WiSe 17/18: Geospatial Databases
Agnès Voisard
Information for students
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Zielgruppe: Studierende im Masterstudiengang
Voraussetzungen: Vorlesung: Einf. in Datenbanksysteme
Comments
ENGLISH: The goal of this course is to acquire the background of spatial databases, the kernel of Geographic Systems. The major aspects that will be handled are: modeling and querying geospatial information, spatial access methods (SAMs), data representation, basic operations (mostly from computational geometry), and optimization. Insights into current applications such as location-based services (e.g., navigation systems) will also be given. Knowledge in databases is necessary. This course encompasses: formal lectures, exercises, as well as a practical project with PostGIS.
GERMAN: Diese Vorlesung dient der Einführung in raumbezogene Datenbanken, wie sie insbesondere in geographischen Informationssystemen (GIS) Verwendung finden. Schwerpunkte sind u.a. die Modellierung raumbezogener Daten, Anfragesprachen und Optimierung sowie raumbezogene Zugriffsmethoden und Navigationssysteme ("Location-based services"). Grundwissen in Datenbanken ist erforderlich. Die Vorlesung beinhaltet Übungsblätter und Rechnerpraktika mit PostGIS.
Sonstiges: Die Vorlesung wird in englischer Sprache gehalten
Suggested reading
Handouts are enough to understand the course.
The following book will be mostly used: P. Rigaux, M. Scholl, A. Voisard.Spatial Databases - With Application to GIS. Morgan Kaufmann, May 2001. 432 p. (copies in the main library)
15 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Wed, 2018-03-07 14:00 - 16:00Regular appointments