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Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application

In order to effectively manage environmental data such as satellite photos and images, map images, and cartographic materials, a large number of environmental digital libraries have been designed and implemented such as the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) for managing aquatic biodiv...

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Main Authors: Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain, Daman, Daut, Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry, Wahid, Mohd. Taib
Format: Book Section
Published: Penerbit UTM 2007
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14074/
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spelling my.utm.140742017-10-08T01:41:43Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14074/ Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain Daman, Daut Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry Wahid, Mohd. Taib QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science In order to effectively manage environmental data such as satellite photos and images, map images, and cartographic materials, a large number of environmental digital libraries have been designed and implemented such as the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) for managing aquatic biodiversity and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) which focuses on both flora and fauna biodiversity. The emerging of these applications need support for storing, distributing, searching, retrieving and utilizing the information so that the information can be used to its maximum potential benefit and effectiveness. There are challenges of managing these environmental data because of its variability that may end up as a very large scale of complex data which is obviously difficult to handle. However, biodiversity data cannot be simply stored in a database without considering the characteristics of biodiversity informatics and also its data type and the database to be used to store the data. This will lead to the understanding the nature of spatio-temporal data of which has the same characteristic of biodiversity data Penerbit UTM 2007 Book Section PeerReviewed Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain and Daman, Daut and Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry and Wahid, Mohd. Taib (2007) Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application. In: Advances in Spatial Information System : Application Development in Geographical Information System Part III. Penerbit UTM , Johor, pp. 169-196. ISBN 978-983-52-0633-7
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain
Daman, Daut
Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry
Wahid, Mohd. Taib
Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
description In order to effectively manage environmental data such as satellite photos and images, map images, and cartographic materials, a large number of environmental digital libraries have been designed and implemented such as the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) for managing aquatic biodiversity and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) which focuses on both flora and fauna biodiversity. The emerging of these applications need support for storing, distributing, searching, retrieving and utilizing the information so that the information can be used to its maximum potential benefit and effectiveness. There are challenges of managing these environmental data because of its variability that may end up as a very large scale of complex data which is obviously difficult to handle. However, biodiversity data cannot be simply stored in a database without considering the characteristics of biodiversity informatics and also its data type and the database to be used to store the data. This will lead to the understanding the nature of spatio-temporal data of which has the same characteristic of biodiversity data
format Book Section
author Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain
Daman, Daut
Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry
Wahid, Mohd. Taib
author_facet Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain
Daman, Daut
Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry
Wahid, Mohd. Taib
author_sort Abd. Kahar, Nazratul Ain
title Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
title_short Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
title_full Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
title_fullStr Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
title_full_unstemmed Spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
title_sort spatio-temporal indexing method for biodiversity application
publisher Penerbit UTM
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14074/
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