Spatial Database Systems: Design, Implementation and Project Management

Dedication. Preface.- PART 1: INTRODUCTION. 1. The Current Status of Spatial Information Technology.- PART 2: DATABASE PRINCIPLES AND ARCHITECTURE. 2. Concepts and Architecture of Database Systems. 3. Database Models and Data Modelling. 4. Spatial Data and Spatial Database Systems. 5. Spatial Data Standards and Metadata. 6. Spatial Data Sharing, Data Warehousing and Database Federation.- PART 3: SPATIAL DATABASE IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 7. User Education and Legal Issues of Spatial Database Systems. 8. User Needs Assessment and Multi-user Spatial Solutions. 9. Project Management for Spatial Database Implementation. 10. Web-enabled Spatial Database Systems. 11. Spatial Data Mining and Decision Support Systems.- PART 4: THE FUTURE.- Trends of Spatial Database Systems.-Glossary of Terms. Index.