Selected Project Ideas

A project may be defined by reviewing the literature in context of the concepts learned from textbook and Encyclopedia of GIS, proposing new ideas and evaluating those via interviewing domain experts, case studies, as well as analytical methods such as prototyping, and computer simulation.

1. Related to Chapter 1: Introduction
   • ACM Special Interest Group : SIGSPATIAL ,
   • GeoInformatica: An International Journal on Advances of Computer Science for Geographic Information Systems, Springer: Homepage .
   • Reports from National Academy
     • IT Roadmap to a Geospatial Future , 2003.
     • Beyond Mapping: Meeting National Needs Through Enhanced Geographic Information Science , 2006.
     • Priorities for GEOINT Research at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , 2006.
2. Related to Chapter 2: Databases
   • S. Shekhar and J. Kang, Spatial Databases , Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering (Ed. B. Wah), John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2009, isbn 978-0471383932.
3. Related to Chapter 3: Mathematical Frameworks
   A critical comparison of the 4-intersection and 9-intersection models for spatial relations: formal analysis, M. Egenhofer et al., Proc. Autocarto 11, 1993. link .
   • Reasoning about binary topological relations, Max J. Egenhofer, Proc. Symposium on Advances in Spatial Databases, Springer LNCS 525, 1991, 141-160, pdf .
4. Related to Chapter 4: Spatial Information Models
   • A generalized map algebra: principles and data types, G. Camara et al, Proc. 7th Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics (GEOINFO), 2005. link .
   • Spatial SQL: a query and presentation language, M. Egenhofer, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 6(1), 1994. link .
5. Related to Chapter 5: Representation and Algorithms
   • Computational Geometry: A Survey, D. Lee and F. Preparata, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 33(12), 1984. link .
6. Related to Chapter 6: Data-structures, Access Methods
   • Vornoi Diagrams - A survey of fundamental geometric data structure, F. Aurenhammer, ACm Computing Survey, 23(3), September 1991. link .
7. Related to Chapter 7: Architectures
   • A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware, J. Owens et al, Computer Graphics Forum, 26(1), 2007. link .
8. Related to Chapter 8: Interfaces, Cartography, Visualization
   1. M. Peterson, Interactive and Animated Cartography, Prentice Hall, 1995. (isbn 0130791040). Link .
   2. Mark Harrower, Axis Maps LLC / U. of Wisconsin , Overview of animated maps, link .
   3. C. Casey, Comparison of point symbol display methods in animated cartography, MA thesis, UNL, 2009. link .
9. Related to Chapter 9: Reasoning, Uncertainty
   • Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis: tools for GIS-based model implementation, M. Crosetto, and S. Tarantola, International Journal of GIS, 15(5), July 2001, Taylor & Francis. link .
   • The Certainty of Uncertainty: GIS and the Limits of Geographic Knowledge, Helen Couclelis, Transactions in GIS , 2003, 7(2): 165-175, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. link .
   • Visualizing Geospatial Information Uncertainty: What We Know and What We Need to Know, Alan M. Maceachren, et al., Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 32, 2005. Link .
10. Related to Chapter 10: Time
    • M. Koubarakis, et al. (Eds.), Spatio-Temporal Databases: The CHOROCHRONOS Approach. Springer LNCS 2520, 2003, ISBN 3-540-40552-6. link .
    • M. Kwan, Interactive geovisualization of activity-travel patterns using three-dimensional geographical information systems: a methodological exploration with a large data set, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 8, Issues 1-6, February-December 2000, Pages 185-203, Elsevier. link