The document discusses how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has become integral to transportation planning and is now increasingly being used in business intelligence. It outlines how GIS has supported transportation planning for many years by helping integrate spatial data to analyze movement and plan infrastructure. Governments were early adopters of GIS due to the large amounts of spatial data they collect. The document then explains how business drives transportation of people and goods, and businesses are now recognizing the benefits of GIS for location analytics to better understand patterns and customer behavior. As spatial data and location-aware applications increase, GIS is emerging as a key tool for business decision making.
"If I make the changes they asked for, it'll become ugly and ineffective:" Ne...Amber Bosse
This document discusses several research papers and articles about factors that influence the effectiveness of map design. It covers topics like map design for mobile devices, user satisfaction with indoor navigation maps, integrating rational and intuitive approaches to map design education, using communication models to make map messages clear to the intended audience, best practices for animated map design, principles for effective flow map design, assessing design of online solar energy maps, how aesthetics impact sense of place in maps, challenges of effective map design in the digital age, reexamining boundaries of acceptable map distortions, analyzing how different stakeholders read evacuation maps, factors that influence design of topographic maps in Nigeria, constraints on design of journalistic maps, how map viewers process and react to design elements,
1) The document discusses the need for geographic intelligence and electronic geographic briefs (eGeoBriefs) to make better, faster decisions based on comprehensive geospatial information.
2) It proposes the creation of a "SAGE" (Specialist Advisor on Geography and the Environment), which would be an artificial intelligence with a vast knowledge base of geographic, environmental, historical and policy information to assist with strategic decision-making.
3) To support capabilities like SAGE, the document argues for building a geospatial information infrastructure to organize and provide access to the growing amounts of geographic data needed for modern planning and operations.
This document provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) and how GIS is used across many industries and fields. It begins with an introduction to GIS and how GIS links geographic data to other information. The document then describes how GIS is used in business, defense, government, natural resources, transportation, utilities and more. It provides examples of how GIS helps with tasks like facilities management, marketing, emergency response and more. The document aims to demonstrate how location matters to decision making and that GIS is a tool that can help organizations in many sectors.
Smart City and Spatial Big Data -Studies and cases in Japan-Yuki Akiyama
1. The document discusses the use of micro geodata (MGD) for smart city applications in Japan. It provides examples of available MGD in Japan including building data, population census data, and mobile phone data.
2. Case studies presented utilize MGD for monitoring population distribution through micro population census, estimating disaster damage, and understanding traffic patterns by analyzing mobile phone GPS data.
3. The author argues that widespread use of digital maps and availability of detailed spatial data is increasing demand for more granular data. MGD is gaining attention for how it can be developed, shared and applied to realize smart cities.
Gis technology Application in Urban Planning in Kenya - Mathenge MweheMathenge Mwehe
GIS technology is an indispensable tool that can transform the way urban planning is done in Kenya. However, Kenya urban planning system is still tied up in the outdated manual planning systems with disastrous results in return. If Kenya Is to achieve vision 2030 goal of spatial prosperity and well planned urban land uses, it’s imperative that it incorporate and integrate the GIS technology in its devolved planning offices.
Smart City Semantics - Data Analytics and Human Computation to understand the...Irene Celino
Smart City Semantics: Data Analytics and Human Computation to understand the Living Land Use. Presentation at the "Comitato Italo-Svizzero per la Geoinformatica"
Urbanopoly: Collection and Quality Assessment of Geo-spatial Linked Data via ...Irene Celino
This document describes Urbanopoly, a game that collects and verifies geo-spatial data through human computation. The game challenges players to complete missions that validate existing data or contribute new data. Player contributions are assigned confidence scores and aggregated to consolidate statements using majority voting. Validated data and provenance information are published as linked open data. An evaluation found the game enjoyable with good throughput of collected data, though consolidation rate could be improved. Surveys also provided positive feedback on usability and social aspects.
"If I make the changes they asked for, it'll become ugly and ineffective:" Ne...Amber Bosse
This document discusses several research papers and articles about factors that influence the effectiveness of map design. It covers topics like map design for mobile devices, user satisfaction with indoor navigation maps, integrating rational and intuitive approaches to map design education, using communication models to make map messages clear to the intended audience, best practices for animated map design, principles for effective flow map design, assessing design of online solar energy maps, how aesthetics impact sense of place in maps, challenges of effective map design in the digital age, reexamining boundaries of acceptable map distortions, analyzing how different stakeholders read evacuation maps, factors that influence design of topographic maps in Nigeria, constraints on design of journalistic maps, how map viewers process and react to design elements,
1) The document discusses the need for geographic intelligence and electronic geographic briefs (eGeoBriefs) to make better, faster decisions based on comprehensive geospatial information.
2) It proposes the creation of a "SAGE" (Specialist Advisor on Geography and the Environment), which would be an artificial intelligence with a vast knowledge base of geographic, environmental, historical and policy information to assist with strategic decision-making.
3) To support capabilities like SAGE, the document argues for building a geospatial information infrastructure to organize and provide access to the growing amounts of geographic data needed for modern planning and operations.
