ZHAO Binbin, DENG Min, LI Zhilin. Some Investigations on Hierarchical Representation of Geo-Spatial Data in GIS[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2009, 34(7): 859-863.
Citation:
ZHAO Binbin, DENG Min, LI Zhilin. Some Investigations on Hierarchical Representation of Geo-Spatial Data in GIS[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2009, 34(7): 859-863.
ZHAO Binbin, DENG Min, LI Zhilin. Some Investigations on Hierarchical Representation of Geo-Spatial Data in GIS[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2009, 34(7): 859-863.
Citation:
ZHAO Binbin, DENG Min, LI Zhilin. Some Investigations on Hierarchical Representation of Geo-Spatial Data in GIS[J]. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, 2009, 34(7): 859-863.
1 Department of Surveying and Geo-informatics,Central South University,932 South Lushan Road,Changsha 410083,China;2 School of Communication and Transportation Engineering,Changsha University of Science and Technology,960 Second Section,South Wanjiali Road,Changsha 410004,China;3 Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Kowloon,Hong Kong,China
At present,hierarchical method has found its wide applications in many fields,such as biology,medical,physics,electronics,sociology,and geographical information sciences.Several applications of hierarchy theory in geographical information sciences were investigated from the view of spatial representation,including locations,semantics,and spatial relations between spatial objects.Specifically,the concepts,classifications,and characteristics of hierarchy were described in detail.Then hierarchical representation for spatial objects,i.e.hierarchical location,hierarchical semantics and hierarchical spatial relations,was analyzed.A practical application was given to illustrate the usability of hierarchy theory in GIS.