An Operational Spatio-temporal Data Model for Temporal GIS
Xiaohong Xin · Geography and Geo-Information Science · 2004
This paper draws a preliminary conclusion that the object-relational DBMS has been widely accepted by the GIS community for managing spatial data,its extension for managing spatio-temporal data thus far is regarded as one feasible method for the design and implementation of a spatio-temporal data model.The paper then exemplifies how interactions between land use and transportation is reflected into a conceptual framework with spatio-temporal data types and a knowledge-based perspective embedded and how the framework is implemented as a temporal GIS application to reveal patterns of interactions between land use and transportation over space across time.