Chapter I: GML as Database: Present and Future
- Jose E. Córcoles, Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain
Pascual González, Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain
Chapter II: Querying GML: A Pressing Need
- Jose E. Córcoles, Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain
Pascual González, Castilla La-Mancha University, Spain
Chapter III: Image Database Indexing Techniques
- Michael Vassilakopoulos, University of Central Greece, Greece
Antonio Corral, University of Almería, Spain
Boris Rachev, Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Irena Valova, University of Rousse, Bulgaria
Mariana Stoeva, Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Chapter IV: Different Roles and Definitions of Spatial Data Fusion
- Patrik Skogster, Rouaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Chapter V: Spatial Data Infrastructures
- Carlos Granell, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Miguel Ángel Mansom, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Miguel Ángel Bernabé, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Chapter VI: Geoportals and the GDI Accessibility
- Trias Aditya, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Menno-Jan Kraak, International Institute of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands
Chapter VII: Real-Time Extraction of the Road Geometry
- Hervé Gontran, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland and JM Vuadens SA, Switzerland
Section II: Mapping and Visualization
Chapter VIII: Cognitive Maps
- Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Chapter IX: Map Overlay Problem
- Maikel Garma de la Osa, University of Havana, Cuba
Yissell Arias Sánchez, University of Havana, Cuba
Chapter X: Dealing with 3D Surface Models: Raster and TIN
- Mahbubur R. Meenar, Temple University, USA
John A. Sorrentino, Temple University, USA
Chapter XI: Web Map Servers Data Formats
- Yurai Núñez-Rodríguez, Queen’s University, Australia
Chapter XII: Overview, Classification and Selection of Map Projections for Geospatial Applications
- Eric Delmelle, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Raymond Dezzani, University of Idaho, USA
Section III: Analysis
Chapter XIII: About the Point Location Problem
- José Poveda, University of Texas, USA
Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Chapter XIV: Classification in GIS Using Support Vector Machines
- Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University, USA
Bradley A. Shellito, Youngstown State University, USA
Chapter XV: Network Modeling
- Kevin M. Curtin, George Mason University, USA
Chapter XVI: Artificial Neural Networks
- Xiaojun Yang, Florida State University, USA
Chapter XVII: Spatial Interpolation
- Xiaojun Yang, Florida State University, USA
Chapter XVIII: Spatio-Temporal Object Modeling
- Bo Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, USA
Chapter XIX: Challenges and Critical Issues for Temporal GIS Research and Technologies
- May Yuan, University of Oklahoma, USA
Chapter XX: Rough Sets and Granular Computing in Geospatial Information
- Iftikhar U. Sikder, Cleveland State University, USA
Section IV: Ontologies
Chapter XXI: Geospatial and Temporal Semantic Analytics
- Matthew Perry, University of Georgia, USA
Amit Sheth, University of Georgia, USA
Ismailcem Budak Arpinar, University of Georgia, USA
Farshad Hakimpour, University of Georgia, USA
Chapter XXII: Geospatial Image Metadata Catalog Services
- Yuqi Bai, George Mason University, USA
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Aijun Chen, George Mason University, USA
Yang Liu, George Mason University, USA
Yaxing Wei, George Mason University, USA
Chapter XXIII: Geospatial Semantic Web: Critical Issues
- Peisheng Zhao, George Mason University, USA
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Wenli Yang, George Mason University, USA
Genong Yu, George Mason University, USA
Peng Yue, Wuhan University, China
Section V: Distributed Geoprocessing
Chapter XXIV: Geospatial Web Service Chaining
- Carlos Granell, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Miguel Ángel Esbrí, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Chapter XXV: Multi-Agent Systems for Distributed Geospatial Modeling, Simulation and Computing
- Genong Yu, George Mason University, USA
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Wenli Yang, George Mason University, USA
Peisheng Zhao, George Mason University, USA
Peng Yue, Wuhan University, China
Chapter XXVI: Towards Automatic Composition of Geospatial Web Services
- Peng Yue, Wuhan University, China
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Wenli Yang, George Mason University, USA
