Spatial Databases: A Tour / Edition 1

Spatial Databases: A Tour / Edition 1

by Shashi Shekhar
     
 

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ISBN-10: 0130174807

ISBN-13: 9780130174802

Pub. Date: 12/01/2001

Publisher: Pearson

This book by leading experts in the field provides readers with a wide range of applications and methods for spatial database management systems, and allows readers to gain hands-on experience with examples in the book. It balances theory (cutting-edge research) and practice (commercial trends) to provide a comprehensive and clear overview.

Overview

This book by leading experts in the field provides readers with a wide range of applications and methods for spatial database management systems, and allows readers to gain hands-on experience with examples in the book. It balances theory (cutting-edge research) and practice (commercial trends) to provide a comprehensive and clear overview. Includes coverage of GIS application trends as spatial networks; discussion of spatial data mining; overview of OGIS standard spatial datatypes and operations; object-relational database framework applied in each chapter. For professionals in the field of Databases, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Remote Sensing, Multimedia Information, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Forestry, CAD/CAM, Health Informatics, and Natural Resource Management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780130174802
Publisher:
Pearson
Publication date:
12/01/2001
Edition description:
New Edition
Pages:
262
Product dimensions:
7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Spatial Databases.

2. Spatial Concepts and Data Models.

3. Spatial Query Language.

4. Spatial Storage and Indexing.

5. Query Processing and Optimization.

6. Spatial Networks.

7. Introduction to Spatial Data Mining.

8. Trends in Spatial Databases.

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