Efficiencies and Benefits Gained by Small Pipeline Companies From the Implementation of Cost-Effective GIS Technology

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent A. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Energy Company ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Gis System

Many smaller pipeline operating companies see the benefits of implementing a Geographic Information System (GIS) to organize pipeline data and meet the requirements of 49 CFR 195, but cannot justify the cost of a large-scale AM/FM/GIS system. PPL Interstate Energy Company (PPL IE) is a pipeline company with 84 miles of main that implemented a GIS solution that leverages both existing technology and facility data investments. This paper discusses the process used to acquire landbase data, to organize existing pipeline data from a variety of paper-based and digital sources, and to integrate these data sets. It will also discuss the functionality and benefits of the resultant GIS.

Analysis of the Tourism Locations of Chinese Provinces and Autonomous Regions: An Analysis Based on Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450004
Author(s):  
Zheng WANG ◽  
Lijuan CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
Autonomous Regions ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Statistical Analysis Methods

Based on the data collected from cities, this paper analyzes the conditions of tourism location of provinces and autonomous regions. For the method, this paper uses Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and statistical analysis methods to try to analyze tourism geographic conditions from the relationship of tourism industrial location and Chinese arterial highway location, so as to provide a reference for the development of regional tourism.

Landfill siting based on optimisation, multiple decision analysis, and geographic information system analyses

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 606-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana MG Spigolon ◽  
Mariana Giannotti ◽  
Ana P Larocca ◽  
Mario AT Russo ◽  
Natália da C Souza
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Sanitary Landfill ◽  
Sanitary Landfills ◽  
The Cost

Sanitary landfill remains the most common methodology for final treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste worldwide, the cost per tonne depends on its scale. The bigger the landfill, the cheaper the cost of treatment, so the consortium of municipalities is the solution to achieve an economic scale. However, the growth of waste production introduces pressure for adequate solutions and therefore has been increasing sanitary landfill site selection studies. This study proposes a methodology for siting sanitary landfills and optimising the transport of municipal solid waste for a locality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Environmental, social, and economic criteria were established. Their correlated attributes were categorised into suitability levels and weighted according to multiple decision analysis. The data were organised and mapped within a geographic information system. Considering sites where landfills are prohibited, two scenarios were generated. The Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming mathematical model is used to minimise the costs of transporting municipal solid waste and operating sanitary landfills. In Scenario 1, the results indicated that 64% of the area was suitable as a potential sanitary landfill site, 9% of the area exhibited medium suitability, and 27% of the area was classified as restricted. In Scenario 2, the results indicated that 25% of the area was suitable as a potential sanitary landfill site, 4% of the area had medium suitability, and 71% of the area was classified as restricted. The optimal solutions for Scenario 1 and Scenario 2 enabled sites to be determined for five landfills and four landfills, respectively.

scholarly journals A Note on the Identification of Common Geographies

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Slez ◽  
Heather A. O’Connell ◽  
Katherine J. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Good Effect ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Combine Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Simple Search

Areal data have been used to good effect in a wide range of sociological research. One of the most persistent problems associated with this type of data, however, is the need to combine data sets with incongruous boundaries. To help address this problem, we introduce a new method for identifying common geographies. We show that identifying common geographies is equivalent to identifying components within a k-uniform k-partite hypergraph. This approach can be easily implemented using a geographic information system in conjunction with a simple search algorithm.

Untangling origin-destination flows in geographic information systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Graser ◽  
Johanna Schmidt ◽  
Florian Roth ◽  
Norbert Brändle
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Flow Maps ◽  
Local Strength ◽  
Edge Bundling

Origin–destination flow maps are a popular option to visualize connections between different spatial locations, where specific routes between the origin and destination are unknown or irrelevant. Visualizing origin–destination flows is challenging mainly due to visual clutter which appears quickly as data sets grow. Clutter reduction techniques are intensively explored in the information visualization and cartography domains. However, current automatic techniques for origin–destination flow visualization, such as edge bundling, are not available in geographic information systems which are widely used to visualize spatial data, such as origin–destination flows. In this article, we explore the applicability of edge bundling to spatial data sets and necessary adaptations under the constraints inherent to platform-independent geographic information system scripting environments. We propose (1) a new clustering technique for origin–destination flows that provides within-cluster consistency to speed up computations, (2) an edge bundling approach based on force-directed edge bundling employing matrix computations, (3) a new technique to determine the local strength of a bundle leveraging spatial indexes, and (4) a geographic information system–based technique to spatially offset bundles describing different flow directions. Finally, we evaluate our method by applying it to origin–destination flow data sets with a wide variety of different data characteristics.

