C.A. Davis Jr. • A.M.V. Monteiro Advances in Geoinformatics
Clodoveu Augusto Davis Jr. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro (Eds.)
Advances in Geoinformatics VIII Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics, GEOINFO 2006, Campos do Jordão (SP), Brazil, November 19-22, 2006
With 134 Figures
EDITORS:
C. A. Davis Jr. Informatics Institute, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais Rua Walter Ianni, 255 31980-000 – Belo Horizonte – MG Brazil e-mail:
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A. M. V. Monteiro Image Processing Division/Space and Society Initiative, National Institute for Space Research INPE Avenida dos Astronautas, 1758 – Jardim da Granja 12227-010 – São José dos Campos – SP Brazil e-mail:
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Preface
This volume contains selected papers presented at the VIII Brazilian Symposium on Geoinformatics, GeoInfo 2006, held in Campos do Jordão, Brazil, November 19-22, 2006. The GeoInfo conference series1, inaugurated in 1999, reached its eighth edition in 2006. GeoInfo continues to consolidate itself as a the most important reference of quality research on geoinformatics and related fields in Brazil. GeoInfo 2006 brought together researchers and participants from several Brazilian states, and from abroad. Among the authors of the accepted papers, 20 distinct Brazilian academic institutions and research centers are represented, in a clear demonstration of the expansion of research groups on geoinformatics throughout the country. The acceptance rate of GeoInfo conferences is increasingly competitive, which, in our opinion, is a clear sign of the vitality of our research communit