This chapter describes TerraLib, an open source GIS software library. The design goal for
TerraLib is to support large-scale applications using socio-economic and environmental …

During the last two decades several integrated tools have been developed to make the
existing scientific knowledge available to river managers and assist them with the …

This paper proposes an open-source algorithm that performs parallel processing of spatial
queries, during which an initial selection of objects to be subjected to spatial relationship …

Abstract This chapter discusses Open Source databases including two modes of spatial data
management, two different key standards for spatial databases, the leading Open Source …

Spatial data are common in many scientific and commercial domains such as geographical
information systems and gene/protein expression profiles. Querying for distribution patterns …

This chapter discusses the design and implementation of a free and open source for
geospatial (FOSS4G) project that takes several existing open source projects and builds an …

The major challenges we face in the world today are overpopulation, pollution, deforestation
and natural disasters. They have a critical geographic dimension and geographical …

Geographic data sets are often very large in size. Interactive visualization of such data at all
scales is not easy because of the limited resolution of the monitors and inability of …

Nowadays, Geographic Information System (GIS) is having enormous growth in all kinds of
industries. It enables users to visualize, issue, analyze, process store and interpret spatial …

RESUMO A variedade de algoritmos de geometria computacional, com seus diferentes
compromissos de desempenho versus complexidade de implementação, representa um …