Representing spatiality in a conceptual multidimensional model

GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 12-21

  Malinowski, Elzbieta ^a,b   Zimányi, Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Conceptual modeling; Data warehouses; Spatial data warehouse design; Spatial dimensions; Spatial measures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONCEPTUAL MODELING; SPATIAL DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGN; SPATIAL DIMENSIONS; SPATIAL MEASURES;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 19544377991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1032222.1032226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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