Geographic data integration to support web GIS development

Although research in data integration has become one of the main issues in [6], geographic data integration is still a laborious and complicated problem, even for specialists. Geographic data is of great importance as it describes the surface of the Earth and its interactions with mankind. It has its own specific issues as it can be spatially indexed. Exchanging data in real-time through the internet has changed Geographic Information System (GIS) paradigm from closed desktop applications to distributed ones. This research aims at investigating the problems surrounding geographic data integration in order to aid the development of optimized Web GIS. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.2.8 [Database Applications]: Spatial Databases and GIS; H.2.5 [Heterogeneous Databases]: Data Translation General Terms Design, Management Keywords Web GIS, data integration, CASE tool

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: MEDES
• Authors: André Rocha Coimbra
• Keywords: Control Systems, Data Integration, Geographic Data, Geographic Data Integration, MEDES 2009