This document provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) and how GIS is used across many industries and fields. It begins with an introduction to GIS and how GIS links geographic data to other information. The document then describes how GIS is used in business, defense, government, natural resources, transportation, utilities and more. It provides examples of how GIS helps with tasks like facilities management, marketing, emergency response and more. The document aims to demonstrate how location matters to decision making and that GIS is a tool that can help organizations in many sectors.
Smart City and Spatial Big Data -Studies and cases in Japan-Yuki Akiyama
1. The document discusses the use of micro geodata (MGD) for smart city applications in Japan. It provides examples of available MGD in Japan including building data, population census data, and mobile phone data.
2. Case studies presented utilize MGD for monitoring population distribution through micro population census, estimating disaster damage, and understanding traffic patterns by analyzing mobile phone GPS data.
3. The author argues that widespread use of digital maps and availability of detailed spatial data is increasing demand for more granular data. MGD is gaining attention for how it can be developed, shared and applied to realize smart cities.
Gis technology Application in Urban Planning in Kenya - Mathenge MweheMathenge Mwehe
GIS technology is an indispensable tool that can transform the way urban planning is done in Kenya. However, Kenya urban planning system is still tied up in the outdated manual planning systems with disastrous results in return. If Kenya Is to achieve vision 2030 goal of spatial prosperity and well planned urban land uses, it’s imperative that it incorporate and integrate the GIS technology in its devolved planning offices.
Smart City Semantics - Data Analytics and Human Computation to understand the...Irene Celino
Smart City Semantics: Data Analytics and Human Computation to understand the Living Land Use. Presentation at the "Comitato Italo-Svizzero per la Geoinformatica"
Urbanopoly: Collection and Quality Assessment of Geo-spatial Linked Data via ...Irene Celino
This document describes Urbanopoly, a game that collects and verifies geo-spatial data through human computation. The game challenges players to complete missions that validate existing data or contribute new data. Player contributions are assigned confidence scores and aggregated to consolidate statements using majority voting. Validated data and provenance information are published as linked open data. An evaluation found the game enjoyable with good throughput of collected data, though consolidation rate could be improved. Surveys also provided positive feedback on usability and social aspects.
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based tool for collecting, storing, analyzing and displaying spatial or geographic data. It integrates technologies like remote sensing, database management systems and computer-aided design. GIS helps solve geographic problems by allowing users to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends. Examples of GIS applications include risk assessment, transportation systems, infrastructure planning, and natural resource management.
This document provides an overview of geographical information systems (GIS). It discusses the history of GIS, how GIS captures and analyzes spatial data, and examples of GIS applications. The document also outlines the key components of a GIS, including technologies used, and envisions the future scope of GIS with increased integration of data over time.
Living Land Use - Telecom Big Data Challenge - Trento ICT Days 2014Irene Celino
Short presentation of the Living Land Use application (http://livinglanduse.cefriel.com/), finalist in the Application track of the Telecom Italia Big Data Challenge (http://www.telecomitalia.com/tit/en/bigdatachallenge.html) @ Trento ICT Days - April 3rd 2014
Applications of GIS to Logistics and Transportationsorbi
1. The document discusses how GIS can be used for logistics and transportation planning, including for emergency evacuation modeling. It provides an example of a study by Tom Cova that used GIS to model evacuation vulnerability by analyzing street networks and population data.
2. Cova demonstrated that GIS is an effective planning tool for rating evacuation risk by providing a visual map of areas that may experience bottlenecks. His analysis showed that limited entrances to subdivisions from main roads can hinder evacuation.
3. While Cova's analysis focused on measurable data like population and street layout, it did not consider social factors important to evacuation planning like culture, language, and needs of vulnerable groups.
The document discusses maps and geographic information systems. It defines maps as any geographic image of the environment, including mental maps held solely in our minds. Traditionally, cartography focused on producing maps through scaling, generalization, symbolization and transformation. However, geographic information systems now provide capabilities for more sophisticated mapping and analysis by combining automated mapping with linkages that allow complex queries, overlays and spatial modeling. The document argues future systems should address more complex geographic problems and better communicate results using various methods.
Multi-Scale Urban Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GISCSCJournals
This document summarizes a study that analyzed urban growth in Hyderabad, India between 1997 and 2013 using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Satellite images from 1997, 2007, and 2013 were classified to extract land use/land cover information and measure changes over time. The results show increases in residential, commercial, and road areas over the study period, indicating urban expansion. A multi-scale analysis was performed to understand urban morphology at different levels of detail. The study aims to provide up-to-date spatial data to support urban planning and management in Hyderabad.
Augmenting physical 3 d models with projected information to support environm...José María
This document discusses using 3D physical landscape models augmented with projected digital information to support participatory planning and knowledge exchange. It describes how 3D printed landscapes or sandboxes can have elevation data, simulation models, or other geospatial information projected onto their surfaces. This allows for interactive exploration and engagement. Case studies from Australia, Mexico, and Canada are presented that use these 3D projection-augmented landscape models (3DPALMs) for participatory planning, education, and cross-cultural knowledge sharing. The document argues that 3DPALMs provide opportunities to enhance spatial understanding and learning through their multi-sensory and dynamic nature.
