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Modeling with Pictogrammic Languages

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Perceptory pictograms; Spatial modeling language extension; Spatiotemporal modeling language extension

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“Spatial databases” consist of large groups of data structured in a way to represent the geographic features of interest to the users of a system. Spatial database models are schematic representations of these data. Database models are created to design and document the system, to facilitate communication and to support programming. They are created using CASE tools (computer-assisted software engineering). CASE tools support schema drawing, dictionaries and code generation. Database schemas are typically represented with a graphical language such as UML (Unified Modeling Language; see http://www.uml.org and Fowler 2004).

“Database models” can represent (1) users’ real-life views of the data of interest, (2) developers’ views of the potential organization of these data for a family of technologies, or (3) their final implementation on a specific platform. For...

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  1. Department of Geomatics Sciences, Centre for Research in Geomatics, Canada NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Geospatial Databases for Decision Support, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

    Yvan Bédard & Suzie Larrivée

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  1. Yvan Bédard
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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Shashi Shekhar

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

    Hui Xiong

  3. Department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Xun Zhou

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Bédard, Y., Larrivée, S. (2017). Modeling with Pictogrammic Languages. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17885-1_812

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