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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"GIS software"”.
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Interoperability between the StraboSpot graph database and GIS software– A Malpais Mesa Use Case
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used by field geoscientists for decades to digitally collect data with several benefits: observations can be made in the field at a map independent scale while using multiple basemaps, the burdensome task of digitizing handwritten field notes and maps …
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Design and implementation of Web-based GIS for forest fragmentation analysis
The advantages and limitations of current web GIS software for forest fragmentation information and analysis functionality were investigated using Landsat Thematic Mapper data of 1987 to 1999 for a test site in northern West Virginia. ESRI's ArcIMS technology was used to build a Web-based forest …
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Interpreting Prehistoric Patterns: Site Catchment Analysis in the Upper Trinity River Basin of North Central Texas
… interpreting corresponding spatial patterning. GIS software provides a means to integrate digital environmental and archaeological data into an effective tool. Resultant environmental archaeology maps facilitate interpretive analysis. To fulfill the objectives of this thesis, GIS software is …
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Spatial provenance: A case study on geological carbon sequestration
… upon, existing geographic information systems (GIS) software. The challenge of organizing, storing, and ultimately accessing spatial provenance information is tackled by exploiting semantic representations and database technologies to enable the comparison of alternative and/or historical …
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Analysis of Viewshed Accuracy with Variable Resolution LIDAR Digital Surface Models and Photogrammetrically-Derived Digital Elevation Models
… points on the earth's terrain is a common use of GIS software. Most commercial GIS software packages include the ability to generate a viewshed, or a map of terrain surrounding a particular location that would be visible to an observer. Viewsheds are often generated using "bare-earth" Digital …
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Agricultural land protection and growth management: a case study of Story County, Iowa
… growth areas. Geographic Information System (GIS) software was used to perform much of the analysis and to display the spatial distribution of farmland conversion and zoning permit activity.;The GIS software was also used to evaluate the quality of agricultural land lost to development. The …
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Data capture of geometric data for local authorities' geographic information systems
… data for a Geographical Information System (GIS) at a local authority or municipality consist of a number of different data sets. These include inter alia: the cadastral information, zoning information, servitudes, building lines, the outlines of improvements and the reticulation networks and …
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COTS GIS Integration and its Soap-Based Web Services
… the modern geographic information systems, COTS software has been playing a major role. However, deploying heterogeneous GIS software has the tendency to form fragmented data sets and to cause inconsistency. To accomplish data consolidation, we must achieve interoperability between different GIS …
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In-rest Vehicle GPS Proximity Warning in Surface Operations
… surface equipment can be provided by utilizing GIS software for data analysis just by using the data collected from a GPS based proximity warning system. Combining these ideas and methods can provide better safety for large mobile equipment operations.
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The influence of woodlot size and location in suburban and rural matrices on bird species richness and individual abundance
… and landscape composition were analyzed using GIS software. In winter, resident species richness and abundance increased as landscape diversity increased, whereas in spring, resident species richness decreased with increased landscape openness and abundance increased as woodlot area increased. …
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Identifying potential geothermal resources from co-produced fluids using existing data from drilling logs : Williston, North Dakota
… together with a Geographical Information System (GIS) software package, one can optimize the search for an ideal location for a binary power plant. I am analyzing data from the North Dakota Industrial Commission database for the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin, with which I have …
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Análise da evolução do uso e ocupação do solo e das perdas de solo na bacia experimental do riacho Guaraíra.
… 1974 and 2012, using remote sensing techniques, GIS software ArcGIS 9.3 and the empirical equations USLE and PNE. The results obtained from temporal analysis of the use and occupation of soils confirmed a predominance of monoculture sugarcane, which holds 34 % of the basin area, while the …
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Towards Integration of SOAP-Based Web Services and OGC Web Services
… technology (SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI) and OpenGIS Consortium (OGC) Web services standards in developing distributed GIS computing. The overlap of the web service model and the technology stack between the SOAP-based Web Services and OGC Web Services indicates the feasibility of integration. OGC …
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Use of a Geographic Information System for Determining White-Tailed Deer Habitat Use in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming
… using the geographic information system (GIS) software, PC ARC/INFO. Summer and winter habitat use was determined by plotting point observations and home ranges of telemetered deer on digital land-use maps. Percentages of habitat types within the study area, deer home ranges, and random …
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Mapping the forest cover of Uganda with Spot (XS) and Landsat (ETM+) images : (a case study of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda)
… Imagery using Erdas Imagine (8.4) and Arc View GIS software. A combination of original and derived bands (Principal Components, Tasseled Cap and Texture Analysis) was used for the image analysis. Both supervised and unsupervised classification approaches were used. The optimal combination of …
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Social Exclusion, Resort Decline and the English Seaside
… and quantitative methods of data analysis and GIS software, the study investigates the scale, nature and extent of multiple deprivation in English seaside resorts, differences in socio-economic structure between deprived and non-deprived resorts and the factors that may explain these …
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Developing an operational procedure to produce digitized route maps using GPS vehicle location data
… by importing the road centerline map into GIS software like AutoCAD Map, or Arc/Info or MapixTM. However, such kinds of Road Centerline maps are not available for all places. Therefore, it may be necessary to collect the data using GPS units. This thesis details the use of GPS technology to …
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Integration of hydraulic model (HEC-RAS) and geographical information system (GIS) in development flood evacuation center along Sembrong River sea
… route could be managed through HEC-RAS and GIS software as both are useful instruments for mapping and analyzing the situation. The objectives of this study are to determine flood prone area of Sembrong River in two-dimensional (2D) view by using HEC-RAS, to evaluate the suitability of …
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