scholarly journals Special Issue Editorial Introduction: Grids and Geospatial Information Systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 1611-1615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlon E. Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Editorial Introduction ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

scholarly journals Sustainable Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Systems to Earth Observations

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2390
Author(s):  
Hyung-Sup Jung ◽  
Saro Lee ◽  
Biswajeet Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Earth Observations ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

The Special Issue on “Sustainable Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Systems to Earth Observations” is published. A total of 20 qualified papers are published in this Special Issue. The topics of the papers are the application of remote sensing and geospatial information systems to Earth observations in various fields such as (1) object change detection, (2) air pollution, (3) earthquakes, (4) landslides, (5) mining, (6) biomass, (7) groundwater, and (8) urban development using the techniques of remote sensing and geospatial information systems. More than 100 researchers have participated in this Special Issue. We hope that this Special Issue is helpful for sustainable applications.

Esri Association With Open Source

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Faridedin Cheraghi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Neutral Position ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Environmental Systems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems ◽  
Research Institute

Everyone involved in geospatial information systems has heard of Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri)company. Most people have tried ArcGIS software at least for one time. Esri has been the pioneer in this industry for a long time; it also defines the future of geospatial trends. In this chapter, the author adopts a neutral position to discuss the relation of Esri and open-source community. They cover almost every aspect where Esri and open source co-occur. Even the latest achievement of Esri, which is R-bridge, is discussed here. Going into the details of everything is not the goal of the chapter; however, a minimum description is provided for each section. Proper references are given to the reader for further study.

scholarly journals A Survey of Marker-Less Tracking and Registration Techniques for Health & Environmental Applications to Augmented Reality and Ubiquitous Geospatial Information Systems

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki ◽  
Soo-Mi Choi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Real World ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Environmental Applications ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Environmental Application ◽  
The Real ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Most existing augmented reality (AR) applications are suitable for cases in which only a small number of real world entities are involved, such as superimposing a character on a single surface. In this case, we only need to calculate pose of the camera relative to that surface. However, when an AR health or environmental application involves a one-to-one relationship between an entity in the real-world and the corresponding object in the computer model (geo-referenced object), we need to estimate the pose of the camera in reference to a common coordinate system for better geo-referenced object registration in the real-world. New innovations in developing cheap sensors, computer vision techniques, machine learning, and computing power have helped to develop applications with more precise matching between a real world and a virtual content. AR Tracking techniques can be divided into two subcategories: marker-based and marker-less approaches. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of marker-less registration and tracking techniques and reviews their most important categories in the context of ubiquitous Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and AR focusing to health and environmental applications. Basic ideas, advantages, and disadvantages, as well as challenges, are discussed for each subcategory of tracking and registration techniques. We need precise enough virtual models of the environment for both calibrations of tracking and visualization. Ubiquitous GISs can play an important role in developing AR in terms of providing seamless and precise spatial data for outdoor (e.g., environmental applications) and indoor (e.g., health applications) environments.

A Central Database Improves Pipeline Projects

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Adam
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Data Integrity ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Single Source ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Central Database ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Pipeline projects see enormous benefit from using geospatial information systems since a pipeline will commonly cover large geographic distances. In doing so, terabytes of engineering, geotechnical, and environmental data can be generated for engineering and regulatory needs. A central database allows the project to organize this information and provide a single source of truth. In fact, the central database is as much a philosophy as it is computer infrastructure. This level of organization allows a project to properly manage change, thus ensuring data integrity and security. When data is reliable and secure, its full value can be realized during the pipeline planning stage and even further leveraged through construction and operation.

scholarly journals Effective Schemes for Place Name Annotations with Mobile Crowd

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yao-Chung Fan ◽  
Hsueh-Wen Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Mobile Crowd ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

With the popularity of mobile devices, numerous mobile applications have been and will continue to be developed for various interesting usage scenarios. Riding this trend, recent research community envisions a novel information retrieving and information-sharing platform, which views the users with mobile devices, being willing to accept crowdsourcing tasks ascrowd sensors. With the neat idea, a set of crowd sensors applications have emerged. Among the applications, the geospatial information systems based on crowd sensors show significant potentials beyond traditional ones by providing real-time geospatial information. In the applications, user positioning is of great importance. However, existing positioning techniques have their own disadvantages. In this paper, we study using pervasive Wi-Fi access point as user position indicators. The major challenge for using Wi-Fi access point is that there is no mechanism for mapping observed Wi-Fi signals to human-defined places. To this end, our idea is to employ crowdsourcing model to perform place name annotations by mobile participants to bridge the gap between signals and human-defined places. In this paper, we propose schemes for effectively enabling crowdsourcing-based place name annotation, and conduct real trials with recruited participants to study the effectiveness of the proposed schemes. The experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed schemes over existing solutions.

Collections of Historical Markers and Signage and Public Programming Online at Public History Institutions Such as Museums and Archives

Collections ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 243-263
Author(s):  
Yun Shun Susie Chung
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Public History ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Public Programming ◽  
Historic Markers ◽  
Share Information ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Historical designations are communicated to audiences through interpretive signage. Historic markers as signage for outdoor interpretation constitute a body of managed outdoor collections. Implications for museum and archive professionals to represent and manage these collections, in addition to applying practices for acclimatized collections, are incorporated in this article. Beyond its location at a particular geographic location, a marker's information may be disseminated through websites of public history institutions that aim to share information about the historical markers through digitizing records and mapping these through geospatial information systems. This article examines the historical marker applications and databases of public history institutions, many of which are associated with museums and archives, in the United States as a place-based collection, where suggestions by museums and archives professionals can also take part in the committees and applications. Attention is also paid to meeting the needs of diverse audiences through reinterpretation by museums and archives professionals.

Using Geospatial Information Systems for Strategic Planning and Institutional Research

2011 ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Nicolas A. Valcik
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

This chapter will address the use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) for institutional research and strategic planning departments. Throughout the chapter GIS will be examined for its applied purposes as well as answering basic research questions. This chapter will provide examples on how GIS can be used to answer certain questions and provide analysis to research. By using GIS, institutional research and strategic planning offices can use location as a variable to obtain answers on certain types of questions that can be useful to university administrators and government officials attempting to construct policies and procedures for their institutions. GIS can also be used by institutional research and strategic planning departments for requests from upper administrators in colleges and universities as well as external requests.

Interoperability in Geospatial Information Systems

2005 ◽  
pp. 1645-1650
Author(s):  
Hassan A. Karimi ◽  
Ratchata Peachavanish
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Information Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Geospatial information systems (GIS) are an important sector of the information industry, as well as an essential component of the information technology infrastructure (Lo & Yeung, 2002). They are a type of computerized information system specifically designed and used to solve geospatial problems, those which are related to locations on the surface of the earth (Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, & Rhind, 2001). The extent of usefulness of GIS has been proven across many diverse applications in many disciplines. They have long been used in traditional application settings, such as land management and natural resources, and have recently become an important element in emerging applications, for example, in ubiquitous mobile computing environments.

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