GIS : A Computer Science Perspective by Michael F. Worboys
Publisher: CRC Press | ISBN: 0748400656 | edition 1995 | PDF | 392 pages | 6 mb
Publisher: CRC Press | ISBN: 0748400656 | edition 1995 | PDF | 392 pages | 6 mb
This aims to make the computing principles underlying geographic databases understandable and accessible to current and potential users of such systems. It overviews database system philosophy; describes database concepts eg storage, retrieval, architecture, conceptual modeling, and database querying.It then focuses on the characteristics of GIS, spatial data and spatial databases, concluding with a discussion of current/future research trends.