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Indoor Spatial Information

Indoor Spatial Information

Stephan Winter
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 2156-1710|EISSN: 2156-1702|EISBN13: 9781466615052|DOI: 10.4018/ij3dim.2012010102
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Winter, Stephan. "Indoor Spatial Information." IJ3DIM vol.1, no.1 2012: pp.25-42. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2012010102

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Winter, S. (2012). Indoor Spatial Information. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM), 1(1), 25-42. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2012010102

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Winter, Stephan. "Indoor Spatial Information," International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM) 1, no.1: 25-42. http://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2012010102

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Abstract

Geographic Information Science focuses traditionally on spatial information of geographic scale and associates this per default with outdoor environments. Systems, databases and models are designed for this primary purpose. In this paper, the author discusses the geographic information requirements in indoor environments and, in particular, their differences to ‘outdoor’ geographic information. The main difference, as argued, is that the third dimension is an essential factor for indoor spatial information, while this is not necessarily so for outdoor information. As a consequence, information technology designed for outdoors is not necessarily fit to model, analyze or communicate about indoor space.

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