The Attendance Management System Based on Micro-Cellular and GIS Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 4478-4481
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Kun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Management System ◽  
Base Plate ◽  
Mobile Terminal ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Digital Map ◽  
Cellular Mobile

This paper puts forward the composition of geospatial information and its definition. The author designed and implemented the attendance management system based on Micro-cellular and the geographic information system (GIS) technology. The function of the geographic information system (GIS) was achieved by transforming Japan Geographical Survey Institute's Digital Map 2,500 base plate data into G-XML data. The function of location information system was accomplished according to micro-cellular mobile terminal-in the GIS's Real-time positioning and tracks. At last, the attendance management system based on micro-cellular and GIS technology was implemented by comparing the work schedule with the mobile tracks of its related mobile handheld terminals.

Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Urban Rail Transit Construction Safety and Operation Monitoring

2015 ◽  
Vol 743 ◽  
pp. 692-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Bai ◽  
Fu Zhang Wang ◽  
Ming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Urban Rail Transit ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Characteristic Analysis ◽  
Urban Rail

With the construction and development of urban rail transit, Geographic Information System (GIS), a high performance computer based tool is playing a critical role in research and application of the integrated information management. Through the characteristic analysis of the urban rail transit construction situation and operation status, the paper establishes different geographic information data layers including subway lines, stations, construction schedule, quality risk, operating system and emergency resources. Then, it applies the GIS software and service to realize data display, query and analysis with the corresponding data system, knowledge discovery, and algorithm model. Besides, the paper particularly describes the function application cases of GIS technology in many aspects of urban rail transit, which shows that it can improve the management level and safety quality in different stages.

scholarly journals Identifying urban boundaries: application of remote sensing and geographic information system technologies

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 992-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal Abed ◽  
Isam Kaysi
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Urban Modelling

This paper focuses on a new definition of urbanization trends by investigating the concept of a fuzzy urban boundary (UB) that assigns different membership levels to urbanized aggregates based on a proposed composite index. The research work builds on this logic to investigate a new approach in defining urbanized areas by compounding the characteristics of the fuzzy density of an urban agglomeration with land use variation and intensity of economic activity. Spatial overlaying capabilities of geographic information system (GIS) are used to model the urbanization trend in the case study of Greater Beirut. The UB is defined using a multispectral high resolution visible (HRV) Satellite Pour L'observation de la Terre (SPOT) satellite image. The challenges of urban modelling using satellite images are addressed through an investigative approach in cartographic feature extraction and delineation of the urban agglomeration. This entails image treatment of the spot HRV image, defining internal characteristics of the urban agglomeration and constructing spatially continuous socio-economic data sets that can be combined with the digital remotely sensed image.Key words: fuzzy logic, GIS, remote sensing, spatial urban modelling, urban boundary, urbanization trends.

scholarly journals GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) WEB SERVER FOR BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

REINWARDTIA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
IBRAHIM DJAMALUDDIN ◽  
POPPY INDRAYANI ◽  
YASUHIRO MITANI ◽  
SHUICHIRO TAGANE ◽  
TETSUKAZU YAHARA
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Web Server ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Biodiversity Survey ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Biodiversity Information ◽  
Biodiversity Databases

DJAMALUDDIN, I., INDRAYANI, P., MITANI, Y., TAGANE, S. & YAHARA, T. 2015. Geographic Information System (GIS) web server for biodiversity information system. Reinwardtia 14 (2): 249 - 258. - Ecological protection strategies, designed by sharing information and integrating data, play an important role in defining interconnections and interdependencies in research as well as in increasing global awareness. The Geographic Information System (GIS) web server is one technology solution to improve the interoperability and sharing between the biodiversity databases of an organization and the databases of other research groups. In this paper, a database system integration framework based on GIS technology and a GIS server system using the latest cloud-based technology have been developed to incorporate biodiversity databases in Asian region. A GIS server is a GIS web platform integrating multiple geodatabases and provides data display and query, allowing users to apply internet browsers to manipulate the functions and query the data, etc. To demonstrate the effectiveness of a GIS web server, plant biodiversity survey dataset of Mt. Gede Pangrango, West Java in Indonesia, was given as a case study for development and utilization of biodiversity information system in Asian region.

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