@inproceedings{7c6d12834fdd4399853b34ebecc8c4f1,
title = "What{\textquoteright}s in an image",
abstract = "This paper discusses the ontological status of remote sensing images, from a GIScience perspective. We argue that images have a dual nature—they are fields at the measurement level and fiat objects at the classification level—and that images have an ontological description of their own, distinct and independent from the domain ontology a domain scientist uses. This paper proposes a multi-level ontology for images, combining both field and object approaches and distinguishing between image and user ontologies. The framework developed contributes to the design of a new generation of integrated GISs, since two key benefits are achieved: (1) the support for multiple perspectives for the same image and (2) an emphasis on using images for the detection of spatial-temporal configurations of geographic phenomena.",
author = "Gilberto C{\^a}mara and Egenhofer, {Max J.} and Frederico Fonseca and Monteiro, {Ant{\^o}nio Miguel Vieira}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.; 5th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2001 ; Conference date: 19-09-2001 Through 23-09-2001",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-45424-1_32",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "474--488",
editor = "Montello, {Daniel R.}",
booktitle = "Spatial Information Theory",
address = "Germany",
}