Supporting Emergence in Geographic Information Systems

S C Chase
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S C Chase: Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Environment and Planning B, 1999, vol. 26, issue 1, 33-44

Abstract: The combination of the paradigms of shape algebras and predicate logic representations is a paradigm capable of modeling maps that can support emergent features. First-order predicate logic provides a natural intuitive way of representing spatial relations in the development of complete computer systems for geometric reasoning. Shape-algebraic formalisms have advantages over more traditional representations of geometric objects. Here I will illustrate the definition of high-level spatial relations from a small set of simple structures, with examples from the domain of geographic information systems.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1068/b260033

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