Innovative Software Development in Gis

Informationen zum Autor Bénédicte Bucher is a senior scientist in geographic information science and computer science, council member for the French research cluster on geographic information methods and applications (MAGIS) and council member for the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE). She is also in charge of the IGN (French National Mapping Agency) research department. Florence Le Ber is a senior scientist in computer science, and also council member for the French research cluster on geographic information methods and applications (MAGIS). She is involved in several research projects with agronomists, geographers and hydrologists. Klappentext At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still holds many challenges and motivates researchers from different backgrounds to propose innovative solutions. Representing geographical space beyond our mere perception is key to making relevant decisions, whether it is with respect to sustainable development or to the planning of everyday activities. Designing, sharing and exploiting such representations entails many challenges. This book presents recent software design projects, led in teams, which sometimes have different backgrounds, to address these challenges. It analyzes the specificities of these projects in terms of motivation, data models and analysis methods. Proposals are also put forward to improve resource sharing in this domain. Zusammenfassung Representing geographical space beyond our mere perception is key to making relevant decisions, be it with respect to sustainable development or to the planning of everyday activities. This book presents late software design projects led in teams with sometimes different background to address these challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Bénédicte BUCHER and Florence LE BER 1.1. Geomatics software 2 1.2. Pooling 12 1.3. Book outline 17 1.4. Bibliography 18 PART 1. SOFTWARE PRESENTATION 23 Chapter 2. ORBISGIS: Geographical Information System Designed by and for Research 25 Erwan BOCHER and Gwendall PETIT 2.1. Introduction 25 2.2. Background history 26 2.3. Major functionalities 30 2.4. Architecture and graphical interface 39 2.5. Examples of use 48 2.6. Community 61 2.7. Conclusion and perspectives 63 2.8. Acknowledgments 64 2.9. Bibliography 64 Chapter 3. GEOXYGENE: an Interoperable Platform for Geographical Application Development 67 Éric GROSSO, Julien PERRET and Mickaël BRASEBIN 3.1. Introduction 67 3.2. Background history 68 3.3. Major functionalities and examples of use 69 3.4. Architecture 75 3.5. Communities 84 3.6. Conclusion 86 3.7. Bibliography 88 Chapter 4. Spatiotemporal Knowledge Representation in AROM-ST 91 Bogdan MOISUC, Alina MIRON, Marlène VILLANOVA-OLIVIER and Jérôme GENSEL 4.1. Introduction 91 4.2. From AROM to AROM-ST 93 4.3. AROM-ST 100 4.4. From AROM-OWL to ONTOAST 112 4.5. Architecture 113 4.6. Community 115 4.7. Conclusions and prospects 116 4.8. Bibliography 117 Chapter 5. GENGHIS: an Environment for the Generation of Spatiotemporal Visualization Interfaces 121 Paule-Annick DAVOINE, BogdanMOISUC and Jérôme GENSEL 5.1. Introduction 121 5.2. Context 122 5.3. Functionalities linked to the generation of geovisualization applications 127 5.4. Functionalities of the geovisualization application generated by GENGHIS 133 5.5. Architecture 140 5.6. Scope and user communities 141 5.7. Conclusion and perspectives 147 5.8. Ackn...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Bénédicte BUCHER and Florence LE BER

1.1. Geomatics software 2

1.2. Pooling 12

1.3. Book outline 17

1.4. Bibliography 18

PART 1. SOFTWARE PRESENTATION 23

Chapter 2. ORBISGIS: Geographical Information System Designed by and for Research 25
Erwan BOCHER and Gwendall PETIT

2.1. Introduction 25

2.2. Background history 26

2.3. Major functionalities 30

2.4. Architecture and graphical interface 39

2.5. Examples of use 48

2.6. Community 61

2.7. Conclusion and perspectives 63

2.8. Acknowledgments 64

2.9. Bibliography 64

Chapter 3. GEOXYGENE: an Interoperable Platform for Geographical Application Development 67
Éric GROSSO, Julien PERRET and Mickaël BRASEBIN

3.1. Introduction 67

3.2. Background history 68

3.3. Major functionalities and examples of use 69

3.4. Architecture 75

3.5. Communities 84

3.6. Conclusion 86

3.7. Bibliography 88

Chapter 4. Spatiotemporal Knowledge Representation in AROM-ST 91
Bogdan MOISUC, Alina MIRON, Marlène VILLANOVA-OLIVIER and Jérôme GENSEL

4.1. Introduction 91

4.2. From AROM to AROM-ST 93

4.3. AROM-ST 100

4.4. From AROM-OWL to ONTOAST 112

4.5. Architecture 113

4.6. Community 115

4.7. Conclusions and prospects 116

4.8. Bibliography 117

Chapter 5. GENGHIS: an Environment for the Generation of Spatiotemporal Visualization Interfaces 121
Paule-Annick DAVOINE, BogdanMOISUC and Jérôme GENSEL

5.1. Introduction 121

5.2. Context 122

5.3. Functionalities linked to the generation of geovisualization applications 127

5.4. Functionalities of the geovisualization application generated by GENGHIS 133

5.5. Architecture 140

5.6. Scope and user communities 141

5.7. Conclusion and perspectives 147

5.8. Acknowledgments 148

5.9. Bibliography 149

Chapter 6. GEOLIS: a Logical Information System to Organize and Search Geo-Located Data 151
Olivier BEDEL, Sébastien FERRÉ and Olivier RIDOUX

6.1. Introduction 151

6.2. Background history 152

6.3. Main functionalities and use cases 153

6.4. Architecture 182

6.5. Users and developers 184

6.6. Conclusion 186

6.7. Bibliography 186

Chapter 7. GENEXP-LANDSITES: a 2D Agricultural Landscape Generating Piece of Software 189
Florence LE BER and Jean-François MARI

7.1. Introduction 189

7.2. Context 190

7.3. Major functionalities 193

7.4. Case uses 201

7.5. Architecture 204

7.6. Communities 207

7.7. Conclusion 209

7.8. Acknowledgments 209

7.9. Bibliography 210

Chapter 8. MDWEB: Cataloging and Locating Environmental Resources 215
Jean-Christophe DESCONNETS and Thérèse LIBOUREL

8.1. Introduction 215

8.2. Context 216

8.3. Major functionalities and case uses 220

8.4. Cataloging functionality 224

8.5. Locating functionality 238

8.6. Administration functionality 244

8.7. Architecture 247

8.8. User community 249

8.9. Conclusion 251

8.10. Bibliography 253

Chapter 9. WEBGEN: Web Services to Share Cartographic Generalization Tools 257
Moritz NEUN, Nicolas REGNAULD and Robert WEIBEL

9.1. Introduction 257

9.2. Historical background 258

9.3. Major functionalities 262

9.4. Area of use 265

9.5. Architecture 273

9.6. Associated communities 276

9.7. Conclusion and outlook 277

9.8. Acknowledgments 279

9.9. Bibliography 279

PART 2. SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS 283

Chapter 10. Analysis of the Specificities of Software Development in Geomatics Research 285
Florence LE BER and Bénédicte BUCHER

10.1. Origin and motivations 286

10.2. Major functionalities, fields, and reusability 288

Chapter 11. Challenges and Proposals for Software Development Pooling in Geomatics 293
Bénédicte BUCHER, Julien GAFFURI, Florence LE BER and Thérèse LIBOUREL

11.1. Requirements and challenges 294

11.2. Solutions 303

11.3. Conclusion 311

11.4. Bibliography 313

Glossary 317

List of Authors 325

Index 329

Produktdetails

• Autoren: B Bucher, B. Bucher
• Mitarbeit: Benedicte Bucher (Herausgeber), Benedicte (COGIT-IGN Bucher (Herausgeber), Le Ber (Herausgeber), Florence Le Ber (Herausgeber), Florence (ENGEES Le Ber (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9781848213647
• ISBN: 978-1-84821-364-7
• Serie: Geographical Information Syste
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften