A Geometric Framework for Specifying Spatiotemporal Objects

We present a framework for specifying spatiotemporal objects using spatial and temporal objects, and a geometric transformation. We define a number of classes of spatiotemporal objects and study their closure properties.

Authors

• Jan Chomicki
• Peter Z. Revesz

Keywords

• Spatiotemporal phenomena
• Spatial databases
• Computer science
• Marine vehicles
• History
• Cities and towns
• Urban areas
• Image databases
• Spatiotemporal Objects
• Object Classification
• Geometric Transformation
• Spatial Objects
• Linear Function
• Transformation Function
• Displacement Vector
• Vertices
• Rational Function
• Query Language
• Discrete Changes
• Continuous Transformation
• Geometric Objects
• Spatial Continuity
• Spatial Database
• Temporal Continuity