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Design Issues Associated with Discrete and Distributed Hypermedia GIS

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Geographic Hypermedia

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography ((LNGC))

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The advancement of computer technology enables the integration of geographic information system (GIS) and multimedia technologies that allow to incorporate not only spatial-temporal geographic information in image/vector format, but also multimedia geographic information in descriptive text, scanned ground photographs, graphics, digital video and sound. The concept of hypermedia GIS is defined in this chapter. Design issues on the development of hypermedia GIS for use on individual personal computers (PC) (i.e., discrete system) and on the Internet (i.e., distributed system) are discussed. Software requirement, file format and data structure used in each system are described. The discrete and distributed hypermedia GIS provide the essential concepts and techniques for many new GIS applications such as visualization, spatial decision support systems and spatial database management and exploration.

Adapted with permission from GIScience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 4, 371–383. ©V.H.Winston & Son, Inc., 360 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480. All rights reserved.

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  1. Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Box 1459, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA

    Dr. Shunfu Hu

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  1. Department of Geography, Harokopio University, 70, El. Venizelou Ave., 17671, Athens, Greece

    Emmanuel Stefanakis

  2. Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 68182, USA

    Michael P. Peterson

  3. Centre for Topographic Information, Natural Resources Canada, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0E9

    Costas Armenakis

  4. Research-Academic Computer, Technology Institute, Kolokotroni 3, GR 262 21, Patras, Hellas, Greece

    Vasilis Delis

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Hu, S. (2006). Design Issues Associated with Discrete and Distributed Hypermedia GIS. In: Stefanakis, E., Peterson, M.P., Armenakis, C., Delis, V. (eds) Geographic Hypermedia. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34238-0_3

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