Emerging Spatial Information Systems and Applications

Section - 1: Introduction Geospatial Web Services Spatial Information System Development: The Role of Information System Design Theory and Ontologies Section - 2: Challenges for Spatial Information Systems Geospatially Enabled Directory for Emergency Response The Weather Tool: An Agent - Based Approach to Information Integration GIME: A Geotechnical Information Exchange Architecture Using Web Services ScienceMaps: An Online Resource Portal for Standards - Based Science Instruction Using Geographic Information System Technology Section - 3: Decision - Making Environments Flexible Spatial Decision - Making and Support: Processes and Systems Development of a Web - Based Intelligent Spatial Decision Support System (WEBISDSS): A Case Study with Snow Removal Operations Conservation Studio: Dynamically Modelling and Mapping Habitat Suitability GIS-Based Site Suitability Decision Support System for Planning Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa Section 4: Future Trends and Technologies Geo - Communication, Web Services, and Spatial Data Infrastructure: An Approach through Conceptual Models A Data Visualization and Interpretation System for Sensor Networks Towards a Global Real - Time Enterprise Mining Critical Infrastructure Information from Municipality Data Sets: A Knowledge Driven Approach and Its Implications Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Community Based Resource Identification Spatial Reasoning for Human Robot Teams