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| Introduction | |
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| What is a GIS? | |
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| GIS functionality | |
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| Data and databases | |
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| Hardware support | |
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| Fundamental database concepts | |
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| Introduction to databases | |
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| Relational databases | |
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| Database development | |
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| Object-orientation | |
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| Fundamental spatial concepts | |
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| Euclidean space | |
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| Set-based geometry of space | |
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| Topology of space | |
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| Network spaces | |
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| Metric spaces | |
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| Endnote on fractal geometry | |
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| Models of geospatial information | |
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| Modeling and ontology | |
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| The modeling process | |
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| Field-based models | |
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| Object-based models | |
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| Representation and algorithms | |
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| Computing with geospatial data | |
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| The discrete Euclidean plane | |
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| The spatial object domain | |
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| Representations of field-based models | |
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| Fundamental geometric algorithms | |
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| Vectorization and rasterization | |
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| Network representation and algorithms | |
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| Structures and access methods | |
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| General database structures and access methods | |
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| From one to two dimensions | |
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| Raster structures | |
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| Point object structures | |
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| Linear objects | |
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| Collections of objects | |
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| Spherical data structures | |
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| Architectures | |
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| Hybrid, integrated, and composable architectures | |
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| Syntactic and semantic heterogeneity | |
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| Distributed systems | |
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| Distributed databases | |
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| Location-aware computing | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Human-computer interaction | |
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| Cartographic interfaces | |
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| Geovisualization | |
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| Developing GIS interfaces | |
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| Spatial reasoning and uncertainty | |
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| Formal aspects of spatial reasoning | |
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| Information and uncertainty | |
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| Qualitative approaches to uncertainty | |
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| Quantitative approaches to uncertainty | |
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| Applications of uncertainty in GIS | |
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| Time | |
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| Introduction: "A brief history of time" | |
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| Temporal information systems | |
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| Spatiotemporal information systems | |
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| Indexes and queries | |
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| Cinema relational database example | |
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| Acronyms and abbreviations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |