Environmental Information Systems

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. Oliver Günther (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Environmental information systems are concerned with the management of data about the soil, the water, the air, and the species in the world around us. This is the first textbook on the topic. It presents a conceptual framework for environmental information systems by structuring the data flow into four phases: data capture, data storage, data analysis, and metadata management. This flow corresponds to a complex aggregation process during which the incoming raw date is gradually transformed into concise documents that can be used for high-level decision support. The book covers the concepts underlying this process, including statistical classification, data fusion, uncertainty management, knowledge based systems, GIS, spatial databases, multidimensional access methods, object-oriented databases, simulation models, and Internet-based information management. It also presents several case studies of environmental information systems in practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Data Capture....Pages 9-41
Data Storage....Pages 43-130
Data Analysis and Decision Support....Pages 131-169
Metadata Management....Pages 171-206
Conclusions....Pages 207-209
Back Matter....Pages 211-244

✦ Subjects

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Database Management