Elements of Spatial Data Quality

Elements of Spatial Data Quality
Author: S.C. Guptill
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483287947

Elements of Spatial Data Quality outlines the need and suggests potential categories for the content of a comprehensive statement of data quality that must be imbedded in the metadata that accompanies the transfer of a digital spatial data file or is available in a separate metadata catalog. Members of the International Cartographic Association's Commission on Spatial Data Quality have identified seven elements of data quality: positional accuracy, attribute accuracy, completeness, logical consistency, lineage, semantic accuracy and temporal information. In the book the authors describe: components of each data quality element, possible metrics that can be used to measure the quality of each criteria, possible testing and rating schemes, and how these parameters might differ from a producer or user point of view. Finally no volume of this nature would be complete without a chapter devoted to necessary future research in this subject area. The chapter points out areas in need of further investigation and speculates about the use and transfer of digital spatial data in tomorrow's electronic world and at developments in presenting specified data quality information in a visualization. This book will be of interest to all of those individuals involved in geographical information systems and spatial data handling.

Spatial Data Quality

Spatial Data Quality
Author: Wenzhong Shi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2002-09-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1134514395

As research in the geosciences and social sciences becomes increasingly dependent on computers, applications such as geographical information systems are becoming indispensable tools. But the digital representations of phenomena that these systems require are often of poor quality, leading to inaccurate results, uncertainty, error propagation, and

Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality

Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality
Author: Rodolphe Devillers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0470394811

This book explains the concept of spatial data quality, a key theory for minimizing the risks of data misuse in a specific decision-making context. Drawing together chapters written by authors who are specialists in their particular field, it provides both the data producer and the data user perspectives on how to evaluate the quality of vector or raster data which are both produced and used. It also covers the key concepts in this field, such as: how to describe the quality of vector or raster data; how to enhance this quality; how to evaluate and document it, using methods such as metadata; how to communicate it to users; and how to relate it with the decision-making process. Also included is a Foreword written by Professor Michael F. Goodchild.

Spatial Data Quality

Spatial Data Quality
Author: Wenzhong Shi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2002-09-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203303245

As research in the geosciences and social sciences becomes increasingly dependent on computers, applications such as geographical information systems are becoming indispensable tools. But the digital representations of phenomena that these systems require are often of poor quality, leading to inaccurate results, uncertainty, error propagation, and

Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments

Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments
Author: Sarah M. Hamylton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107070473

This book covers the spatial analytical tools needed to map, monitor and explain or predict coastal features, with accompanying online exercises.

Principles of Modeling Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Spatial Analyses

Principles of Modeling Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Spatial Analyses
Author: Wenzhong Shi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2009-09-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1420059289

When compared to classical sciences such as math, with roots in prehistory, and physics, with roots in antiquity, geographical information science (GISci) is the new kid on the block. Its theoretical foundations are therefore still developing and data quality and uncertainty modeling for spatial data and spatial analysis is an important branch of t

GIS for Housing and Urban Development

GIS for Housing and Urban Development
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2003-02-26
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309168147

The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing broader issues of urban poverty and community development, and improving access to information and services by the many users of HUD's data. It offers a vision of HUD as an important player in providing urban data to federal initiatives towards a spatial data infrastructure for the nation.

Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology

Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology
Author: John D. Bossler
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2001-11-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203305922

Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology shows how to work across the range of geospatial science and technology, whether as a user or as a contractor of services employing these technologies, and without either specialist education or substantial experience. The manual covers the fundamentals, providing the requisite mathematics, computer science and physics necessary to understand how the technologies work, assuming some elementary background in calculus and physics. It also shows how the technologies can be used together and focuses on their commonalities. A number of applications such as mapping and environmental modeling are presented, and a Web site accompanies the book.

Innovations in GIS 6

Innovations in GIS 6
Author: Bruce Gittings
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 1999-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482268191

Integrating Information with GI Technology examines the components necessary for building infrastructure to support the panoly of Geographic Information (GI) research and services. These include novel approaches to two- and three-dimensional spatial analysis and spatio-temporal modelling. The book establishes the case for the Web as the technologic

Mapping and the Citizen Sensor

Mapping and the Citizen Sensor
Author: Giles Foody
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 191152917X

Maps are a fundamental resource in a diverse array of applications ranging from everyday activities, such as route planning through the legal demarcation of space to scientific studies, such as those seeking to understand biodiversity and inform the design of nature reserves for species conservation. For a map to have value, it should provide an accurate and timely representation of the phenomenon depicted and this can be a challenge in a dynamic world. Fortunately, mapping activities have benefitted greatly from recent advances in geoinformation technologies. Satellite remote sensing, for example, now offers unparalleled data acquisition and authoritative mapping agencies have developed systems for the routine production of maps in accordance with strict standards. Until recently, much mapping activity was in the exclusive realm of authoritative agencies but technological development has also allowed the rise of the amateur mapping community. The proliferation of inexpensive and highly mobile and location aware devices together with Web 2.0 technology have fostered the emergence of the citizen as a source of data. Mapping presently benefits from vast amounts of spatial data as well as people able to provide observations of geographic phenomena, which can inform map production, revision and evaluation. The great potential of these developments is, however, often limited by concerns. The latter span issues from the nature of the citizens through the way data are collected and shared to the quality and trustworthiness of the data. This book reports on some of the key issues connected with the use of citizen sensors in mapping. It arises from a European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, which explored issues linked to topics ranging from citizen motivation, data acquisition, data quality and the use of citizen derived data in the production of maps that rival, and sometimes surpass, maps arising from authoritative agencies.