What the Future Holds

2011 ◽  
pp. 267-295
Author(s):  
John Abresch ◽  
Ardis Hanson ◽  
Susan Jane Heron ◽  
Peter J. Rheeling
Keyword(s):  
Daily Basis ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Global Positioning Systems ◽  
Social Informatics ◽  
Information Ecology ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Social Environmental

Geographic information is ubiquitous, from MapQuest in Google to the use of global positioning systems on PDAs and automobiles. More people use geographic information on a daily basis, from directions and a review of a local restaurant to building new infrastructures for communities. Therefore, libraries and librarians should be planning on how best to obtain, market, and provide this type of information for their users’ personal and professional needs. What are some of the emerging themes in geographic information systems, particularly for libraries? In the convergence of services and resources, emergent themes are cartography; platform/network development; “geoweb” services and resources; geodata management trends; and societal impacts. Sui (2004) postulates that GIScience research will be involved in “computational, spatial, social, environmental, and aesthetic dimensions” (p. 65), therefore “geocomputation, spatially integrated social sciences, social informatics, information ecology, and humanistic GIScience” are areas of research to watch (p. 65). This chapter will address these themes from both a GIS and libraries perspective.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF UNREGULATED FACTOR INFLUENCE ON WINTER WHEAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Gundega Dinaburga ◽  
Dainis Lapiņš ◽  
Andris Bērziņš
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Global Positioning Systems ◽  
Wheat Growth ◽  
Crop Cultivation ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
The Impact

The modern meaning of accurate crop cultivation is closely associated with the new information technologies - geographic information and global positioning systems. Latvia has not published the results of research on soil conditions and the impact of unregulated factors of production conditions on winter wheat growth and yield. Analysis of results of studies aimed to clarify the difference of soil treatment facilities, as the criteria for the treatment of soil using soil characterizing Non-plant growth and development factors. Investigations were carried out in 2005 – 2007 on the production plantations of the Kurpnieki field, the Vecauce Study and Research Farm of the Latvia University of Agriculture. The results, while on a previous year, research on soil management measures to optimize the opportunities associated with global positioning systems, precision field management implementation practice shows that in order to obtain objective indicators and to gain the desired results, it was not enough for one season observation, since a large role in shaping the harvest is the meteorological conditions during the growing period. Unregulated factors: organic matter content, Ap horizon thickness, as well as the relative height above sea-level properties of materials research is the prerequisite for geographic information system-based resource-saving cultivation technology field-crop cultivation.

GIS in Agriculture

2011 ◽  
pp. 324-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Mims Adrian ◽  
Chris Dillard ◽  
Paul Mask
Keyword(s):  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Global Positioning Systems ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Production Agriculture

This chapter introduces the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) in agricultural production. Precision agriculture is a catch-all term that describes using GIS and GPS technologies to manage specific areas of fields. Precision agriculture technologies use information from multiple sources to assist farmers in making crop production and management decisions based on the variability of production potential within fields. In this chapter, we describe the technologies used in production agriculture and we review some of the research associated with the use and future trends of these technologies. The purpose of this chapter is to define and explain GIS and GPS technologies used in agriculture and some of the economic benefits, impacts, and challenges of using these technologies.

scholarly journals Applying Environmental Context to Rehabilitation Research Using Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems Geospatial Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Dara V. Chan ◽  
Mann Adam ◽  
Gopal Sucharita
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Global Positioning Systems ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Rehabilitation Research ◽  
Global Positioning

BackgroundThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health includes important considerations of environmental context in understanding disability, but the environmental impact is often difficult to measure.PurposeDemonstrates the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in rehabilitation research in assessing accessibility and participation; describes how to use these methods, and presents several considerations in using GIS and GPS in research.MethodUsing methods from public health and medical geography, this article describes how to apply GIS and GPS technologies to rehabilitation research to measure community participation and accessibility to resources.FindingsDirections for using ArcGIS functions and case examples joining these mapping technologies with rehabilitation measures are provided.ConclusionsTogether with traditional measures, these technologies may provide rehabilitation researchers a more comprehensive approach to assessing accessibility and participation.

Confiabilidad de los registros obtenidos por medio de dos sistemas de posicionamiento global en actividades de desplazamiento humano

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3 - 4) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Jeison Daniel Salazar Pachón ◽  
David Armando Chaparro Obando ◽  
Nicolás Tordi
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning Systems ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
El Sistema

<p>El presente estudio examinó  la confiabilidad de los registros de dos sistemas de posicionamiento global (<em>global positioning systems  </em>[GPS]), Garmin310XT y FRWDB600,  sobre  las distancias  recorridas a diferentes  velocidades,  tras un protocolo a pie y otro  en bicicleta realizados  en una pista atlética.  Esta información se comparó con el trayecto  real de recorrido, hecho a partir  del cálculo: <em>ritmo de recorrido (r) = distancia recorrida (d) x tiempo  de recorri- do, </em>y se controló con un metrónomo Sport Beeper. Los participantes fueron dos jóvenes de edad  media  22 años  ± 1, activos  físicamente. En los resultados, se observaron diferencias  entre los registros de ambos sistemas GPS; el protocolo a pie Garmin tuvo un porcentaje de concordancia de 101,1%, mientras que FRWD presentó  103%. En el protocolo en bicicleta se obtuvo 103,4% y 101,6%, respectivamente. Se concluyó  que el uso de GPS es más fiable cuando  las velocidades  de desplazamiento humano son bajas  o moderadas  para  el sistema Garmin  (7-14 km/h), ya que al ser más altas la fiabilidad  de la información podría  ser menor, mientras  que el sistema FRWD presentó  mayor confiabilidad en velocidades moderadas (14-22 km/h).</p>

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