Geographical information system : GIS and Social Media Imran Ghaznavi
Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data which is spatially referenced to Earth. GIS allows users to correlate geographic and attribute information to better understand relationships and patterns. Key applications of GIS include urban planning, transportation, education, government, marketing and more. The rise of social media and location-based services has led to a convergence of GIS and social media, allowing analysis of social networks and interactions tied to physical locations over time. This new development enables deeper understanding of human behavior patterns across communities.
Geography and Public Health: Using Technology to Strengthen ProgramsMEASURE Evaluation
The document discusses how technology and geography can strengthen public health programs. It describes how John Snow's map of the Broad Street pump helped identify the source of a cholera outbreak. Geographic information systems (GIS) have expanded mapping applications for health and made them more accessible. Current tools like STATCompiler allow linking data to geographic locations. New tools aim to improve functionality for interactive web mapping and sharing maps. Technology has changed mapping by enabling non-experts to create maps more easily and share them online or via mobile devices. However, reliance on organized data and choosing the right scale remains important.
GIS is indispensable for smart cities as it allows stakeholders to visualize and communicate complex concepts. Some key uses of GIS for smart cities include:
1) Determining rooftop solar potential by calculating how much solar radiation reaches rooftops using location data, elevation models, and sun path calculations. This can also calculate carbon footprint reductions.
2) Asset management by mapping assets, tracking maintenance, and planning development digitally. This allows creating dashboards to perform spatial queries and allow residents to map issues.
3) Rainwater management by using GIS site selection models and elevation data to identify locations where stormwater can be naturally collected with minimal intervention.
4) Calculating drive/walk times to
CCAPS and AidData built an interactive app with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF to map effects of aid, climate change, and conflict in Africa.
This document discusses the importance and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and address data. GIS integrates location-based data like boundaries, infrastructure, addresses, and environments. It allows analyzing spatial patterns and relationships. The document outlines how GIS supports decision-making across many disciplines and organizations. It also describes how postal services can use GIS and address data for applications like routing optimization, site selection, and geomarketing. Knowing locations of people and infrastructure through GIS can help with economic development and emergency response.
GIS systems enable the electronic management of spatial data and facilitate its visualisation; they are specialised forms of information systems that are conceived solely for use with spatial data. Their purpose is the collection, modelling, storage, manipulation, analysis, retrieval and presentation of geodata. During the Smart Cities Project we examined the geobased services that were being used by the project’s six municipal partners. This guide provides a detailed review of the systems that are being used by two of these partners – the City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland, and Kristiansand Kommune in Norway – who had the most advanced geobased infrastructures in the Smart Cities partnership.
This is most benificial for the First year Engineering students.This presentation consists of videos and many applications of GIS. The processes and the other parts of GIS is also nicely explained.
Towards 'Resilient Cities' - Harmonisation of Spatial Planning Information as...Beniamino Murgante
Towards 'Resilient Cities' - Harmonisation of Spatial Planning Information as One Step Along the Way
Manfred Schrenk, Julia Neuschmid, Daniela Patti - Department for Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society, Central European Institute of Technology, Austria
This document discusses the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for various purposes. It begins by outlining six principles for GIS use, including thinking spatially, using data appropriately, and believing in data sharing. It then covers what GIS is, its components and applications for fields like environmental impact assessment, social sciences, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, participatory planning, and decision support/public policy. Specific examples discussed include using GIS for flood mapping, natural resource management, understanding disease spread, and evaluating government programs for tribal communities. The document emphasizes how GIS can help improve decision-making by integrating spatial data from various sources.
Gis Day Presentation 2010 - ACCC - Expanded Versionpdcaris
GIS Day powerpoint slides from presentation at Atlantic Cape May Community College. This version contains additional slides that were not included in original presentation.
The document discusses the creation of a Public Information Infrastructure (PII) in India to strengthen democracy. Key elements of the PII include building a National Knowledge Network (NKN) to connect universities and research institutions, providing broadband connectivity to all 250,000 panchayats, establishing a unique identification (UID) system for citizens, creating a National GIS to integrate mapping data from different sources, setting up standardized national and state data centers, and ensuring cyber security. The PII aims to make information a public good that empowers citizens, improves governance and public service delivery, and drives social and economic development.
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Is An Information...Stacey Wilson
The document discusses spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and how its methods for creation have changed in recent years. Some limitations that challenge SDI growth are mentioned, such as lack of standards for linked geospatial data. The goal of the essay is to detail concepts for an improved SDI in 2019 that integrates existing developments and emerging trends, including incorporating data mining techniques to help recognize patterns in data. Cloud computing infrastructure and its benefits from a networking perspective are also discussed. The future SDI would encourage participation from various sectors to increase awareness.
Introduction to Geographic Information System.pptxElijahEmmanuel6
GIS has many applications and components. It integrates hardware, software, data, people, and procedures to analyze and visualize spatial information. GIS allows users to visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships and patterns regarding locations. It has applications in land use planning, utilities management, transportation planning, market analysis, and more. The key components of a GIS are hardware, software, data, people, procedures, and networks.
