GIS und Simulation: Bestandsaufnahme und Defizite bei der Spezifikation integrierter Modelle in 4D / GIS and Simulation: Survey and Deficits in the Specificationof Integrated Models in 4D

Abstract

This article examines the existing approaches to the specification and simulation of processes in space and time both on the side of simulation technology and on the side of GIS. Subsequently, the basic possibilities of an integration of simulation methodology and the treatment of dynamics in space and time in a geographical space are analysed on both methodological and software levels. However, a generally valid recommendation for a certain SW system is not possible. Rather, the article ends with three requirement complexes whose implementation could simplify the problem-related handling of spatial simulation tasks and also make them manageable for persons in the field of application.