Developed out of the renowned Varenius Project in 1999, this book is the definitive volume on geographical knowledge discovery and data mining from geographical databases. Containing contributions by many of the World's leading experts, the book's release is timely as there is virtually nothing else

Developed out of the renowned Varenius Project in 1999, this book is the definitive volume on geographical knowledge discovery and data mining from geographical databases. Containing contributions by many of the World's leading experts, the book's release is timely as there is virtually nothing else published yet for those working on these systems. The contributors span geographic information science, geography and computer science, providing the proper interdisciplinary scope for this emerging field.