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based tool for collecting, storing, analyzing and displaying spatial or geographic data. It integrates technologies like remote sensing, database management systems and computer-aided design. GIS helps solve geographic problems by allowing users to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends. Examples of GIS applications include risk assessment, transportation systems, infrastructure planning, and natural resource management.
This document provides an overview of geographical information systems (GIS). It discusses the history of GIS, how GIS captures and analyzes spatial data, and examples of GIS applications. The document also outlines the key components of a GIS, including technologies used, and envisions the future scope of GIS with increased integration of data over time.
Living Land Use - Telecom Big Data Challenge - Trento ICT Days 2014Irene Celino
Short presentation of the Living Land Use application (http://livinglanduse.cefriel.com/), finalist in the Application track of the Telecom Italia Big Data Challenge (http://www.telecomitalia.com/tit/en/bigdatachallenge.html) @ Trento ICT Days - April 3rd 2014
Applications of GIS to Logistics and Transportationsorbi
1. The document discusses how GIS can be used for logistics and transportation planning, including for emergency evacuation modeling. It provides an example of a study by Tom Cova that used GIS to model evacuation vulnerability by analyzing street networks and population data.
2. Cova demonstrated that GIS is an effective planning tool for rating evacuation risk by providing a visual map of areas that may experience bottlenecks. His analysis showed that limited entrances to subdivisions from main roads can hinder evacuation.
3. While Cova's analysis focused on measurable data like population and street layout, it did not consider social factors important to evacuation planning like culture, language, and needs of vulnerable groups.
The document discusses maps and geographic information systems. It defines maps as any geographic image of the environment, including mental maps held solely in our minds. Traditionally, cartography focused on producing maps through scaling, generalization, symbolization and transformation. However, geographic information systems now provide capabilities for more sophisticated mapping and analysis by combining automated mapping with linkages that allow complex queries, overlays and spatial modeling. The document argues future systems should address more complex geographic problems and better communicate results using various methods.
Multi-Scale Urban Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GISCSCJournals
This document summarizes a study that analyzed urban growth in Hyderabad, India between 1997 and 2013 using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Satellite images from 1997, 2007, and 2013 were classified to extract land use/land cover information and measure changes over time. The results show increases in residential, commercial, and road areas over the study period, indicating urban expansion. A multi-scale analysis was performed to understand urban morphology at different levels of detail. The study aims to provide up-to-date spatial data to support urban planning and management in Hyderabad.
Augmenting physical 3 d models with projected information to support environm...José María
This document discusses using 3D physical landscape models augmented with projected digital information to support participatory planning and knowledge exchange. It describes how 3D printed landscapes or sandboxes can have elevation data, simulation models, or other geospatial information projected onto their surfaces. This allows for interactive exploration and engagement. Case studies from Australia, Mexico, and Canada are presented that use these 3D projection-augmented landscape models (3DPALMs) for participatory planning, education, and cross-cultural knowledge sharing. The document argues that 3DPALMs provide opportunities to enhance spatial understanding and learning through their multi-sensory and dynamic nature.
Geographical information system : GIS and Social Media Imran Ghaznavi
Geographical Information System (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data which is spatially referenced to Earth. GIS allows users to correlate geographic and attribute information to better understand relationships and patterns. Key applications of GIS include urban planning, transportation, education, government, marketing and more. The rise of social media and location-based services has led to a convergence of GIS and social media, allowing analysis of social networks and interactions tied to physical locations over time. This new development enables deeper understanding of human behavior patterns across communities.
Geography and Public Health: Using Technology to Strengthen ProgramsMEASURE Evaluation
The document discusses how technology and geography can strengthen public health programs. It describes how John Snow's map of the Broad Street pump helped identify the source of a cholera outbreak. Geographic information systems (GIS) have expanded mapping applications for health and made them more accessible. Current tools like STATCompiler allow linking data to geographic locations. New tools aim to improve functionality for interactive web mapping and sharing maps. Technology has changed mapping by enabling non-experts to create maps more easily and share them online or via mobile devices. However, reliance on organized data and choosing the right scale remains important.
GIS is indispensable for smart cities as it allows stakeholders to visualize and communicate complex concepts. Some key uses of GIS for smart cities include:
1) Determining rooftop solar potential by calculating how much solar radiation reaches rooftops using location data, elevation models, and sun path calculations. This can also calculate carbon footprint reductions.
2) Asset management by mapping assets, tracking maintenance, and planning development digitally. This allows creating dashboards to perform spatial queries and allow residents to map issues.
3) Rainwater management by using GIS site selection models and elevation data to identify locations where stormwater can be naturally collected with minimal intervention.
4) Calculating drive/walk times to
CCAPS and AidData built an interactive app with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF to map effects of aid, climate change, and conflict in Africa.
This document discusses the importance and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and address data. GIS integrates location-based data like boundaries, infrastructure, addresses, and environments. It allows analyzing spatial patterns and relationships. The document outlines how GIS supports decision-making across many disciplines and organizations. It also describes how postal services can use GIS and address data for applications like routing optimization, site selection, and geomarketing. Knowing locations of people and infrastructure through GIS can help with economic development and emergency response.
