Overview
- Develops data models at the abstract level, discrete level, and implementation level
- Discusses methods to implement maps as a fundamental data type in database systems
- Treats both theoretical and practical aspects of map data models
- Provides an extensive set of operations over maps, including topological predicates
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The map data type presented in this book creates new mechanisms for the storage, analysis, and computation of map data objects in any field that represents data in a map form. The authors develop a model that includes a map data type capable of representing thematic and geometric attributes in a single data object. The book provides a complete example of mathematically defining a data type, ensuring closure properties of those operations, and then translating that type into a state that is suited for implementation in a particular context.
The book is designed for researchers and professionals working in geography or computer science in a range of fields including navigation, reasoning, robotics, geospatial analysis, data management, and information retrieval.
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Book Title: Map Framework
Book Subtitle: A Formal Model of Maps as a Fundamental Data Type in Information Systems
Authors: Mark McKenney, Markus Schneider
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46766-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46764-1Published: 12 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83580-8Published: 16 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46766-5Published: 04 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 140
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations
Topics: Information Systems and Communication Service, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Regional/Spatial Science, Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science