Framework and workflows for spatial database generalization

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-114

  Choe, Byong Nam ^a   Kim, Young Gul ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Operator; Spatial database generalization; Workflow

Indexed keywords

DATABASE CONTENTS; DATABASE SCHEMAS; GENERALISATION; GENERALIZATION PROCESS; GIVEN FEATURES; OPERATOR; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SPATIAL DATABASE; SPATIAL DATABASE GENERALIZATION; WORK-FLOWS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 33846237581     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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