Advances in Geoinformatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Computational Geometry and Visualization

   1. Consistent Handling of Linear Features in Polyline Simplification

      • Adler C. G. da Silva, Shin-Ting Wu

      Pages 1-17

   2. Cartographical Data Treatment Analysis for Real Time Three-Dimensional Terrain Visualization

      • Flávio L. Mello, Luiz Felipe C. Ferreira da Silva

      Pages 19-36

   3. A More Efficient Method for Map Overlay in Terralib

      • Vinícius Lopes Rodrigues, Marcus Vinícius Alvim Andrade, Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz, Mirella Antunes de Magalhães

      Pages 37-46

3. Spatial Databases

   1. Exploiting Type and Space in a Main Memory Query Engine

      • Thomas Schwarz, Matthias Grossmann, Daniela Nicklas, Bernhard Mitschang

      Pages 47-67

   2. Approximate Query Processing in Spatial Databases Using Raster Signatures

      • Leonardo Guerreiro Azevedo, Geraldo Zimbrão1, Jano Moreira de Souza

      Pages 69-86

   3. A Rule-Based Optimizer for Spatial Join Algorithms

      • Miguel Fornari, João Luiz Dihl Comba, Cirano Iochpe

      Pages 87-106

   4. Spatial Query Broker in a Grid Environment

      • Wladimir S. Meyer, Milton R. Ramirez, Jano M. Souza

      Pages 107-126

   5. TerraHS: Integration of Functional Programming and Spatial Databases for GIS Application Development

      • Sérgio Souza Costa, Gilberto Câmara, Danilo Palomo

      Pages 127-149

4. Spatial Ontologies and Interoperability

   1. An Algorithm and Implementation for GeoOntologies Alignment

      • Guillermo Nudelman Hess, Cirano Iochpe, Silvana Castano

      Pages 151-164

   2. Querying a Geographic Database using an Ontology-Based Methodology

      • Renata Viegas, Valéria Soares

      Pages 165-182

   3. A Method for Defining Semantic Similarities between GML Schemas

      • Angelo Augusto Frozza, Ronaldo dos Santos Mello

      Pages 183-192

   4. Interoperability among Heterogeneous Geographic Objects

      • Victor H. M. Azevedo, Margareth S. P. Meirelles, Rodrigo P. D. Ferraz, Antônio Ramalho-Filho

      Pages 193-202

5. Distributed GIS / GIS and the Internet

   1. Web Service for Cooperation in Biodiversity Modeling

      • Karla Donato Fook, Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara

      Pages 203-216

   2. Evaluation of OGC Web Services for Local Spatial Data Infrastructures and for the Development of Clients for Geographic Information Systems

      • Leonardo Lacerda Alves, Clodoveu A. Davis Jr.

      Pages 217-234

   3. Towards Gazetteer Integration through an Instance-based Thesauri Mapping Approach

      • Daniela F. Brauner, Marco A. Casanova, Ruy L. Milidiú

      Pages 235-245

   4. WS-GIS: Towards a SOA-Based SDI Federation

      • Fábio Luiz Leite Jr., Cláudio de Souza Baptista, Patrício de Alencar Silva, Elvis Rodrigues da Silva

      Pages 247-265

6. Geostatistics, Spatial Statistics and Spatial Analysis

   1. Electricity Consumption as a Predictor of Household Income: a Spatial Statistics Approach

      • Eduardo de Rezende Francisco, Francisco Aranha, Felipe Zambaldi, Rafael Goldszmidt

      Pages 267-282

   2. Shiryaev-Roberts Method to Detect Space-Time Emerging Clusters

      • Renato Assunção, Thaís Correa

      Pages 283-292

   3. Testing association between origin-destination spatial locations

      • Renato Martins Assunção, Danilo Lourenço Lopes

      Pages 293-304

• GIS
• Geographic Information Science
• Geoinformationssysteme
• Geostatistics
• Information Systems
• Spatial Databases
• geographic data
• geoinformatics
• spatial data infrastructure
• spatial database

From the reviews:

“Advances in Geoinformatics benefits not only professionals in geoinformatics but also those who are interested in new research works and ideas in the geospatial information science community in its broadest sense. … The book editors … have provided a well-organized set of individual papers to grasp recent developments and efforts in the field of geoinformatics. … it would be enjoyable read for those who are interested in computational science and software engineering aspects of geospatial information science and the latest innovative approaches to them.” (Dong Han Kim, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol. 2 (3), October, 2009)

• Informatics Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil

  Clodoveu Augusto Davis

• Image Processing Division/Space and Society Initiative, National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Sāo José dos Campos - SP, Brazil

  Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro

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