Abstract

The problem of integrating geospatial data is ubiquitous since there is so much geospatial data available and such a variety of geospatial formats. The commercial world has numerous products that allow one to combine data that is represented in the myriad of geospatial formats and perform the conversion between products in these various formats. In an effort to improve the sharing and interoperability of geospatial information, the Open GIS Consortium (see http://www. opengis. org for additional details) has created the Geographic Markup Language (GML) to support the sharing of geographic information. GML provides an agreed-upon representation for publishing and using the various types of spatial data (for example, maps, vectors, etc.). As the interest in and use of geospatial data continues to grow, these efforts will be critical in exploiting the geospatial data that is available. However, even in a world where …

Date

August 10, 2007

Authors

Craig A Knoblock, Cyrus Shahabi

Journal

The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

Pages

185-196

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd