Spatial data standards in view of models of space and the functions operating on them

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Huber, Martin ^a,b   Schneider, Daniel ^a,b  

^a GeoTask AG   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geo data server; Geographical models; GIS architectures; GIS functions; OpenGIS

Indexed keywords

GIS; STANDARDS;

EID: 0032979935     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(98)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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