ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a model based on Semantic Web technologies designed to keep track of dynamic spatial systems. It also presents the LC3 data model to study land cover changes. In many cases, land cover change is the result of a combination of economic opportunities, national policies, and markets. However, only until recently, scientists have identified a relation between Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) and medium-/long-term phenomena like weather pattern modifications. Researchers studying LULCC need to analyze a vast number of elements and their interactions to identify patterns of change of particular interest. Most of the elements involved have spatial and temporal components, making them dynamic in nature. However, the temporal dimension of elements in LULCC adds a layer of complexity that is often avoided in GIS approaches.
