Looking Forward: Geographic Information Services and Libraries in the Future

The way aeronautical information is managed and disseminated must be modernized. Current aeronautical information services (AIS) methods for storing, publishing, disseminating, querying, and updating the volume of data required for the effective management of air traffic control have become obsolete. This does not contribute to preventing airspace congestion, which turns into a limiting factor for economic growth and generates negative effects on the environment. Owing to this, some work plans for improving AIS and air traffic flow focus on data and services interoperability to allow an efficient and coordinated use and exchange of aeronautical information. Geographic information technologies (GIT) and spatial data infrastructures (SDI) are comprehensive technologies upon which any service that integrates geospatial information can rely. The authors are working on the assumption that the foundations and underlying technologies of GIT and SDI can be applied to support aeronautical data and services, considering that aeronautical information contains a large number of geospatial components. This article presents the design, development, and implementation of a Web-based system architecture to evolve and enhance the use and management of aeronautical information in any context, e.g., in aeronautical charts on board, in control towers, and in aeronautical information services. After conducting a study into the use of aeronautical information, it was found that users demand specific requirements regarding reliability, flexibility, customization, integration, standardization, and cost reduction. These issues are not being addressed with existing systems and methods. A system compliant with geographic standards (OGC, ISO) and aeronautical regulations (ICAO, EUROCONTROL) and supported by a scalable and distributed Web architecture is proposed. This proposal would solve the shortcomings identified in the study and provide aeronautical information management (AIM) with new methods and strategies. In order to seek aeronautical data and services interoperability, a comprehensive aeronautical metadata profile has been defined. This proposal facilitates the use, retrieval, updating, querying, and editing of aeronautical information, as well as its exchange between different private and public institutions. The tests and validations have shown that the proposal is achievable.

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Scientific journals and information services of the future.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/h0024061 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 21 (11) ◽

pp. 1005-1010 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Don R. Swanson

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

Scientific Journals ◽

The Future

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The future pattern of information services for industry and commerce

Aslib Proceedings ◽

10.1108/eb050495 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 80-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David Scarfe

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

The Future ◽

Industry And Commerce

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Study on the Construction and Application of 3D Geographic Information Services for the Smart City

ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprsannals-ii-4-41-2014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol II-4 ◽

pp. 41-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

W.-Q. Mao

Keyword(s):

Public Service ◽

Smart City ◽

Development Process ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Information Services ◽

Important Goal ◽

Intelligent City ◽

City Construction ◽

Information Characteristics

Smart City, whose main characteristics are intelligence and interconnection capability, has become an important goal of some cities’ development. This paper, based on urban three-dimensional geographic information characteristics, analyses 3D geographic information requirements in the Smart City construction and development process, proposes construction and management methods for 3D geographic information. Furthermore, this paper takes Shanghai Geographic Information Public Service Platform as an example, discusses 3D geographic information application in multiple fields, and proves that it is an effective ways to promote Intelligent City construction.

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Planning Telecommunications Infrastructure in Kosovo through Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Mathematics, Computer Science and Education ◽

10.54664/kjxb8448 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kastriot Dermaku ◽

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Liridon Hoti Ilir Gashi ◽

Selami Klaiqi ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Geographic Information Systems ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Know How ◽

Telecommunications Infrastructure ◽

The Future ◽

Telecom Infrastructure

Nowadays, we know how important it is for a country to have a good telecom infrastructure, including Kosovo. The purpose of this paper is to plan the telecommunications infrastructure based on the geographic information provided by GIS. By using these systems, we can draw analyses and conclusions on the possibility of planning the extension of this infrastructure in the future, consequently conveying ideas to different sectors of development or for using telecommunications infrastructure. The data by which the scenarios of this study have been drafted, are real and generated in Prishtina. They are employed to illustrate the use and techniques of GIS.

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REVISITING THE METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOIL EROSION RESEARCH

Ensemble ◽

10.37948/ensemble-2020-0202-a016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 145-165

Author(s):

Tanmoy Sarkar ◽

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Tapas Pal ◽

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Remote Sensing ◽

Information System ◽

Geographic Information System ◽

Soil Erosion ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Methodological Development ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Future ◽

Soil Erosion By Water

Soil erosion (by water) is a major land degradation process that may threat the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by its negative impact on environment and human well-being. Soil erosion research demands scientific methods, tools and techniques to assess soil erosion with more accuracy and reliability. Soil erosion research has had experienced crude field-based techniques in early twentieth century to model-based approaches since the 1970s and very recent machine learning and artificial intelligence models to predict soil erosion susceptibility and risk. The paper aims to review the trend in methodological development in soil erosion by water through time. The brief background of different approaches, their relative advantages and disadvantages are reviewed. Depending on the time of establishment and wide application the approaches are classified and represented as erosion plot/runoff approach, erosion pin technique followed by environmental tracer method and model approach in combination with Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS). Recent advancement in artificial intelligence and application of statistical techniques have a great potential to contribute in soil erosion research by identifying various degrees of susceptibility in large scale and also to quantify the erosion rate with high accuracy. The Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) contribute to develop regional scale data base with exploration of real time data and spatial analysis. The combination of RS & GIS and process-based models must be more effective than the traditional soil erosion model in the context of prediction with greater reliability and validity. The future research on soil erosion is better to focus on the theoretical analysis and development of erosion prediction model with more quantitative refinement and to model the future.

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Supporting Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Through Geographic Information Technologies and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI)

Environmental Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7033-2.ch015 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 306-348

Author(s):

Willington Siabato ◽

Javier Moya-Honduvilla ◽

Miguel Ángel Bernabé-Poveda

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Information Services ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Geographic Information Technologies ◽

Data Infrastructures ◽

Spatial Data Infrastructures

The way aeronautical information is managed and disseminated must be modernized. Current aeronautical information services (AIS) methods for storing, publishing, disseminating, querying, and updating the volume of data required for the effective management of air traffic control have become obsolete. This does not contribute to preventing airspace congestion, which turns into a limiting factor for economic growth and generates negative effects on the environment. Owing to this, some work plans for improving AIS and air traffic flow focus on data and services interoperability to allow an efficient and coordinated use and exchange of aeronautical information. Geographic information technologies (GIT) and spatial data infrastructures (SDI) are comprehensive technologies upon which any service that integrates geospatial information can rely. The authors are working on the assumption that the foundations and underlying technologies of GIT and SDI can be applied to support aeronautical data and services, considering that aeronautical information contains a large number of geospatial components. This article presents the design, development, and implementation of a Web-based system architecture to evolve and enhance the use and management of aeronautical information in any context, e.g., in aeronautical charts on board, in control towers, and in aeronautical information services. After conducting a study into the use of aeronautical information, it was found that users demand specific requirements regarding reliability, flexibility, customization, integration, standardization, and cost reduction. These issues are not being addressed with existing systems and methods. A system compliant with geographic standards (OGC, ISO) and aeronautical regulations (ICAO, EUROCONTROL) and supported by a scalable and distributed Web architecture is proposed. This proposal would solve the shortcomings identified in the study and provide aeronautical information management (AIM) with new methods and strategies. In order to seek aeronautical data and services interoperability, a comprehensive aeronautical metadata profile has been defined. This proposal facilitates the use, retrieval, updating, querying, and editing of aeronautical information, as well as its exchange between different private and public institutions. The tests and validations have shown that the proposal is achievable.

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