Integration of Language in GIS: Models in Ownership Cadastre and Disaster Management

Abstract

This paper discusses relevant aspects of interrelationships between graphically and verbally represented information. The research is focused on both ways of transformation - from textual to graphical information and from graphical to textual information - with respect to automation. Analyses based on examples of Boundary Descriptions of the Brazilian Ownership Cadastre as well as Communication Systems in Disaster Management are presented. Due to the various levels of detail of given attributes, the textual representation contains various abstraction levels. Such experiences are implemented in terms of data modeling and processing.