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Organized into four major parts, this book begins by presenting a historical overview of the issues involved in integrating GIS and AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) systems. Part II then focuses on the data issue from several viewpoints: data collection; database structures and representation; database management; and visualization. Part III covers the areas of semantics, ontology, and standardization from a theoretical perspective and details many of the best examples of this approach in developing real-world applications. The book concludes with contributions that focus on recent advances in virtual geographic environments and alternative modeling schemes for the potential AEC/GIS interface.

Computer-aided design. --- Data integration (Computer science). --- Geografie --- Geographic information systems. --- Three-dimensional display systems. --- Geografische Informatie Systemen --- Meer Dimensionaal.

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Mathematics --- Geodesy. Cartography --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Information systems --- Computer. Automation --- geodesie --- ICT (informatie- en communicatietechnieken) --- informatica --- informatiesystemen --- milieuzorg --- wiskunde --- geografie --- geologie --- milieutechnologie --- milieubeheer --- milieuanalyse

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In recent years 3D geo-information has become an important research area due to the increased complexity of tasks in many geo-scientific applications, such as sustainable urban planning and development, civil engineering, risk and disaster management and environmental monitoring. Moreover, a paradigm of cross-application merging and integrating of 3D data is observed. The problems and challenges facing today’s 3D software, generally application-oriented, focus almost exclusively on 3D data transportability issues – the ability to use data originally developed in one modelling/visualisation system in other and vice versa. Tools for elaborated 3D analysis, simulation and prediction are either missing or, when available, dedicated to specific tasks. In order to respond to this increased demand, a new type of system has to be developed. A fully developed 3D geo-information system should be able to manage 3D geometry and topology, to integrate 3D geometry and thematic information, to analyze both spatial and topological relationships, and to present the data in a suitable form. In addition to the simple geometry types like point line and polygon, a large variety of parametric representations, freeform curves and surfaces or sweep shapes have to be supported. Approaches for seamless conversion between 3D raster and 3D vector representations should be available, they should allow analysis of a representation most suitable for a specific application.

Geographic information systems --Congresses. --- Three-dimensional display systems --Congresses. --- Geographic information systems --- Three-dimensional display systems --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Geography-General --- Cartography --- Geography. --- Computer graphics. --- Geographical information systems. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics. --- Computer vision. --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Artificial intelligence --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Optical data processing. --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Electronic data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Optical equipment

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Geo-information technology offers an opportunity to support disaster management: industrial accidents, road collisions, complex emergencies, earthquakes, fires, floods and similar catastrophes (for example the recent huge disaster with the Tsunami in South-East Asia on 26 December 2004). Access to needed information, facilitation of the interoperability of emergency services, and provision of high-quality care to the public are a number of the key requirements. Such requirements pose significant challenges for data management, discovery, translation, integration, visualization and communication based on the semantics of the heterogeneous (geo-) information sources with differences in many aspects: scale/resolution, dimension (2D or 3D), classification and attribute schemes, temporal aspects (up-to-date-ness, history, predictions of the future), spatial reference system used, etc. The book provides a broad overview of the (geo-information) technology, software, systems needed, used and to be developed for disaster management. The book provokes a wide discussion on systems and requirements for use of geo-information under time and stress constraints and unfamiliar situations, environments and circumstances.

Emergency management --- Data processing --- Geographic information systems --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Organization theory --- Geographical information systems. --- Geography. --- Environmental toxicology. --- Information systems. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Pollution --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Geography --- Earth sciences. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Computers. --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Measurement --- Monitoring