Genong Yu, George Mason University, USA
Peisheng Zhao, George Mason University, USA
Chapter XXVII: Grid Computing and its Application to Geoinformatics
- Aijun Chen, George Mason University, USA
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Yuqi Bai, George Mason University, USA
Yaxing Wei, George Mason University, USA
Chapter XXVIII: Sharing of Distributed Geospatial Data through Grid Technology
- Yaxing Wei, George Mason University, USA
Liping Di, George Mason University, USA
Guangxuan Liao, University of Science and Technology China, China
Baohua Zhao, University of Science and Technology China, China
Aijun Chen, George Mason University, USA
Yuqi Bai, George Mason University, USA
Section VI: Location-Based Services
Chapter XXIX: Cognitive Ergonomic Route Directions
- Alexander Klippel, University of Melbourne, Australia
Kai-Florian Richter, Universiät Bremen, Germany
Stefan Hansen, Spatial/Information Systems Ltd./LISAsoft, Australia
Chapter XXX: Multicast Over Location-Based Services
- Péter Hegedüs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Mihály Orosz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Gábor Hosszú, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Ferenc Kovács, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Chapter XXXI: Routing
- Kevin M. Curtin, University of Texas, USA
Chapter XXXII: Location Privacy
- Matt Duckham, University of Melbourne, Australia
Chapter XXXIII: Location-Based Performance Tuning in Mobile Sensor Networks
- Vladimir I. Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Chapter XXXIV: Location-Based Services: A Taxonomy on Theory and Practice
- Henrik Hanke, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Alf Neumann, University of Cologne, Germany
Chapter XXXV: Coupling GPS and GIS
- Mahbubur R. Meenar, Temple University, USA
John A. Sorrentino, Temple University, USA
Sharmin Yemsin, Temple Univeristy, USA
Chapter XXXVI: Modern Navigation Systems and Related Spatial Query
- Wei-Shinn Ku, Auburn University, USA
Haojun Wang, University of Southern California, USA
Roger Zimmermann, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Chapter XXXVII: Location Privacy in Automotive Telematics
- Muhammad Usman Iqbal, University of New South Wales, Australia
Samsung Lim, University of New South Wales, Australia
Chapter XXXVIII: Map Matching Algorithms for Intelligent Transport Systems
- Mohammed A. Quddus, Loughborough University, UK
Section VII: Management
Chapter XXXIX: A Package-Based Architecture for Customized GIS
- Andrés Pazos, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
José Poveda, University of Texas, USA
Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Chapter XL: Virtual Environments for Geospatial Applications
- Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, USA
Bo Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Chapter XLI: Managing Uncertainty in Geospatial Predictive Models
- Iftikhar U. Sikder, Cleveland State University, USA
Chapter XLII: Geographic Visual Query Languages and Ambiguities Treatment
- Arianna D’Ulizia, Consiglio Nazional delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy
Fernando Ferri, Consiglio Nazional delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy
Patrizia Grifoni, Consiglio Nazional delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy
Section VIII: Selected Readings
Chapter XLIII: GeoCache: A Cache for GML Geographical Data
- Lionel Savary, PRiSM Laboratory, France
Georges Gardarin, PRiSM Laboratory, France
Karine Zeitouni, PRiSM Laboratory, France
Chapter XLIV: Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Community-Based Resource Identification
- Lyn Kathlene, Colorado State University, USA
Chapter XLV: Collaborative Mapping and GIS: An Alternative Geographic Information Framework
- Edward Mac Gillavry, Webmapper, The Netherlands
Chapter XLVI: Semantic Interoperability of Geospatial Services
- Iftikhar U. Sikder, Cleveland State University, USA
Santosh K. Misra, Cleveland State University, USA
Chapter XLVII: Biometric Authentication in Broadband Networks for Location-Based Services
- Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos, National Center of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece
Nikolaos Argyreas, National Center of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece
Chapter XLVIII: Design and Implementation Approaches for Location-Based, Tourism-Related Services
- George Kakaletris, University of Athens, Greece
Dimitris Varoutas, University of Athens, Greece
Dimitris Katsianis, University of Athens, Greece
Thomas Sphicopoulos, University of Athens, Greece
