applications, Capri,
Italy, May 1991, which was organized by the Basic GOODS Working Group. The papers cover most basic aspects of geographic database management, ranging from data structures,and physical organization of data, to data models, user interaction issues, and query resolution.

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