Fall 2006 Database Seminar

Wednesday September 13th, 2006
CSE Room 305
12:00 - 1:00 PM

Overview of VASA: A Vague Spatial Algebra

Alejandro Pauly

Many geographical applications deal with objects in space that cannot be adequately described by determinate, crisp spatial concepts because of their intrinsically indeterminate and vague nature.

Geographical information systems and spatial database systems are currently unable to cope with this kind of data. But large volumes of vague spatial data require a treatment in a database context for representing, querying, and manipulating them efficiently. In this talk I will give an overview of VASA, a Vague Spatial Algebra representing a formal data model aimed at supporting indeterminate spatial data.

 


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