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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Geographic information science"”.
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Cooperative roles of geographic information science in identifying boundary uncertainty : a case study in The Bureau of Land Management's Manzano Wilderness Study Area
Advances in the development and accuracy of Geographic Information Science (GIS) in concert with the rapid development of advanced microprocessors and computer software have resulted in widely available survey data. No longer held captive by the discipline of surveying, this data is currently being …
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SITE FORMATION AND CORROSION PROCESSES: A Comparative Analysis of Condor and Stormy Petrel Wreck Sites
… of historical, electrochemical, meteorological, geographic information science, and structured query language methods provides a more comprehensive understanding of the processes affecting Condor and Stormy Petrel. This knowledge can be used to inform management decisions regarding the …
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Methodology and Algorithm Development for Historical Addresses
… between historical studies, geography, and geographic information science (GIS). This area of study combines several components of various fields and the use of new techniques and technologies to yield new questions, answers, and perspectives on datasets. In this paper, a generalized …
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Applications of geospatial analysis techniques for public health
… for Public Health. Through the incorporation Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing tools, data collection can be conducted at a larger scale, more frequent, and less expensive that traditional in situ methods. These techniques can be extrapolated to be used to study a variety of …
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Auto-tuned optimized parallel I/O for GIScience and spatial applications
… the fields dealing with huge amount of data is geographic information science. In this thesis, we have implemented a parallel I/O library specialized for spatial data analysis in GIScience, capable of treating different I/O patterns such as Row-Wise, Column-Wise and Block-Wise I/O. We then …
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A distributed workload-aware approach to partitioning geospatial big data for cybergis analytics
… framework for supporting scalable cyberGIS (i.e. geographic information science and systems based on advanced cyberinfrastructure) analytics.
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A GIS Approach to Understanding Mississippian Settlement Patterns in the Central Illinois River Valley
Geographic Information Science (GIS) technologies have helped to further the research of archaeologists almost since the inception of the field. Archaeologists have long made observations rooted in what would become GIS, but it wasn’t until the early 21st century that science was able to back up …
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CyberGIS-enabled spatial decision support for supply chain optimization with uncertainty quantification
… made extensive progress on taking advantage of geographic information science and systems (GIS) for the synthesis of geospatial data and analysis, domain-specific knowledge and models, and advanced computing technologies. However, a major challenge revolving around the synthesis remains to …
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Spatializing science and technology studies : exploring the role of GIS and interactive social research
… study based on the interplay between science, technology and society in order to inform the design of knowledge exploration systems. It provides a rationale for the integration of science knowledge, geographic information, with digital libraries to build knowledge and awareness about …
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A geographic knowledge discovery approach to property valuation
… knowledge discovery can be applied in the area Geographic Information Science. In particular, its application in the area of property valuation in order to reveal how different spatial entities and their interactions affect the price of the properties is explored. This approach is entirely data …
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Exploring the geographic uncertainty associated with crowdsourced crisis information: a geovisualisation approach
New information and communications technologies, such as mobile phones and social media, have presented the humanitarian community with a dilemma: how should humanitarian organisations integrate information from crisis-affected communities into their decision-making processes whilst guarding …
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For an Urban History of Milan, Italy: The Role of GIScience
… history of the city of Milan, Italy, employing Geographic Information Science (GIScience). Using historical maps and ancillary data, the spatiality of historical events that interested the city is analyzed, interpreted and explained by means of new geospatial technologies used to both …
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Medical Imaging Centers in Central Indiana: Optimal Location Allocation Analyses
… care settings. It provides physicians with information guiding treatment and returning a patient back to optimal health. In this study, a retrospective analysis of the locations of current medical imaging centers in central Indiana is performed, and alternate placement as determined using …
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Bivariate Best First Searches to Process Category Based Queries in a Graph for Trip Planning Applications in Transportation
With the technological advancement in computer science, Geographic Information Science (GIScience), and transportation, more and more complex path finding queries including category based queries are proposed and studied across diverse disciplines. A category based query, such as Optimal Sequenced …
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Building Detection Using a Hybrid Methodology Applied to High Spatial Resolution Aerial Photographs
… aerial photography is an important aspect of geographic information science research. Accurate methodologies can provide scientists with the building information that can be broadly applied in various applications, including land cover change analysis, urban planning regulation, economic …
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Visual topology in SDI: a data structure for modelling landscape perception
… out the concept, explains why it is needed in Geographic Information Science and suggests how it may be computed through development of prototype software.<br/><br/>Section 1 considers the functionality that any Spatial Data Infrastructure would need to encompass in order to support the …
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Exploiting Overlapping Landsat Scene Classifications and Focal Context to Identify Boreal Disturbance Mapping Uncertainty
The BorealDB dataset is derived from a mosaic of Landsat scenes that were independently classified to identify historic fire and timber harvesting disturbances within Ontario. This thesis identifies and flags areas of classification uncertainty within BorealDB and scrutinizes them to assess …
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DTM Generation in Forested Areas from Full-Waveform Airborne LiDAR Data
This study was aimed at improving overall quality of Digital Terrain Model (DTM) extraction from full-waveform LiDAR data. Specifically, the primary goal was to develop a novel method to improve DTM extraction by utilizing low amplitude pulses that are generated by terrain under vegetation, but …
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