Emerging Trends in Geoinformatics

Description

Geoinformatics is a new discipline integrating element for various disciplines dealing with geographic data. It deals with management, analysis and presentation of geographic and other spatially defined data. Geospatial technology is establishing itself as an essential tool for organizations to collate different maps and remote sensing data and generate location-specific business models. The real estate sector, for instance, benefits greatly from GIS platforms, which can give potential homebuyers gain deeper insight into the area they are interested in. since these platforms involve several map layers, users can access details like distances to and from various amenities, school districts, and other area-specific information. Generic data models are generalizations of conventional data models. They define standardised general relation types, together with the kinds of things that may be related by such a relation type. Generic data models are developed as an approach to solve some shortcomings of conventional data models. Geospatial technology is a term relating to the collection or processing of data that is associated with geographic mapping & analysis of the Earth and human societies. Some of the widely used Geospatial technologies are GPS(Global Positioning System), GIS(Geographic Informations System) and Remote Sensing. This book deals with the subject area of geo-informatics in its totality. The book is user friendly and research oriented. This book will go a long way to serve as a perfect reference book on the subject.