Interoperable and Distributed Processing in GIS

by Andrej Vckovaki

Overview

This text shows how the principles and technologies of object-oriented programming, distributed processing and internet protocols can be embraced to further the reliability and interoperability of datasets for the professional GIS market. The book describes the central concept of the interface specification between the data consumer and producer -

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040190371
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction: Problem statement, background, road map. Part 1: Interoperability - interoperability in geoprocessing; overview; data migration; integration and databases; data integration and geographical information systems; review; virtual data set - overview; interoperability impediments; approaches for improvements; open geodata interoperability specification; the virtual dataset concept; review. Part 2: Essential models - example - field representations - overview; continuous fields; measurement of fields; current representation techniques; characteristics of the domain D; characteristics of the range; analysis of continuous field data; impediments; review; modeling uncertainties - introduction; uncertainties; methods for the modeling of uncertainty; assessing the uncertainty of functional expressions; digital representation; numbers, units and dimensions; review. Part 3: Implementation - case studies - introduction.

Editorial Reviews

Shows how the principles and technologies of object-oriented programming, distributed processing and internet protocols can be adopted to further the reliability and interoperability of datasets for the GIS profession. Vckovski (University of Zurich) describes the central concept of an interface specification between the data consumer and producer<-->the Virtual Data Set (VDS). He then examines the abstraction steps involved through examples of continuous field representation and modeling uncertainty. The final part looks at how the VDS can be implemented with Java and other object-oriented distributed computing environments. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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