Conceptual model for spatial reasoning and understanding in a GIS system

James E. Lennox

doi:10.1117/12.142194

26 March 1993 Conceptual model for spatial reasoning and understanding in a GIS system

James E. Lennox

Proceedings Volume 1819, Digital Image Processing and Visual Communications Technologies in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142194
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A by-product of entity representation in GIS (or any image with spatial meaning) is the level at which we can abstract relationships between those objects. The power of resolution in an object (its semantic meaning) is directly related to its actual representation. This has an immediate impact on the complexity of rules necessary to identify that object and its relationship to others in its domain. This paper will discuss the epistemological characteristics of spatial reasoning and its implication in the development of a generic geometry engine for spatial reasoning and understanding.

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James E. Lennox "Conceptual model for spatial reasoning and understanding in a GIS system", Proc. SPIE 1819, Digital Image Processing and Visual Communications Technologies in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences II, (26 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142194

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