GIS systems enable the electronic management of spatial data and facilitate its visualisation; they are specialised forms of information systems that are conceived solely for use with spatial data. Their purpose is the collection, modelling, storage, manipulation, analysis, retrieval and presentation of geodata. During the Smart Cities Project we examined the geobased services that were being used by the project’s six municipal partners. This guide provides a detailed review of the systems that are being used by two of these partners – the City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland, and Kristiansand Kommune in Norway – who had the most advanced geobased infrastructures in the Smart Cities partnership.
This is most benificial for the First year Engineering students.This presentation consists of videos and many applications of GIS. The processes and the other parts of GIS is also nicely explained.
Towards 'Resilient Cities' - Harmonisation of Spatial Planning Information as...Beniamino Murgante
Towards 'Resilient Cities' - Harmonisation of Spatial Planning Information as One Step Along the Way
Manfred Schrenk, Julia Neuschmid, Daniela Patti - Department for Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society, Central European Institute of Technology, Austria
This document discusses the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for various purposes. It begins by outlining six principles for GIS use, including thinking spatially, using data appropriately, and believing in data sharing. It then covers what GIS is, its components and applications for fields like environmental impact assessment, social sciences, natural resource management, disaster risk reduction, participatory planning, and decision support/public policy. Specific examples discussed include using GIS for flood mapping, natural resource management, understanding disease spread, and evaluating government programs for tribal communities. The document emphasizes how GIS can help improve decision-making by integrating spatial data from various sources.
Gis Day Presentation 2010 - ACCC - Expanded Versionpdcaris
GIS Day powerpoint slides from presentation at Atlantic Cape May Community College. This version contains additional slides that were not included in original presentation.
The document discusses the creation of a Public Information Infrastructure (PII) in India to strengthen democracy. Key elements of the PII include building a National Knowledge Network (NKN) to connect universities and research institutions, providing broadband connectivity to all 250,000 panchayats, establishing a unique identification (UID) system for citizens, creating a National GIS to integrate mapping data from different sources, setting up standardized national and state data centers, and ensuring cyber security. The PII aims to make information a public good that empowers citizens, improves governance and public service delivery, and drives social and economic development.
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Is An Information...Stacey Wilson
The document discusses spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and how its methods for creation have changed in recent years. Some limitations that challenge SDI growth are mentioned, such as lack of standards for linked geospatial data. The goal of the essay is to detail concepts for an improved SDI in 2019 that integrates existing developments and emerging trends, including incorporating data mining techniques to help recognize patterns in data. Cloud computing infrastructure and its benefits from a networking perspective are also discussed. The future SDI would encourage participation from various sectors to increase awareness.
Introduction to Geographic Information System.pptxElijahEmmanuel6
GIS has many applications and components. It integrates hardware, software, data, people, and procedures to analyze and visualize spatial information. GIS allows users to visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships and patterns regarding locations. It has applications in land use planning, utilities management, transportation planning, market analysis, and more. The key components of a GIS are hardware, software, data, people, procedures, and networks.
GIS combines three key aspects: geography, information, and systems. It allows users to integrate, analyze and display spatially referenced data on maps. GIS data comes in three main types - spatial data that indicates where features are located, attribute data that describes what features are, and topological data that shows how features are connected to each other spatially. Together these data types allow GIS to answer questions about location, conditions, trends, routing, patterns, and scenarios. GIS has a wide range of applications across many domains and industries.
This document discusses the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in civil engineering. It provides an overview of GIS, including its history and components. It then discusses several applications of GIS in civil engineering, such as for transportation engineering, watershed analysis, remote sensing, waste management, regional planning, and landslide analysis. GIS allows civil engineers to integrate spatial and non-spatial data from various sources to facilitate complex analysis and decision-making regarding infrastructure development and management.
This document provides an overview of what Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are by explaining that GIS combines spatial data and tabular data to map and analyze real-world problems. It then discusses key components of GIS, including hardware, software, data, and trained personnel. GIS uses both vector and raster data layers to perform spatial analysis and create maps to help address issues across many fields.
This document provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) and their applications in civil engineering, the environment, and natural resource management. It discusses how GIS integrates data from various sources and disciplines to store, manipulate, analyze, and display spatial information. GIS has become an important tool for tasks like infrastructure and urban planning, natural resource management, and disaster mitigation by allowing users to query data, find optimal routes, and better understand spatial relationships. The document also covers GIS components like maps, coordinate systems, software, and how various fields contributed to the development of GIS technology.
The document discusses how Honolulu, Hawaii is using 3D modeling and GIS to plan for an elevated rail system and transit-oriented development (TOD). Three core models were created - walkability, urban growth, and densification. Esri CityEngine was used to develop 3D geometry and textures of the proposed rail corridor and TOD. Holograms were also created from the 3D models to provide unique views for stakeholders and the public to communicate how the changes could positively impact the community by controlling urban sprawl and reducing traffic. The goal was to build support for the rail project and TOD approach through collaborative planning and visualization tools.
This document discusses how the internet can promote rural development through improved communication and access to information. It describes how rural communities have historically been seen as being at the "last mile" of connectivity, but argues they should instead be viewed as the "first mile" in order to prioritize expanding their access. Radio is highlighted as an important medium for reaching isolated rural communities. The role of telecenters in providing internet access in developing areas is also examined. Geographic information systems are introduced as a tool to analyze spatial data and solve real-world problems.
If you took a Geography course over 20 years ago, you might recall the subject involving little more than memorizing the locations of continents, countries, cities, as well as climate and cultural facts. In that time, many universities have expanded their geography programs by entering the world of Geographic Information Systems, or GIS for short. In the beginning GIS was an obscure field of specialized hardware, software, and cryptic keyboard commands that allowed a skilled professional to query data to get answers to geographic-based inquiries. Queries, such as the quantity of forested acres within an area, were the beginning of the geographicbased analysis revolution that has since unfolded. But today’s leading geography programs are teaching students more than just the where, what, who, and why of our world, but also bring to the table an interdisciplinary approach to solving today’s local, regional, national, and global problems. Many of these programs are not limited to just universities, now involving the K-12 space, tapping into young people’s minds to unleash innovative ideas in what is now an interdisciplinary field. To maintain a competitive advantage in today’s world, leading countries, companies, and research organizations are embracing these new capabilities and the talent that is available in the marketplace.
This document discusses Public Participation Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) and its applicability in Hong Kong. PPGIS aims to empower marginalized groups by incorporating local knowledge into spatial planning through public engagement with GIS technology. The key elements of PPGIS include participation, usability, visualization, and interactivity. While PPGIS has been used in land use planning in Hong Kong, there is still room for improved interactivity and participation compared to traditional top-down planning approaches.
This document provides an introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). It discusses key elements of GIS including its definition as a computer system for capturing, storing, analyzing and displaying geospatial data. Examples are given of GIS applications in disaster management and relief efforts for earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes. The roles of GIS in integrating data from various sources and displaying critical information for emergency responders are also described.
Virtual reality can be a useful tool for transport planning by allowing stakeholders to experience proposed projects. Transport planning involves developing strategies and infrastructure to achieve transportation goals through a collaborative process. Using virtual reality can help stakeholders and the public better understand projects by experiencing proposals in a safe interactive way. Both transport planners and the public saw benefits like improved engagement, feedback, and comprehension of projects. While there are concerns about costs, virtual reality provides an exciting experience and useful applications in transport planning tasks if the existing design models allow low-cost implementation. Overall, virtual reality shows promise as a tool for the future of the field.
How relevant is the age of a city in determining its interest in, and ability to use, 'big data'? This briefing explores how both old and new cities have distinct advantages and disadvantages in their ability to use big data effectively, the lessons they can learn from each other, and their common challenges.
This document contains a student's certificate for completing a GIS practical report under the guidance of Dr. Bharat Ratnu at Shivaji College, University of Delhi. The certificate includes the student's name, roll number, program of study, university roll number, and year. It is certified that the student successfully completed the GIS science practical report. The document also includes an acknowledgement section thanking various individuals and institutions for their support and guidance during the project. Finally, it outlines the contents of the GIS practical report, listing 5 plates covering different GIS data structures and a section on land use and land cover analysis.
This document provides information about a student named Harshit Choubey who completed a GIS science practical report under the guidance of Dr. Rajendra Singh. It includes Harshit's personal details like name, roll number, college, and year of study. It also contains a certificate confirming completion of the report and an acknowledgement section thanking various people who provided support and guidance. Finally, it outlines the contents of the GIS science practical report.
There have been two main categories of research on mining moving object data: moving object cluster discovery and trajectory clustering. Moving object clustering identifies groups of objects that travel together without defined locations, while trajectory clustering groups locations based on similar object movements but ignores traveling time. Recent studies have proposed concepts like temporal moving object swarms that capture objects moving within non-consecutive time-based clusters, and probabilistic modeling of trajectory sets to identify common paths between trajectories. Future work could focus on clustering algorithms that integrate both location and time dimensions to better characterize moving object behaviors.
This document summarizes a study that used remote sensing and GIS techniques to produce a digital land use map of the Technical Institute of Anbar in Iraq. Satellite imagery and attribute data were collected and digitized in ArcGIS to create vector data layers representing land use classes. The final digital map identified destroyed buildings, service buildings, green areas, sports facilities, and unused land. It found that 20% of the institute's area contained structures while 80% was unused land. The digital map and geographic database produced can serve as a basis for future studies of the Technical Institute of Anbar.
This document summarizes a study that used remote sensing and GIS techniques to produce a digital land use map of the Technical Institute of Anbar in Iraq. Satellite imagery and attribute data were collected and digitized in ArcGIS to create vector data layers representing land use classes. The final digital map identified destroyed buildings, service buildings, green areas, sports facilities, and unused land. It found that 20% of the institute's area contained structures while 80% was unused land. The digital map and geographic database produced can serve as a basis for future studies of the Technical Institute of Anbar.
