Abstracts

Augmenting SAND with a spherical data model.
Houman Alborzi and Hanan Samet

EASE-Grid: A Versatile Set of Equal-Area Projections and Grids
Mary Brodzick and Ken Knowles.
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The Global Spatial Data Model (GSDM)
Earl F. Burkholder.
Full paper (280 KB pdf)

Criteria and Measures for the Comparison of Global Geocoding Systems
Keith C. Clarke.
Full paper (html version)

Universal Geospatial Data Exchange via Global Hierarchical Coordinates
Geoffrey Dutton.
Full paper (220 KB pdf)

Real-Time Global Data Model for the Digital Earth
Nick Faust, William Ribarsky, T. Y. Jiang and Tony Wasilewski.
Full paper (1374 KB pdf)

Discrete Global Grids and Digital Earth
Michael Goodchild.
Full paper (35 KB pdf)

Comparing Intercell Distance and Cell Wall Midpoint Criteria for Discrete Global Grid Systems
M. J. Gregory, A. Jon Kimerling, D. White, and K. Sahr.

EarthView -- a "planet browser"
Paul Hansen and Tom Van Sant.

The Web Geographic Reference System
Jordan T. Hastings.

Challenges of Georeferencing Places: Development of Digital Gazetteers
Linda Hill.

Discrete Global Grids: One Users Perspective
Ralph Kahn.

Unexpected and Complex Behavior of Heirarchical, Multiresolution Cellular Automata
Ross Kiester and Kevin Sahr.

An Adaptive Grid and Associated Advanced GIS Techniques for Air Quality Models
Maudood Khan, M. Talat Odman, Hassan A. Karimi and Michael F. Goodchild.

Comparative Study on Map-Projection Based and Direct Spherical Tessellation for Global GIS
Shohaku Ko and Ryosuke Shibasaki.

Digital Earth: Building the New World
Yvan G. Leclerc, M. Reddy, L. Iverson and N. Bletter.
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Ellipsoidal Area Computations of Large Terrestrial Objects
Hrvoje Lukatela.
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A Seamless Global Terrain Model in Hipparchus Systems
Hrvoje Lukatela.
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Pixel Loss and Duplication during Projection of Global Grids
Karen Mulcahy.

Design Issues in the Go2 Grid System
Val Noronha.

Discrete Global Grids Applicable to Spatially Balanced Sampling
Anthony Olsen, Denis White and Don L. Stevens.

Practical Properties of the Spiral Points
Robert Raskin.

The Relationship Between Wavelets and Quadtrees for Global Grids
Robert Raskin.

A Preliminary Comparison of Proposed Topologies for Geodesic Discrete Global Grid Systems
Kevin Sahr.

Finding a (Buffon’s) Needle in a Hierarchical Triangular Haystack
Ashton Shortridge.
Full paper (120 KB pdf)

Developing an Equal Area Global Grid by Small Circle Subdivision
Lian Song, A. Jon Kimerling and Kevin Sahr.

Interoperable Coordinate Transformation and Identification of Coordinate Systems
Daniel Specht.
Full paper (211 KB pdf)

Experiments In Modeling Global Trade
Waldo Tobler.

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