Geographic Knowledge Infrastructure
Applications to Territorial Intelligence and Smart Cities

Studies the specific nature of geographic knowledge and the structure of geographic knowledge bases, including ontologies, gazetteers and rules

Robert Laurini (Author)

9781785482434, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 March 2017

312 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.63 kg

Geographic Knowledge Engineering: Applications to Territorial Intelligence and Smart Cities studies the specific nature of geographic knowledge and the structure of geographic knowledge bases. Geographic relations, ontologies, gazetteers and rules are detailed as the basic components of such bases, and these rules are defined to develop our understanding of the mechanisms of geographic reasoning. The book examines various problems linked to geovisualization, chorems, visual querying and interoperability to shape knowledge infrastructure for smart governance.

1. From Geodata to Geographic Knowledge
2. Knowledge Representation
3. Towards Geographic Knowledge Systems
4. Geographic Objects
5. Geographic Relations
6. Geographic Ontologies
7. Complex Geographic Objects and Structures
8. Gazetteers and Multilingualism
9. Geographic Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
10. Geographic Applicative Rules
11. Geovisualization and Chorems
12. GKS: Querying and Interoperability
13. Conclusion: Knowledge as Infrastructure for Smart Governance

Subject Areas: Other technologies & applied sciences [TT], Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Transport planning & policy [RPT], Urban & municipal planning [RPC], Regional geography [RGL]