Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries
Peter A. Burrough and Andrew U. Frank, Eds.
Article Citations
1996

(Listed in order of appearance in compendium)

PART ONE: Introductions by the Editors

Burrough, Peter A. "Natural Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 3-28.

Frank, Andrew U. "The Prevalence of Objects with Sharp Boundaries in GIS." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 29-40.

PART TWO: Objects versus Fields: Contrast in Concepts

Couclelis, Helen. "Towards an Operational Typology of Geographic Entities with III-defined Boundaries." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 45-56.

Campari, Irene. "Uncertain Boundaries in Urban Space." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 57-70.

Usery, E. Lynn. "A Conceptual Framework and Fuzzy Set Implementation for Geographic Features." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 71-86.

Fisher, Peter. "Boolean and Fuzzy Regions." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 87-94.

PART THREE: Languages to Describe Shape

Ferrari, Giacomo. "Boundaries, Concepts, Language." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 99-108.

Freksa, Christian, and Thomas Barkowsky. "On the Relations between Spatial Concepts and Geographic Objects." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 109-122.

Schlieder, Christoph. "Qualitative Shape Representation." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 123-140.

Schneider, Markus. "Modelling Spatial Objects with Undetermined Boundaries using the Realm/ROSE Approach." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 141-152.

PART FOUR: Qualitative Topological Relations and Indeterminate Boundaries

Clementini, Eliseo, and Paolino Di Felice. "An Algebraic Model for Spatial Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 155-170.

Cohn, A. G., and N. M. Gotts. "The 'Egg-Yolk' Representation of Regions with Indeterminate Boundaries." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 171-188.

PART FIVE: Data Models for Indeterminate Objects and Fields

David, B., M. van den Herrewegen, and F. Salge. "Conceptual Models for Geometry and Quality of Geographic Information." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 193-206.

Molenaar, Martien. "A Syntactic Approach for Handling the Semantics of Fuzzy Spatial Objects." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 207-224.

Laurini, Robert, and Dillon Pariente. "Towards a Field-oriented Language: First Specifications." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 225-236.

Hadzilacos, Thanasis. "On Layer-based Systems for Undetermined Boundaries." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 237-256.

Brandli, Martin. "Hierarchical Models for the Definition and Extraction of Terrain Features." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 257-270.

PART SIX: Practical Issues of Dealing with Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries

Lagacherie, P., P. Andrieux, and R. Bouzigues. "Fuzziness and Uncertainty of Soil Boundaries: From Reality to Coding in GIS." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 275-286.

Poulter, Mark A. "On the Integration of Earth Observation Data: Defining Landscape Boundaries to a GIS." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 287-298.

Sarjakoski, Tapani. "How many Lakes, Islands and Rivers are there in Finland? A Case Study of Fuzziness in the Extent and Identity of Geographic Objects." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 299-312.

Kavouras, Marinos. "Geoscience Modelling: From Continuous Fields to Entities." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 313-324.

Albrecht, Jochen. "Geographic Objects, and How to Avoid Them." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 325-332.

PART SEVEN: Postscript

Burrough, P. A., and H. Couclelis. "Practical Consequences of Distinguishing Crisp Geographic Objects." Geographic Objects with Indeterminate Boundaries. Eds., Peter A. Burrough, and Andrew U. Frank. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis Inc., 1996. 335-.