Publisher's Synopsis
The book provides a cross section of cutting-edge research areas being pursued by researchers in geographic information science and spatial data handling. As such it is an invaluable resource for researchers and advanced graduate classes, giving insights into developments of new techniques in data management, analysis and visualisation. Papers have been submitted from authors throughout the global GIS research community including Asia (35%), North America (30%), Europe (20%)and Australia/New Zealand (8%). The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling is highly regarded as the premier international research forum for GIS, and its record is particularly strong in respect of identifying and exposing pioneering work in areas of significant new development for GIS. Many such influential developments in GIS have been generated from the papers presented in this symposium series. Papers in the symposium are carefully refereed by an international programme committee composed of experts in various areas of GIS who are particularly renowned for their scientific innovation.
