International Workshop Semantic Processing of Spatial Data (GEOPRO 2003) November 4-5, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico

ABSTRACTS

On this page the reader can find the abstracts of the papers published in the book arising from the International Workshop on Semantic Processing of Spatial Data (GEOPRO 2003) held November 4th and 5th, 2003 in Centre for Computing Research-IPN, Mexico City, MEXICO. The reader may also buy on-line a complete Workshop Book and CD (see page's bottom) with the content as follows:

TABLE OF CONTENT

Preface

1. Raster-to-Vector Conversion

1.1 V. Alexandrov and S. Levachkine (Saint Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS), RUSSIA - Centro de Investigación en Computación (CIC), MEXICO) “Cognitive promptings for semantic-mind analysis and object-oriented data integration of information flows” (Book+CD 2003)

1.2 S. Levachkine and V. Alexandrov (CIC, MEXICO - SPIIRAS, RUSSIA) “Semantic-mind analysis and object-oriented data integration of visual information: A primer” (Book+CD 2003)

1.3 S. Levachkine (Centro de Investigación en Computación (CIC), MEXICO) “System approach to R2V conversion for analytical GIS” (Book+CD 2002)

1.4 A. Velázquez and S. Levachkine (Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (IMP)-CIC, MEXICO) “Text/Graphics separation in raster-scanned color cartographic maps” (Book+CD 2002)

1.5 A. Gelbukh, SangYoung Han, and S. Levachkine (Chung-Ang University, KOREA-CIC, MEXICO) “Merging sources of evidence to resolve ambiguities in toponym recognition in cartographic maps” (Book+CD 2003)

1.6 E. M. Felipe Riverón and M. E. Ramos García (CIC-IMP, MEXICO) “Enhancement of digital color halftone printed images” (Book+CD 2002)

1.7 J. Angulo and J. Serra (Ecole des Mines de Paris, Centre de Morphologie Mathématique, FRANCE) “Mathematical morphology in color spaces applied to the analysis of cartographic images” (Book+CD 2003)

1.8 E. Bodansky (Environmental System Research Institute, USA) “System approach to a R2V conversion: From research to commercial system” (Book+CD 2002)

2. Automatic Map Generalization

2.1 A. Ruas (l’Institut Géographique National (IGN), FRANCE) “Spatial analysis and agent principles to automate generalization process” (Book+CD 2002)

2.2 D. Lee (ESRI, USA) “Generalization within a geoprocessing framework” (Book+CD 2003)

2.3 T. Cheng and Z. Li (Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) “Measures for semantic quality after polygon generalisation” (Book+CD 2003)

2.4 M. A. Moreno Ibarra and Serguei Levachkine (CIC, MEXICO) “Automated digital map description for generalization” (Book+CD 2003)

3. Automatic Geo-Image Interpretation

3.1 U. Benz, P. Hofmann, G. Willhauck, I. Lingenfelder, M. Heynen (Definiens Imaging GmbH, GERMANY) “Multi-resolution, object-oriented fuzzy analysis of remote sensing data to GIS ready information” (Book+CD 2002)

3.2 O. Pogrebnyak and P. Manrique Ramirez (CIC, MEXICO) “Image filter for efficient impulse noise removal and fine detail preservation” (Book+CD 2002)

3.3 J. Ren, Y. Shen, and L. Guo (Department of Automatic Control, North Western Polytechnic University, P.R. CHINA) “A novel image retrieval” (Book+CD 2003)

3.4 SooHyun Cho, YunKoo Chung, JaeYeon Lee (Visual Information Research Team Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KOREA) “Mosaicing system with strong of robustness in camera motion” (Book+CD 2003)

3.5 R. Quintero Tellez (CIC, MEXICO) “Increasing resolution of Digital Elevation Models using bicubic parametric patches” (Book+CD 2003)

4. Intelligent GIS Tools

4.0 M. Egenhofer (National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the University of Maine, USA) “Spatial semantics on the Spatial Semantic Web”

4.1 S. Mustière, N. Gesbert, and D. Sheeren (IGN, FRANCE) “A formal model for the specifications of geographic databases” (Book+CD 2003)

4.2 S. Balley (IGN, FRANCE) “Assisting users in selecting and restructuring data sets” (Book+CD 2003)

4.3 M. Torres Ruiz and S. Levachkine (CIC, MEXICO) “Generating spatial ontologies based on the spatial semantics” (Book+CD 2003)

4.4 C. Granell, J. Poveda, and M. Gould (Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universitat Jaume I, SPAIN) “Incremental weak composition and invocation of geographic web services” (Book+CD 2003)

4.5 J. Poveda and M. Gould (Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universitat Jaume I, SPAIN) “Multidimensional binary indexing for neighbourhood calculations in spatial partition trees” (Book+CD 2003)

4.6 J. Feng, N. Mukai, and T. Watanabe (Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, JAPAN) “Multi-level transportation network adaptable to traffic navigation” (Book+CD 2003)

4.7 Lau Bee Theng and Wang Yin Chai (Faculty of Information Technology, University of Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA) “Sketch spatial query representation model” (Book+CD 2003)

4.8 M. Pech, D. Sol Martinez (Universidad de Las Americas-Puebla (UDLA-P) and J. Gonzales (Instituto Nacional de Astronomía, Óptica y Electrónica-Puebla (INAOE-P), MEXICO) “Adaptation and use of spatial and non-spatial data mining” (Book+CD 2002)

4.9 C. Zepeda Cortés (UDLA-P, MEXICO) “An implementation of spatio-temporal annotated constraint logic programming (STACLP)” (Book+CD 2002)

4.10 A. F. Razo Rodriguez and D. Sol Martinez (UDLA-P, MEXICO) “GISELA: a web-based interface for risk management GIS using XML” (Book+CD 2002)

4.11 A. Guevara (GTT NetCorp, Inc., USA) “The spatial enabling of information paradigm” (Book+CD 2002)

5. GIS Applications

5.1 A. Felicísimo and J. Muñoz (Extremadura University and Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, SPAIN) “DWP, Disperse by wind project: A remote sensing, geographic information systems and statistical alliance for a motion analysis over wind fields” (Book+CD 2003)

5.2 E. Ortiz, E. Ramirez, A. Rodríguez, E. Villaseñor and J.M. Herrera (IMP, MEXICO) “Using GIS to assess spatial distribution of Mexico City emissions inventory” (Book+CD 2002)

6. Works in Progress

6.1 G. Cotteret, B. Moulin, G. Edwards, and G. Ligozat (Centre of Research in Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec, CANADA-LIMSI/CNRS, Paris-Sud University, Orsay, FRANCE) "Using a guided virtual gaze for the analysis of low resolution remote sensing images" (CD 2003 only)

6.2 Lee Bee Wah and Alvin Yeo Wee (Faculty of Information Technology, University of Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA) "Modalities integration in multimodal spatial query" (CD 2003 only)

6.3 P. Pires and C. Brox (Superior Institute of Statistics and Information Management New University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL-Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, GERMANY) "Measuring semantic differences between experts’ and non-experts’ conceptualizations" (CD 2003 only)