Spatial and Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Information Systems

by Max J. Egenhofer (Editor), Reginald G. Golledge (Editor)

In an effort to further investigation into critical development facets of geographic information systems (GIS), this book explores the reasoning processes that apply to geographic space and time. As a result of an iniative sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), it treats the computational, cognitive and social science applications aspects of spatial and temporal reasoning in GIS. Essays were contributed by scholars from a broad spectrum of disciplines geography, cartography, surveying and engineering, computer science, mathematics and environmental and cognitive psychology.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published June 11, 1998