Advances in Spatial Data Handling

A Decision Tree for Multi-Layered Spatial Data.- Computational and Visual Support for Geographical Knowledge Construction: Filling in the Gaps Between Exploration and Explanation.- Polygonization of Point Clusters through Cluster Boundary Extraction for Geographical Data Mining.- The Impact of Filtering on Spatial Continuous Queries.- An Object Model for Geologic Map Information.- Indexing and Browsing Digital Maps with Intelligent Thumbnails.- Modelling and Manipulating Multiple Representations of Spatial Data.- Terrain Modelling Based on Contours and Slopes.- Siting Observers on Terrain.- An Agent-Based Framework for Polygonal Subdivision Generalisation.- Template Matching in Support of Generalisation of Rural Buildings.- Minimising Positional Errors in Line Simplification Using Adaptive Tolerance Values.- A New Merging Process for Data Integration Based on the Discrete Fréchet Distance.- Above-Ground Biomass Estimation of Successional and Mature Forests Using TM Images in the Amazon Basin.- Grid Computing for Real Time Distributed Collaborative Geoprocessing.- The Balance Between Geometry and Topology.- STOQL: An ODMG-Based Spatio-Temporal Object Model and Query Language.- A Semantics for Version Queries in GIS Databases.- A Differential Spatio-temporal Model: Primitives and Operators.- A QTM-based Algorithm for Generation of the Voronoi Diagram on a Sphere.- The Dimensional Model: A Framework to Distinguish Spatial Relationships.- A Quantitative Description of Spatial Configurations.- Implementing Topological Predicates for Complex Regions.- Route Specifications with a Linear Dual Graph.- Projecting a Regular Grid onto a Sphere or Ellipsoid.- Creating Spatial Information: Commissioning the UK Land Cover Map 2000.- A Methodology for Updating Geographic DatabasesUsing Map Versions.- Revealing Uncertainty in Maps of Glacial Lake Algonquin.- Spatio-Temporal Methods to Reduce Data Uncertainty in Restricted Movement on a Road Network.- Quantifying Uncertainty of