A situated knowledge representation of geographical information

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 727-749

  Gahegan, Mark ^a   Pike, William ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE-REPRESENTATION; ONTOLOGY'S;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

DATA PROCESSING; EXPLORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GIS;

EID: 33750088424     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2006.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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