Ontology-based integration of topographic data sets

被引:27
作者
Uitermark, HT
van Oosterom, PJM
Mars, NJI
Molenaar, M
机构
[1] Dutch Cadastre, NL-7311 KZ Apeldoorn, Netherlands
[2] Delft Univ Technol, OTB Res Inst, Delft, Netherlands
[3] Univ Groningen, Ctr Mat Sci, NL-9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
[4] Int Inst Geoinformat Sci & Earth Observ, Enschede, Netherlands
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION | 2005年 / 7卷 / 02期
关键词
ontologies; interoperability; data integration; topographic data sets; update propagation;
D O I
10.1016/j.jag.2005.03.002
中图分类号
TP7 [遥感技术];
学科分类号
081102 ; 0816 ; 081602 ; 083002 ; 1404 ;
摘要
The integration of topographic data sets is defined as the process of establishing relationships between corresponding object instances in different, autonomously produced, topographic data sets of the same geographic space. The problem of integrating topographic data sets is in finding these relationships, considering the differences in content and abstraction. A conceptual framework is developed. Components of this framework are ontologies and sets of surveying rules. New in this approach is the introduction of a reference model. A reference model belongs uniquely to the combination of topographic data sets to be integrated. The framework is tested on two topographic data sets with area instances (polygons) which have crisp and complete boundaries and are not displaced for cartographic reasons. The overall conclusion is that the ontology-based framework is feasible, if (1) there is (at least partial) knowledge of the surveying rules, and (2) the data sets can be synchronized in time. The application of this framework is most suitable for object classes with instances that are easy to identify and have a limited spatial extent (e.g., buildings). (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:97 / 106
页数:10
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