Following two successful editions, the third edition of GIS: A Computer Perspective has been completely revised and incorporates new chapters. Now included are updates of ontologies, developments in decentralized computing, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD). The authors have also expanded this edition to include a more thorough treatment of geovisualization and spatial cognition.
GIS: A Computing Perspective, Third Edition
Introduction. Fundamental Database Concepts. Fundamental Spatial concepts. Models of Geospatial Information. Representation and Algorithms. Structures and Access Methods. Architectures. Interfaces. Spatial Reasoning and Uncertainty. Spatial Cognition. Geovisualization. Time.