ON «GEOGRAPHICAL» MATTER, INFORMATION AND MEASURE

Geographical Domain and Geographical Information Systems

In the eld of geography, we have beenexamining the contribution of the morpho-genetic rep-resentation to the comprehension of the cycle: reality,representation, model, reality. A distinction is madebetween map and geomap based on the notion of locus-object. 1. Foundations and limits of cartographic rep-

Geographical Information System Shell and Geographical Information Query Tool

 This paper discusses traditional development models of GIS and proposes another model, geographical information system shell(GISS). Following the thought of GISS, a geographic information query tool(GIQT) is developed. GIQT's main purpose and menu structure are introduced, as well as the classification and encoding. This paper especially describes the implementation of "two-direction multi-fu...

Geographical Information Systems: on modelling and representation

Participation and Geographical Information

Geographical space is an important factor across a wide range of decision-making problems, not only because many human and environmental processes vary markedly from one place to another, but also because space determines people's perception of the world and ultimately determines what we call 'local' and ‘global’. The ability of individuals and social groups to map out, in a true geographic sen...

Classification Based on Geographical Information Ontology

Ontology, which derives from philosophy, is a discipline of Philosophy that deals with existence. In recent years, it has been widely used in artificial intelligence and computer science, mainly representing, sharing and reusing knowledge. So it's significant to introduce ontology into Geographic Information Science for the implementation of the geographical information representation, sharing ...