TRENDS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

The enhanced power and flexibility of current software and hardware can provide users with greater capabilities than ever for the input, management, and analysis of attribute and graphic information from diverse sources, and for providing rapid response to comprehensive inquiries about the information. Six important recent trends that have evolved are discussed in this paper: continuous geographic coverage, spatial-relational data-base management, topological structures, distributed processing, content management, and open hardware and software architecture. The impact of these trends on multiparticipant, multiapplication geographic information systems are also discussed.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07339453
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Smyrnew, J M
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 105-111
• Serial:
  • Journal of Surveying Engineering
  • Volume: 116
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9453
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jsued2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data management; Databases; Geographic information systems; Information processing; Software; Topography
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494605
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM