Product Description

This aims to make the computing principles underlying geographic databases understandable and accessible to current and potential users of such systems. It overviews database system philosophy; describes database concepts eg storage, retrieval, architecture, conceptual modelling, and database querying. It then focuses on the characteristics of GIS, spatial data and spatial databases, concluding with a discussion of current/future research trends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #594890 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 392 pages

About the Author
Worboys; M. F. University of Maine, Orono, USA,

Customer Reviews

Awesome
Very technical and theoretical. The chapter on databases is excellent. Contains a lot of maths. It is invaluable if you are doing an MSc or higher in GIS. I didn't understand averything first read, but it eventually starts to make sense. This is not a criticism of the book, but of myself coming from a non-math background. Buy it!