Abstract
A growing need to use geographic information systems (GIS) to improve the flexibility and overall performance of very large, heterogeneous data bases was examined. The Vaster structure and the Topological Grid structure were compared to test where such hybrid structures represent an improvement in performance. The use of artificial intelligence in a geograhic/earth sciences data base context is being explored. The architecture of the Knowledge Based GIS (KBGIS) has a dual object/spatial data base and a three tier hierarchial search subsystem. Quadtree Spatial Spectra (QTSS) are derived, based on the quadtree data structure, to generate and represent spatial distribution information for large volumes of spatial data. -from STAR, 24(11), 1986
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | [No source information available] |
State | Published - 1986 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science