As exercise consider the following two applications and create a conceptual model using OMT-G for each of them.

1. Cadastral Application:
  • A cadastre is a type of land information system that gives support to the management of land. Basic spatial object is a parcel upon which land tenure and use tenure are recorded.
  • Thus, a cadastre is an IS composed of two parts: (1) series of maps describing the location, shape and size of land parcels (2) text records describing the attributes of the land.

Typical queries are:

  • Which parcels have the land use type of “x” with a minimum area of “y” and are located in a specific spatial window “z”?
  • Who were the owners of parcel “x” in block “y” in the last “z” years?
  • Which parcels were owned by “x” in the last “y” years?
  • What are the changes that occurred on parcel “x” in the last “y” years?
  • What were the parcels in block “x” in year “y”?
  • What was the last new parcel created in block “x”?

2. Transportation system application:
  • Highway network system supports the control and management of a transportation system.
  • It is essentially composed of a network describing the transportation systems and attributes that describes static and dynamic conditions of the network.

Queries to be supported:

  • Find the number of cities along the highway “x”.
  • Find the number of highway intersections of highway “x”.
  • List the highways that connect “x” and “y”.
  • Find the last intersection on the highway “x”.
  • How long does it take from “x” and “y”?
  • What are characteristics of highway “x” between “y” and “z”?
  • What is the current traffic condition of the route between “x” and “y”?
  • What is the direction of traffic between “x” and “y”?
  • Find highways that cross county “x”?
  • What is the shortest path between “x” and “y”?