Representation of Urban Districts in a Geographical Information System (Representation av Samhaellen i ett Geografiskt Informationssystem)

摘要

Urban management and other similar fields where urban data are of interest are all main applications for geographical information systems (GIS). Hence, methods for representing urban districts in geographical information systems, must be investigated. The kind of information that might be of interest in various applications has to be analyzed as well. The report describes different methods suitable for representation and generation of the map data in geographical information systems.