TITLE:
Spatial Models of River Channel Planforms in Geographic Information System
AUTHORS:
Liang Leng, Yan Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Spatial Models, River Channel Planforms, Segment Condition, Sinuous, Braided
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.4 No.3,
March
1,
2016
ABSTRACT: Rivers which are important objects in real
world need be appropriately described in Geographic Information System to be conveniently
inquired and detailed analyzed for human being. Many spatial models were
proposed in the past, but spatial models with regard to river channel plan- forms
(RCPs) are lesser-known. This work proposes spatial models of river channel
planforms (SMRCPs) based on the properties of river channel planforms in the
real world and the spatial relation theory. We proposed the segment conditions
based on RCPs properties in Geographic Information System to describe rivers in
the real world by SMRCPs in detail.