Spatial Databases covers all of the major
themes of the field -- representation,
query languages,
computational geometry, spatial indexing -- using geographic
information systems as the principal application domain
and motivation. It will make
an excellent introduction
for computer science professionals and students interested
in exploring GIS, or for GIS professionals interested
in learning more about the
computer science foundations
of the field. The book is also an excellent guide to the
literature, with comprehensive bibliographic notes at the end of each chapter.
-- Michael F. Goodchild
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Spatial Databases is the first unified and
in-depth treatment of special techniques
for dealing
with spatial data. Organized to focus on the specific features of spatial
data that are not adequately handled by mainstream DBMS
technology, this book
surveys the various low-level
techniques developed to address these problems,
including spatial data models, algorithms, scales, and indexing methods, and
takes
an in-depth look at today's most prominent GIS
products.
1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL DATABASES
2 REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS
3 LOGICAL MODELS AND QUERY LANGUAGES
4 THE CONSTRAINT DATA MODEL
5 COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY
6 SPATIAL ACCESS METHODS
7 QUERY PROCESSING
8 COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS