Integrated Spatial Databases: Digital Images and GIS

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on Integrated Databases, Digital Images and GIS, ISD'99, held in Portland, Maine, USA in June 1999. The 18 revised full papers presented went through a double reviewing process and were selected from nearly 40 original submissions. The book is divided into parts on object extraction from raster images, geospatial analysis, formalisms and modeling, and data access.

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would like to express our appreciation to the authors and participants of ISD 99, who made the meeting a memorable one, and these proceedings a valuable contribution to the relevant literature. October 1999 Peggy Agouris and Anthony Stefanidis $FNQRZOHGJPHQWV This workshop was partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS), through CAREER grant number 9702233, and by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA). VII Preface :RUNVKRS 2UJDQL]DWLRQ :RUNVKRS &KDLU Peggy Agouris, University of Maine 3URJUDP &RPPLWWHH &KDLU Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine 3URJUDP &RPPLWWHH Kate Beard, University of Maine Panos Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh Max Egenhofer, University of Maine Wolfgang Foerstner, University of Bonn, Germany Andrew Frank, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Dieter Fritsch, University of Stuttgart, Germany Mike Goodchild, University of California - Santa Barbara Armin Gruen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Thanasis Hadzilacos, Computer Technology Institute, Greece Marinos Kavouras, National Technical University of Athens, Greece David Mark, State University of New York at Buffalo Dave McKeown, Carnegie Mellon University Martien Molenaar, ITC, The Netherlands Dimitris Papadias, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China Hanan Samet, University of Maryland - College Park Tapani Sarjakoski, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota Nektaria Tryfona, Aalborg University, Denmark Vassilis Tsotras, University of California - Riverside Marc van Kreveld, Utrecht University, The Netherlands /RFDO $UUDQJHPHQWV Blane Shaw, University of Maine 2UJDQL]LQJ &RPPLWWHH