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Résumé :
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This book aims to cover the divers aspects of the links between data quality in geographic information and its use in application models. the subtitle, "from error to uncertainty", indicates the interest that the authors had concerning the use of imperfect data, way beyond the co'ordinate precision description problem. the position of data quality information is addressed and argued by using several viewpoints ; from category theory to non-monotonic logics, and from fuzzy computing to constraint programming. various applications are used to illustrate the effects of data quality management on the general assessment of spatial analysis (the overall amplitude of variables, spatial extension, spatial location of extremas, cost and decision-making aspects). among these applications are : hydrology, pedology, digital terrain models and viwsheds, cadastre renovation, urban data updating (building areas), postal addresses...
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