MACHINE–GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) FOR LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES:

SUMMARY Geoinformatics is described as a scientific and technical complex integrating the branch of scientific knowledge, the appropriate technology and the applied, or productive, activities concerned with the development and implementation of geographical information systems. Four stages of geoinformatics evolution are discussed, and its prospects are outlined in brief. 1. Introduction Geoinf...

This paper discusses applications of a revolutionary information technology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), in the field of the history of cartography by examples, including assessing accuracy of early maps, establishing a database of places and historical administrative units in history, integrating early maps in GIS or digital images, and analyzing social, political, and economic infor...

The opening of geographical information systems (GIS) and the interoperability between these systems demands new requirements for the description of the underlying data. The exchange of data between GIS systems is problematic and often fails due to confusion in the meaning of concepts. The term semantic translator, a translator between GIS systems and/or catalogue systems which gives the user t...

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have long bridged the gap between geo-information databases and applications. Although conceptual modelling approaches for GIS have been particularly successful in the representation of the specific properties of geographical information, there is still a need for a better integration of user intentions and usage. This paper introduces a conceptual framewo...

Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) require e cient information retrieval and updating in a dynamic environment at di erent geographical scales. ATIS applications are useful in yielding a better utilization of the limited costly transportation arteries and providing value-added traveler information. Many ATIS applications are built on the functionalities provided by Geographical Inform...

Geographical information systems (GIS) are a kind of location intelligence technology that supports systematic collection, integration, analysis and sharing of spatial data. They provide an effective tool for characterising and visualising geographical distributions of recyclable resources or materials dispersed across urban environments in what may be described as “urban mines”. As logistics c...

This paper places geographical information systems (GZS) in the context of information systems generally and spe@cally illustrates how GIS may be classified by adapting an earlier taxonomy of information systems. The recent literature on information systems taxonomies is critically reviewed and an earlier taxonomy is tested and applied against several case study organisations who use GIS. It is...