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Rules-Based Processing in GIS

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This paper describes how Laser-Scan developed products to meet the GIS market requirements during the period 1980–2007. From an early background in the intelligent vectorization of maps, Laser-Scan's product philosophy has been to provide solutions that maximize the degree of automation in spatial data handling. The ever‐increasing size of spatial databases mandates this approach, as well as the risk of human error associated with manual intervention. However, it is fully recognized that human interaction is required to handle cases that cannot be resolved. Much of the automation proceeds from the application of algorithms. Topology management plays a significant role.

Successive generations of product have been characterized by increasing reliance on standards and mainstream database technology and by more formalized implementations of rules-based processing. Typical applications include data quality assessment, validation and maintenance services,...

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  1. Laser-scan, Cambridge, UK

    Michael Sanderson & Peter Woodsford

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  1. Michael Sanderson
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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Sanderson, M., Woodsford, P. (2008). Rules-Based Processing in GIS. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_1154

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