A Reference System for Topological Relations between Compound Spatial Objects

Max Egenhofer
in: C. Heuser and G. Pernul (eds.) 3rd International Workshop on Semantic and Conceptual Issues in GIS (SeCoGIS 2009) -- Advances in Conceptual Modeling - Challenging Perspectives, Gramado, Brazil
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5833, November 2009.

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Abstract

A current trend in the development of spatial-relation ontologies is to capture more and more details about the geometries of the spatial objects that are related, primarily by topological relations. In an effort to bridge between often disparate approaches, a reference system for topological relations between compound spatial objects is introduced. Its framework comprises the base relations' conceptual neighborhood graphs, which, when nested, provide a means for visually analyzing the completeness and consistency of the set of derived relations.

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