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Showing 1 to 20 of 988 for “"Geographic information"”.
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Internet-based collaborative geographic information system
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Modeling Error in Geographic Information Systems
Geographic information systems (GISs) are a highly influential tool in today's society, and are used in a growing number of applications, including planning, engineering, land management,and environmental study. As the field of GISs continues to expand, it is very important to observe and account …
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Locating Optimal-Sites in Geographic Information Systems
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Mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Humanitarian Demining
The threat of landmines and other explosive remnants of war is a serious concern around the world. While landmines demand attention due to the thousands of civilian casualties they cause each year, perhaps even more shocking is the fear they instill in local populations, inhibiting movement and …
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Infrastructures for sharing geographic information among environmental agencies
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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Acquisition of geographic information from television news maps
… if maps within the newscast aided learning world geographic information. Students were shown one of eight simulated newscasts, of three news stories, Each newscast contained maps, varying in complexity. There were five levels of complexity. One group viewed a simulated newscast with no maps, while …
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Assessing Uncertainty in Volunteered Geographic Information for Emergency Response
This research project examines data produced by volunteers through the Ushahidi web platform in response to the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010. Volunteers translated messages submitted by victims in Haiti, categorized each message based on its content, and georeferenced each message …
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Modelling of a temporal object-oriented geographic information system
… and more recently object-oriented databases. Geographic information systems have also been the subject of research during this time. While many models have been developed that add the concept of time to an object-oriented database, most of this work has been concentrated on efficient temporal …
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Using geographic information systems to identify student retention patterns
… departure puzzle.” In this pioneering study, a geographic information system (GIS) was innovatively used to develop a habitus retention model based on U.S. Census Bureau socioeconomic and demographic census-tract data. Student addresses were mapped to their census-tract locations to determine …
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Integrating geographic information systems into transit passenger information systems
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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Adapting geographic information systems to address sketch planning needs
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Geographic Information System Topographic Factor Maps for Wildlife Management
A geographic information system (GIS) was used to create landform measurements and maps for elevation, slope, aspect, landform index, relative phenologic change, and slope position for 3 topographic quadrangles in Virginia. A set of known observation points of the Northern dusky flying squirrel …
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Understanding Colombian Violence Through Geographic Information Systems and Statistical Approaches
… this prolonged issue. This study examines the geographic nature of municipal homicide rates for Colombia in 2005. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are any discernible patterns in the geographic distribution of homicide rates across Colombia at the municipal level. It also …
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Risk analysis for hazardous materials transportation using geographic information system
… the transportation of hazardous materials using Geographic Information System technology. Alternative highway routes between Wendover and Yucca Mountain were identified and evaluated for specified objective functions to estimate the risks associated with the transportation of hazardous materials. …
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Impact assessment using geographic information system (Gis): Transportation engineering applications
This study addresses the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in several transportation engineering applications. Geographic information systems are shown to exhibit significant potential in impact assessment and complex spatial data management. Advances in computing technology have lead to …
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Participants' Motivations to Contribute Geographic Information in an Online Community
In addition to geographic information, the findings of this dissertation have implications for the development of other online communities, local and regional planning, and governance and citizen participation. People's desire to contribute local knowledge should not be understood in limited terms …
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Participants' motivations to contribute geographic information in an online community
This dissertation examines volunteered geographic information (VGI), a Web 2.0 phenomenon in which users contribute geographic information online and collaboratively create maps. By examining the case of www.openstreetmap.org, I clarify why people contribute geographic information to an online …
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