01264naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024500570008126000090013830000140014752006110016165000160077265300290078865300240081765300220084170000220086370000220088570000250090777301140093218628082010-10-18 2007 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d1 aRODRIGUES, V. L. aA more efficient method for map overlay in terralib. c2007 ap. 37-46. aA group of Brazilian research institutes composed mainly by INPE (National Institute for Space Research), TECGRAF/PUC-RIO (Computer Graphics Group at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro) and PRODABEL (Information Technology Company for the City of Belo Horizonte) decided to developan open source library, named TerraLib, whose main purpose is to enable quick development of custom-built GIS applications using spatial databases. In a general way, the Terralib aim is to enable the development of a new generation of GIS applications, based on the technological advances on spatial databases [2, 14]. aMap overlay aBases de dados espaciais aOpen source library aSpatial databases1 aANDRADE, M. V. A.1 aQUEIROZ, G. R. de1 aMAGALHÃES, M. A. de tIn: DAVID JUNIOR, C. A.; MONTEIRO, A. M. V. (Ed.). Advances in Geoinformatics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2007.