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Three-Dimensional GIS and Geological Applications

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Synonyms

Spatial information system; Geoscientific information system

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An information system for the in-/output, modeling, management, processing, analyzing and visualization of geoscientific data including geo-referenced three-dimensional geometric, topological and attribute data. The three-dimensional geometric data may consist of points/vertices (x,y,z-coordinates), curves, surfaces and polyhedra, respectively. The topological data may consist of nodes, edges, faces and solids, respectively. Typical attribute data are descriptions of geological strata, i.e., properties of strata such as “geological age,” “soil type,” “main components of the stratum” etc.

The implementation of a three-dimensional GIS provides data types, spatial access structures including geometric/topological algorithms and a spatial or visual query language for the modeling, management and analysis of geo-referenced three-dimensional data.

Historical Background

Three-dimensional GIS have two roots in the...

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  1. University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany

    Martin Breunig

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Breunig, M. (2009). Three-Dimensional GIS and Geological Applications. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_426

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