Spatial Database Systems Design, Implementation and Project Manageme
This first of a kind book places spatial data within the broader domain of information technology (IT) while providing a comprehensive and coherent explanation of the guiding principles, methods, implementation and operational management of spatial databa
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The GeoJournal Library VOLUME 87 Managing Editor : Max Barlow, Toronto, Canada
Founding Series Editor : Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany
Editorial Board :
Paul Claval, France Yehuda Gradus, Israel Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands
Spatial Database Systems Design, Implementation and Project Management
By
ALBERT K.W. YEUNG Ontario Police College, Aylmer West, Ontario, Canada and
G. BRENT HA L L U niversity of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Dedication
To our families: Agnes Yuk-Lan, David LikHang, Peter Lik-Yeen and Wen-Ying Yeung. Pat, Snow, Masha, Aaron, Elise Hall and Rhondda Martin.
Contents
v
Preface
ix
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1
1. The Current Status of Spatial Information Technology
3
PART 2: DATABASE PRINCIPLES AND ARCHITECTURE
19
2. Concepts and Architecture of Database Systems
21
3. Database Models and Data Modelling
55
4. Spatial Data and Spatial Database Systems
93
5. Spatial Data Standards and Metadata
129
6. Spatial Data Sharing, Data Warehousing and Database Federation
175
PART 3: SPATIAL DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
217
7. User Education and Legal Issues of Spatial Database Systems
219
8. User Needs Assessment and Multi-user Spatial Solutions
261
9. Project Management for Spatial Database Implementation
315
vii
viii
Contents
10. Web-enabled Spatial Database Systems
367
11. Spatial Data Mining and Decision Support Systems
409
PART 4: THE FUTURE
12. Trends of Spatial Database Systems
471
Glossary of Terms
523
Index
547
Preface
The decision to write this book was motivated by a number of factors. First, although several useful textbooks on spatial databases have recently been published, this is an area of spatial information science that has lagged somewhat behind the rapid advances of the technology and the profusion of books on domain-specific applications. Second, much of the information pertaining to spatial database technologies is only available in scattered journal papers and conference proceedings, and prior to this book no single effort has been made to sift through this expansive literature and unite the key contributions in a single volume. The tasks of sourcing a
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