The constitution of multi-scale spatial databases is closely linked to map generalisation. Elements of a multi-scale spatial database include multi-scale data models, multi-scale data storage schemes, methods to generate multi-scale datasets and methods to access these datasets and present results. In this paper we proposed a formal multi-scale spatial data model with an information-rich struct...

The dynamic environment of SDIs and the involvement of diverse spatial data providers present uncertainty for involving organizations. This pushes organizations to focus on cooperative data sharing relationships to deliver their objectives. Spatial data sharing provides transactions in which individuals, governments and businesses obtain access to spatial data and services from other stakeholde...