Progress in Spatial Data Handling

Similarity Measures within the Semantic Framework of the Universal Ontology of Geographical Space.- A Quantitative Similarity Measure for Maps.- A Semantic-based Approach to the Representation of Network-Constrained Trajectory Data.- Towards an Ontologically-driven GIS to Characterize Spatial Data Uncertainty.- 2D-Visualization.- Structuring Kinetic Maps.- Advanced Operations for Maps in Spatial Databases.- A Tangible Augmented Reality Interface to Tiled Street Maps and its Usability Testing.- A Linear Programming Approach to Rectangular Cartograms.- 3D-Visualization.- Automated Construction of Urban Terrain Models.- A Flexible, Extensible Object Oriented Real-time Near Photorealistic Visualization System: The System Framework Design.- A Tetrahedronized Irregular Network Based DBMS Approach for 3D Topographic Data Modeling.- 3D Analysis with High-Level Primitives: A Crystallographic Approach.- Generalization.- The Hierarchical Watershed Partitioning and Data Simplification of River Network.- Grid Typification.- Skeleton Based Contour Line Generalization.- Conflict Identification and Representation for Roads Based on a Skeleton.- The' stroke' Concept in Geographic Network Generalization and Analysis.- Uncertainty.- An Integrated Cloud Model for Measurement Errors and Fuzziness.- The Influence of Uncertainty Visualization on Decision Making: An Empirical Evaluation.- Modeling Uncertainty in Knowledge Discovery for Classifying Geographic Entities with Fuzzy Boundaries.- Capturing and Representing Conceptualization Uncertainty Interactively using Object-Fields.- Elevation Modeling.- From Point Cloud to Grid DEM: A Scalable Approach.- Use of Plan Curvature Variations for the Identification of Ridges and Channels on DEM.- An Evaluation of Spatial Interpolation Accuracy of Elevation Data.- Working with Elevation.- I/O-Efficient Hierarchical Watershed Decomposition of Grid Terrain Models.- Tradeoffs when Multiple Observer Siting on Large Terrain Cells.- Scale-Dependent Definitions of Gradient and Aspect and their Computation.- Spatial Modeling.- Development Density-Based Optimization Modeling of Sustainable Land Use Patterns.- Building an Integrated Cadastral Fabric for Higher Resolution Socioeconomic Spatial Data Analysis.- Analysis of Cross Country Trafficability.