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

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                                                                     

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

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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

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viii

Contents

10. Web-enabled Spatial Database Systems

367

11. Spatial Data Mining and Decision Support Systems

409

PART 4: THE FUTURE 

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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