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Automatic integration of spatial data in viewing services

Toomanian, Ara LU ; Harrie, Lars LU orcid ; Mansourian, Ali LU and Pilesjö, Petter LU (2013) In Journal of Spatial Information Science 6(2013). p.43-58
Abstract

Geoportals are increasingly used for searching, viewing, and downloading spatial data. This study concerns methods to improve the visual presentation in viewing services. When spatial data in a viewing service are taken from more than one source there are often syntactic, semantic, topological, and geometrical conflicts that prevent maps being fully consistent. In this study we extend a standard view service with methods to solve these conflicts. The methods are based on: (1) semantic labels of data in basic services, (2) a rule-base in the portal layer, and (3) integration methods in the portal layer. To evaluate the methodology, we use a case study for adding historical borders on top of a base-map. The results show that the borders... (More)

Geoportals are increasingly used for searching, viewing, and downloading spatial data. This study concerns methods to improve the visual presentation in viewing services. When spatial data in a viewing service are taken from more than one source there are often syntactic, semantic, topological, and geometrical conflicts that prevent maps being fully consistent. In this study we extend a standard view service with methods to solve these conflicts. The methods are based on: (1) semantic labels of data in basic services, (2) a rule-base in the portal layer, and (3) integration methods in the portal layer. To evaluate the methodology, we use a case study for adding historical borders on top of a base-map. The results show that the borders are overlaid on top of the map without conflicts, and that a consistent map is generated automatically as an output. The methodology can be generalized to add other types of data on top of a base-map.

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Cartography, Conflation, Expert system, Geometrical inconsistency, Geoportals, SDI, Semantic labeling, Topological conflicts
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Journal of Spatial Information Science
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6
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2013
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16 pages
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University of Maine
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  • scopus:84919969516
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1948-660X
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10.5311/JOSIS.2013.6.87
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English
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  pages        = {{43--58}},
  publisher    = {{University of Maine}},
  series       = {{Journal of Spatial Information Science}},
  title        = {{Automatic integration of spatial data in viewing services}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2013.6.87}},
  doi          = {{10.5311/JOSIS.2013.6.87}},
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