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Mapping the Future Essay
Mapping the Future
Technology and computers have revolutionized many of the aspects of our lives. Many professions and businesses have used technology to their advantage and completely changed industries. One profession that has drastically changed because of computers and technology is cartography or mapmaking. The impact of technology on geographic information and mapmaking has led to new techniques and skills for these now computer based jobs and careers. New technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS) have emerged in mapmaking. There are also new Internet based map services including MapQuest and MapBlast as well as other digital maps.
Before...show more content...In the early 20th century, mapmaking increased significantly, especially as aerial photography became the newest technology involved in cartography. The modern cartography revolution is with computers. Because computers are able to process information at instantaneous speeds and store large amounts of data, they became a crucial instrument in making maps.
One of the most important computer based programs for maps is known as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is a system of hardware, software, and data for collecting and analyzing information about areas of Earth s surface (Chrisman 12). This information system uses a database of information about geographical features that exist. Maps can then be created on a computer using this data. The computer allows users to produce a map that can represent various combinations of data. GIS is particularly efficient because you can layer these typ
This document provides an overview of geographic information systems (GIS) and their applications in public health. It discusses the history and development of GIS from the earliest uses in epidemiology in the 1800s to modern digital systems. Key aspects of GIS covered include data representation methods, uncertainties, terminology, and limitations. The document also outlines several important uses of GIS in public health such as mapping disease distribution and identifying at-risk populations.
Similar to Research for Special Topics in GIS (20)
1. Curtis L. Lewis
GIS Technology and the Lifeblood of Our Civilization
Geography 417- Special Topics, Dr. Wei Ji
Tuesday, July 2, 2012
2. Two years ago, during my third semester attending the University of Missouri-
Kansas City (UMKC), I was enrolled in the Urban Planning and Design program. Like
many programs, our Urban Planning program offered some education in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS). An introduction course, and an advanced science course.
Only the introduction course was required, and I took it. Although I have heard that other
Urban Planning programs offer a broader range of GIS intensive coursework, the
required course offered at UMKC was enough to re-spark my interest in
mapping/cartography, and deepen my interest in city, and spatial planning. Even though
I’ve since left the Urban Planning program to major in Geography, and pursue UMKC’s
GIS certification, I did so in hopes of continuing my long-standing interest in city, and
spatial planning, but with a larger GIS focus. This long-standing interest in planning has
an underlying, more specific current. I’m not only interested in planning space, but
specifically, the movement through space. I believe that the movements we make, and the
movements we make possible, are the lifeblood of our civilization. The street for the
commuter, the freeway for traveling tourist and the tractor-trailer of goods, the railway
and the cargo ship for freight, important freight like food, water, medicine, petroleum,
without which, our civilization would break-down, and cease to exist as we know it. I
believe that transportation planning is at the central core to keep this life-blood moving,
and since taking that introduction class, I believe GIS is the best way to make that
happen. “A geographic information system (GIS) is an effective way to integrate the
3. information needed to support the many facets of transportation planning.” (Hanson 164)
This belief has been shared by others for many years. “The use of these support systems
is highly desirable when professional planners, politicians and decision-makers must act
jointly to effect certain decisions.” (Timmermans 4)
Since my first course in Geographic Information Systems, I have taken multiple
ArcGIS and other GIS related coursework. As a result, my knowledge base and my
experience have grown. I have completed several projects involving transportation and
transportation planning. Although transportation planning itself, on the whole, is a joint
effort between engineers, planners and environmental agencies, a very large portion of
transportation planning falls under the umbrella of federal, state and local governments,
especially if the municipality operates with a local, or regional Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO). I believe this is why government has been involved with GIS
technology for so long. “Local government was one of the earliest and is one of the most
important users of the technology.” (Timmermans 6) “…GIS, in its current form, is an
appropriate support tool for urban planners in some of their decision making tasks. This
is certainly the case for tasks that require the detailed and accurate knowledge of the
detailed location of physical objects, such as utilities planning (e.g. pipelines, electricity
lines), cadaster and engineering applications.” (Timmermans 126) “…the departments of
central and local government showed early interest in GIS technology. They contain large
quantities of spatially referenced information.” 60 (Timmermans 60 -via Campbell and
Masser, 1992)
4. Since governments have begun to utilize GIS technology, they have amassed spatial
information to be used as a base and to be updated. This makes GIS technology efficient
and extremely usable, which has been anticipated since before the technology had really
come into focus for urban planning during the 1990’s. “…GIS… may be possible to
provide the tools for future planning and design.” (Timmermans 70) “…GIS is
potentially as much a tool for design or planning, organization and control as it is for
scientific or spatial analysis…” (Timmermans 63) “It was perceived that the use of GIS
technology would prevent unnecessary duplication, would increase speed, would increase
efficiency, would reduce costs and would support strategic decision-making.”
