Ontology-driven geographic information systems

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

Volumn 1999-November, Issue , 1999, Pages 14-19

  Fonseca, Frederico T ^a   Egenhofer, Max J ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS architecture; interoperability; object orientation; ontology

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; ONTOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURE-BASED; DATA-SOURCE; GEOGRAPHIC OBJECTS; GIS ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; OBJECT ORIENTATION; ONTOLOGY'S;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 85133706109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/320134.320137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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