Spatial Database Research Group

Dr. Max J. Egenhofer leads the Spatial Database Research Group at the University of Maine. This group's work focuses on

• Geographic Database Systems
• Spatial Reasoning
• Design of GIS User Interfaces

Currently funded research projects:

• Toward the Semantic Geospatial Web, funded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
• Intelligent Spatial Technologies, funded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
• University of Maine Research Infrastructure to Enhance Maine's High-Technology Industries, funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Spatio-Temporal Panning and Zooming, funded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
• NSF-CNPq Collaboration on Integrating Geographic Information, funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Spatio-Temporal GIS Analysis for Environmental Health, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH.

Previously funded research projects:

• Similarity Assessments Based on Spatial Relations and Attributes, funded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 1997-2002.
• Ontology-Based Aerial Image Integration, funded by NASA/EPSCoR, 2000-2001.
• Multi-Modal Spatial Querying, funded by the National Science Foundation, 1996-2002.
• Advancing Geographic Information Science, funded by the National Science Foundation (subcontract to UC Santa Barbara), 1997-2001.
• Spatial Sketches on a Palm Pilot, funded by Lockheed-Martin MD&S, 1999-2000.
• Using Ontologies for Aerial Image Integration, funded by NASA/EPSCoR, 1999-2000.
• Application of Spatial Concepts to Genome Data, funded by the National Science Foundation, 1997-2000.
• Semantics in Distributed Web Mapping, funded by Lockheed-Martin MD&S, 2000.
• Semantic Similarity Assessment, funded by Lockheed-Martin MD&S, 1999.
• Heterogeneous Geographic Databases: Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Inferences, funded by the Advanced Research and Development Committee of the Community Management Staff.
• A Framework for the Dissemination, Use and Storage of Geospatial Images for Field Data Collection, funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Assessing Object-Oriented Concepts in Smallworld GIS, funded by Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and Smallworld Systems Inc.
• Predicting Spatial Locations from Spatio-Temporal Change Parameters, funded by GE Corporate Research and Development Center, 1998.
• Spatial-Query-by-Sketch, funded by Air Force Research Laboratory.
• Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Applications, funded by NASA, 1997-1998.
• Image Retrieval by Sketch, funded by the Office of Research and Development, 1996-1998.
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, funded by the National Science Foundation (subcontract to UC Santa Barbara), 1988-1997.
• RIA: Formalization, Inference, and Query Processing of Spatial Relations in Geographic Space, funded by the National Science Foundation, 1993-1998.
• GIS Modeling Language Standards Review and Recommendations, funded by the Federal Geographic Data Committee, 1997-1998.
• Heterogeneous Geographic Databases: Spatial Similarity, funded by the Advanced Research and Development Committee of the Community Management Staff, 1996-1997.
• Heterogeneous Geographic Databases, funded by the Advanced Research and Development Committee of the Community Management Staff, 1995-1996.
• Cross-Cultural Differences in Spatial Concepts: Application to Spatial Information System Use, funded by the Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1994-1996.
• BASIN—A Browsable HyperArchive of Spatial Information on the Net, funded by the Academic Computing Advisory Committee of the University of Maine, 1994-1996.
• Access to Large Image Archives: User Interface Design, funded by Space Imaging, Inc., 1994-1995.
• Cognitive Aspects of User Interface Design for Geographic Information Systems, funded by ARPA, 1994-1995.
• GIS for Local Educational Agencies in the State of Maine, funded by the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, 1994.
• Direct-Manipulation User Interface Design Tools for GISs, funded by Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., 1993-1994.
• Database Requirements for Vehicle Navigation Systems, funded by the University of Maine Faculty Summer Research Award, 1993.
• Spatial Reasoning, funded by Intergraph Corporation, 1992-1995.
• Integrated Service Delivery System, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1989-1991.

Last updated on September 5, 2002.

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