(Timmermans 61) Since that time, speculation about GIS technology has been accurate in
the sense that it has continued to grow and expand to enhance the field of planning, and
because of this, for many years now, GIS technology has been associated with the field of
planning. In addition to this, many organizations and firms now have their own GIS nook
of technicians operating the software for the specific needs of that organization. “There is
a strong sense that GIS technology will have a growing impact on professional practice
and that the professions need to be involved in its development.” (Timmermans 55 -via
Department of the Environment, 1987) “GIS is now a technology widely accepted by
organizations involved in planning at different spatial scales and in different sectors.”
(Stillwell 10) “There is little doubt that GIS will become an ever more essential part of
the software suite that every researcher and planner engaged in urban plan-making will
have available on his desktop computer.” (Stillwell 39) These days, GIS technology has
become such an integral part of the planning process, whether its metropolitan planning
5. organizations, or other governmental organizations, private organizations or firms, etc.,
that the location of almost anything constructed is almost guaranteed to have somehow
been planned using GIS technology.
Now that we’ve seen how the lifeblood of our civilization depends upon
transportation planning, and is heavily supported by GIS technology, let’s examine the
common purpose that all the lifeblood actually serves in our civilization. The lifeblood;
the vehicles, the semi-trucks, the ships, the trains, everything that’s used to move people
and goods from one location to the next, serve a common purpose that supports our
civilization. That common purpose is business. Through business our civilization is
upheld. Because of this purpose, people and goods are able to be transported from one
place to another. Most businesses, especially because of our increasingly global
economy, depend fully upon transportation, and the relocation of people and goods. So,
the more businesses know, the better our civilization is served. What businesses know,
and understand about the world, and its conditions around them, is known as ‘Business
Intelligence’ (BI).
Today, because business also drives the lifeblood of our civilization, like
transportation planning, it is also increasing in need for a deeper understanding of GIS
technology. “…these two data-centric disciplines have forged independent but parallel
paths. Only now are they beginning to converge.” (Eckerson 13) Businesses lose out on a
much more complete perspective of how to handle their activities. “…without access to a
GIS, analytically driven organizations miss valuable insights.” (Eckerson 13) The very
needs that GIS technology fills are so extensive in today’s world that the very concept
6. and labeling itself is beginning to be redefined from just ‘geography’, or just ‘space’ to fit
the idea of each broader need. “…location intelligence is the newest moniker for
something that used to be called spatial analytics, geographic information systems (GIS),
or just mapping software. Location intelligence (LI) creates maps that enable users to
view the relationship of objects in space and perform a variety of spatial calculations…”
(Eckerson 12) “…location intelligence is more than just a map with dots on it. Location
intelligence is a full-fledged analytical system. These so-called geographic information
systems specialize in storing and manipulating spatial data, which consists of points, lines
and polygons plotted as coordinates in space. Each spatial object can be imbued with
various properties or rules that govern its behavior.” (Eckerson 13)
Business is beginning to find that they can remain on par with leading business
decision making by accessing and utilizing GIS technology. “The Esri Business Summit
brings some of the best minds in business together to share how commercial
organizations worldwide are using place-based decision making to support customer
service, grow profitability, and manage change in an increasingly complex world.”
(Richardson 14) As the caliber and importance of personal technology continues to rise,
with it also has given rise to the use of location data. More applications than ever are
allowing people to view their personal information plotted on a map. “With the mass
adoption of smart phones and location-aware applications, the amount of location-based
data is exploding, and people are more and more accustomed to looking at the
information through a map lens. This adoption is making a big impact in the business
arena. People are more comfortable with viewing data on a map, and when they see
7. patterns, they want to understand them—that’s location analytics.” (Richardson 16)
“…location analytics gives you the ability to see your data in a whole new way that
graphs, charts and tables can’t reveal. Simply being able to interact with your data
through mapping enables you to find and understand patterns that weren’t obvious in
tables or charts.” (Richardson 16)
Business and Transportation planning are the two main forces behind the
movement of the lifeblood that keeps our civilization alive. GIS technology and location
information/analytics is so imperative to the world around us that it is literally no surprise
that this technology has become, and is becoming, the dominant, main support for both of
these arenas. As we have seen, GIS technology has dominated planning, and
transportation planning for many years now, and it is just now beginning to work its way
into the business arena, but it has also been a long time coming. “Location analytics is
one of the next big waves for the business analytics space. Location as a part of business
analytics has always been relevant—most commonly for things like site analysis and
customer intelligence applications—but it’s been overlooked for too long.” (Richardson
16)
8. works cited
Eckerson, Wayne. “Location Intelligence is More Than a Map.” ArcUser Fall 2012: 12-
13. Print.
Hanson, Susan, and Genevieve Giuliano. The Geography of Urban Transportation. New
York: Guilford, 2004. Print.
Richardson, Karen. “Keeping Service Levels High and Costs Low.” ArcUser Fall 2012:
14-15. Print
Richardson, Karen. “Information Through a Map Lens.” Interview with Chris Ovens and
James Killick. ArcUser (2012): 16-19. Print.
Stillwell, J., S. Geertman, and S. Openshaw. Geographical Information and Planning.
Tokyo: Springer, 1999. Print.
Timmermans, Harry. Decision Support Systems in Urban Planning. New York: E & FN
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