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<p><b>Chapter 1. Introduction 1</b><br /> Bénédicte BUCHER and Florence LE BER</p> <p>1.1. Geomatics software 2</p> <p>1.2. Pooling 12</p> <p>1.3. Book outline 17</p> <p>1.4. Bibliography 18</p> <p><b>PART 1. SOFTWARE PRESENTATION 23</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 2. ORBISGIS: Geographical Information System Designed by and for Research 25</b><br /> Erwan BOCHER and Gwendall PETIT</p> <p>2.1. Introduction 25</p> <p>2.2. Background history 26</p> <p>2.3. Major functionalities 30</p> <p>2.4. Architecture and graphical interface 39</p> <p>2.5. Examples of use 48</p> <p>2.6. Community 61</p> <p>2.7. Conclusion and perspectives 63</p> <p>2.8. Acknowledgments 64</p> <p>2.9. Bibliography 64</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. GEOXYGENE: an Interoperable Platform for Geographical Application</b> <b>Development 67</b><br /> Éric GROSSO, Julien PERRET and Mickaël BRASEBIN</p> <p>3.1. Introduction 67</p> <p>3.2. Background history 68</p> <p>3.3. Major functionalities and examples of use 69</p> <p>3.4. Architecture 75</p> <p>3.5. Communities 84</p> <p>3.6. Conclusion 86</p> <p>3.7. Bibliography 88</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Spatiotemporal Knowledge Representation in AROM-ST 91</b><br /> Bogdan MOISUC, Alina MIRON, Marlène VILLANOVA-OLIVIER and Jérôme GENSEL</p> <p>4.1. Introduction 91</p> <p>4.2. From AROM to AROM-ST 93</p> <p>4.3. AROM-ST 100</p> <p>4.4. From AROM-OWL to ONTOAST 112</p> <p>4.5. Architecture 113</p> <p>4.6. Community 115</p> <p>4.7. Conclusions and prospects 116</p> <p>4.8. Bibliography 117</p> <p><b>Chapter 5. GENGHIS: an Environment for the Generation of Spatiotemporal Visualization</b> <b>Interfaces 121</b><br /> Paule-Annick DAVOINE, BogdanMOISUC and Jérôme GENSEL</p> <p>5.1. Introduction 121</p> <p>5.2. Context 122</p> <p>5.3. Functionalities linked to the generation of geovisualization applications 127</p> <p>5.4. Functionalities of the geovisualization application generated by GENGHIS 133</p> <p>5.5. Architecture 140</p> <p>5.6. Scope and user communities 141</p> <p>5.7. Conclusion and perspectives 147</p> <p>5.8. Acknowledgments 148</p> <p>5.9. Bibliography 149</p> <p><b>Chapter 6. GEOLIS: a Logical Information System to Organize and Search Geo-Located Data 151</b><br /> Olivier BEDEL, Sébastien FERRÉ and Olivier RIDOUX</p> <p>6.1. Introduction 151</p> <p>6.2. Background history 152</p> <p>6.3. Main functionalities and use cases 153</p> <p>6.4. Architecture 182</p> <p>6.5. Users and developers 184</p> <p>6.6. Conclusion 186</p> <p>6.7. Bibliography 186</p> <p><b>Chapter 7. GENEXP-LANDSITES: a 2D Agricultural Landscape Generating Piece of</b> <b>Software 189</b><br /> Florence LE BER and Jean-François MARI</p> <p>7.1. Introduction 189</p> <p>7.2. Context 190</p> <p>7.3. Major functionalities 193</p> <p>7.4. Case uses 201</p> <p>7.5. Architecture 204</p> <p>7.6. Communities 207</p> <p>7.7. Conclusion 209</p> <p>7.8. Acknowledgments 209</p> <p>7.9. Bibliography 210</p> <p><b>Chapter 8. MDWEB: Cataloging and Locating Environmental Resources 215</b><br /> Jean-Christophe DESCONNETS and Thérèse LIBOUREL</p> <p>8.1. Introduction 215</p> <p>8.2. Context 216</p> <p>8.3. Major functionalities and case uses 220</p> <p>8.4. Cataloging functionality 224</p> <p>8.5. Locating functionality 238</p> <p>8.6. Administration functionality 244</p> <p>8.7. Architecture 247</p> <p>8.8. User community 249</p> <p>8.9. Conclusion 251</p> <p>8.10. Bibliography 253</p> <p><b>Chapter 9. WEBGEN: Web Services to Share Cartographic Generalization Tools 257</b><br /> Moritz NEUN, Nicolas REGNAULD and Robert WEIBEL</p> <p>9.1. Introduction 257</p> <p>9.2. Historical background 258</p> <p>9.3. Major functionalities 262</p> <p>9.4. Area of use 265</p> <p>9.5. Architecture 273</p> <p>9.6. Associated communities 276</p> <p>9.7. Conclusion and outlook 277</p> <p>9.8. Acknowledgments 279</p> <p>9.9. Bibliography 279</p> <p><b>PART 2. SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS 283</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 10. Analysis of the Specificities of Software Development in Geomatics Research 285</b><br /> Florence LE BER and Bénédicte BUCHER</p> <p>10.1. Origin and motivations 286</p> <p>10.2. Major functionalities, fields, and reusability 288</p> <p><b>Chapter 11. Challenges and Proposals for Software Development Pooling in Geomatics 293</b><br /> Bénédicte BUCHER, Julien GAFFURI, Florence LE BER and Thérèse LIBOUREL</p> <p>11.1. Requirements and challenges 294</p> <p>11.2. Solutions 303</p> <p>11.3. Conclusion 311</p> <p>11.4. Bibliography 313</p> <p><b>Glossary 317</b></p> <p><b>List of Authors 325</b></p> <p><b>Index 329</b></p>

<p><strong>Bénédicte Bucher</strong> is Head executive officer at the research department of IGN ( National Geographic Institut), Saint Mandé, France. <p><strong>Florence Le Beris</strong> is Senior scientist at ENGEES (Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg), Strasbourg, France.

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