Directional relations and frames of reference

GeoInformatica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-255

  Clementini, Eliseo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Directional relation; Frame of reference; Projective relation; Spatial relation; Spatial taxonomy

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING;

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DIRECTIONAL RELATION; FRAME OF REFERENCE; FRAMES OF REFERENCE; PROJECTIVE RELATION; SPATIAL RELATIONS;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

MODELING; SPATIAL DATA; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84875407563     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10707-011-0147-2     Document Type: Article

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