Algorithms, Models, User and Service Interfaces for Geography
Description
- Project Title:
- Algorithms, Models, User and Service Interfaces for Geography
- Acronym:
- AMUSING
- Number:
- 6881
- Work Area:
- Databases, Information Retrival & Multimedia
- Coordinator:
- Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza
Dip. di Informatica e Sistemistica
via Salaria 113
I - 00198 ROMA
- Coordinator Country:
- I
- Partners
- Technische Universität Wien A
ETH Zürich CH
Fern Universität Hagen D
Universität Freibourg D
Institut Géographique National F
INRIA F
National Technical University of Athens GR
Algotech srl I
Università dell Aquila I
- Contact Point:
- Prof. M. Talamo
- Telephone:
- +39/6 855 8556
- Fax:
- +39/6 844 2383
- E-Mail:
-
- Keywords:
- spatial data, geographic information systems
- Start Date:
- 1 November 92
- Duration:
- 36 months
- Status:
- running
- Abstract:
- AMUSING is studying the main problems in spatial data management and aims to define and verify, both at the theoretical and experimental level, techniques and methodologies for designing, modelling, accessing and effectively using large amounts of geographical data. This project builds on the results of the BASIC GOODS (3191) working group.
AIMS
The general objective of the project is to define the main features and principles of a next-generation architecture for geographical information system (GIS) applications. The main aims are to:
- characterise user requirements
- define data models and query languages which support an adequate modelling of the geographical domain as well as powerful selection and manipulation capabilities and effective user-system communication
- develop new architectural concepts to integrate, for example, the treatment of networks and heterogeneous collections of objects
- design efficient data structures and algorithms which make it possible to obtain an efficient treatment and retrieval of information at the physical level.
APPROACH AND METHODS
The approach will be to:
- Identify typical user requirements.
- Provide advanced data models and query languages for spatial information and investigate interaction with spatial data management systems via user-system communication mechanisms.
- Provide tools for the cooperation between various application software systems and different spatial data management services.
- Provide efficient mechanisms for the management of data with multiple representations and for the maintenance of intersystem dependencies.
- Provide efficient data structures and algorithms for the management of large amounts of geometric information.
The results obtained will be assessed in a prototyping and case study activity involving case studies conducted in cooperation with end-users in real-life applications.
POTENTIAL
Results from the project will provide better theoretical foundations and more validated practical basis for the implementation in commercial GIS of the advanced functionalities increasingly required.
Sven Müßig, last update 07-nov-1995. Your feedback is welcome.