Spatial queries with qualitative locations in spatial information systems

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-502

  Yao, Xiaobai ^a   Thill, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Qualitative location; Qualitative spatial query; Qualitative spatial reasoning; Spatial relations

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

QUALITATIVE LOCATION; QUALITATIVE SPATIAL QUERY; QUALITATIVE SPATIAL REASONING; SPATIAL RELATIONS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745234840     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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