Hierarchical Spatial Reasoning theory and GIS technology applied to the automated delineation of administrative boundaries
Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/6827DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00040-0
Date
2002Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de GeografíaBibliographic citation
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2002, vol. 26 , p. 185-200
Keywords
Geographical information system
Spatial data infrastructure
Administrative boundaries
Hierarchical spatial reasoning (HSR)
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Publisher's version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00040-0Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Throughout history, humankind has segmented and delineated the geographic environment
in various ways to support administrative, political and economic activities. To date, the majority of spatial boundaries have been constructed in an uncoordinated manner with individual organisations generating individual boundaries to meet their own specific needs. As a result of this lack of coordination, there is a fragmentation of information over a series of boundary units, which not only limits the potential uses for data collected, but also the scope of analysis possible between boundary layers. The proposed solution outlined in this research involves the reorganisation of the spatial environment based on Hierarchical Spatial Reasoning (HSR) and the application of a GIS-based algorithm for the automated delineation of boundaries. By using this approach, it is expected that administrative boundaries can be formed through the aggregation of smaller units. This proposed system is focussed towards facilitating rapid and efficient cross analysis of data sets.
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