Spatiotemporal coverage analysis of moving regions
Florian Heinz, Ralf Hartmut Güting · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems · 2020
Moving objects databases are specialized for processing objects that have attributes which change over time. A moving region is a powerful data type in this context, describing a region which changes shape and position over a specified time interval. This data type is, for example, a suitable model for natural phenomena like hurricanes, clouds or forest fires. Several operations exist to process and analyze moving regions in moving objects databases. One useful operation is to determine which areas are covered for which time span during the movement of moving regions to calculate, for example, which areas are affected by a hurricane for a certain period of time. This paper presents a set of operations that can be used to analyze the spatiotemporal coverage behavior of a moving region to determine which regions are covered for shorter or longer than a given time, or which parts are covered for a specified time interval. Furthermore, the coverage duration of a single point and the average coverage duration for a given region can be determined.