Geographic Information Systems and Science

Geographic information science (GISc) has established itself as a collaborative information-processing scheme that is increasing in popularity. Yet, this interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary system is still somewhat misunderstood. This book talks about some of the GISc domains encompassing students, researchers, and common users. Chapters focus on important aspects of GISc, keeping in mind the processing capability of GIS along with the mathematics and formulae involved in getting each solution. The book has one introductory and eight main chapters divided into five sections. The first section is more general and focuses on what GISc is and its relation to GIS and Geography, the second is about location analytics and modeling, the third on remote sensing data analysis, the fourth on big data and augmented reality, and, finally, the fifth looks over volunteered geographic information.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

An Applied Geographic Information Systems and Science Course in R

This paper presents a masters level geographic information systems and science course (CASA0005) developed by the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London (UCL). CASA0005 is a compulsory module for both MSc programs within the department, running annually in the autumn term with between 100 and 150 enrolled students. During the summer of 2019 the module was transformed from static practicals with some legacy content related to commercial software to an online interactive book primarily for the open source R data science programming language written using the Bookdown package (Xie, 2016)

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Sarah L. Holloway, Stephen P. Rice i Gill Valantine (ur.): Key Concepts in Geography, (Martina Jakovčić), 99; Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind: Geographic Information Systems and Science (Dubravka Spevec), 100; Tassilo Herrschel, Peter Newman: Governance of Europe’s City Regions. Planning, Policy and Politics (Dubravka Spevec), 102; Robert Delort i François Walter: Povijest europskog okoliša (Ivan Zupanc), 104; Emil Heršak: Prapovijest i stari vijek (Martina Jakovčić), 108. Zimski seminar za nastavnike geografije 2005. godine (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 110; Godišnja skupština Hrvatskog geografskog društva 2005. godine (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 110; Izvještaj o radu Hrvatskog geografskog društva u 2004. godini (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 113; Izvještaj o radu regionalnih geografskih društava u 2004. godini (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 114.Sarah L. Holloway, Stephen P. Rice i Gill Valantine (ur.): Key Concepts in Geography, (Martina Jakovčić), 99; Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind: Geographic Information Systems and Science (Dubravka Spevec), 100; Tassilo Herrschel, Peter Newman: Governance of Europe’s City Regions. Planning, Policy and Politics (Dubravka Spevec), 102; Robert Delort i François Walter: Povijest europskog okoliša (Ivan Zupanc), 104; Emil Heršak: Prapovijest i stari vijek (Martina Jakovčić), 108. Zimski seminar za nastavnike geografije 2005. godine (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 110; Godišnja skupština Hrvatskog geografskog društva 2005. godine (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 110; Izvještaj o radu Hrvatskog geografskog društva u 2004. godini (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 113; Izvještaj o radu regionalnih geografskih društava u 2004. godini (Jadranka Čelant Hromatko) 114

Collaborative Mapping of London Using Google Maps: The LondonProfiler

This paper begins by reviewing the ways in which the innovation of Google Maps has transformed our ability to reference and view geographically referenced data. We describe the ways in which the GMap Creator tool developed under the ESRC National Centre for E Social Science programme enables users to ‘mashup’ thematic choropleth maps using the Google API. We illustrate the application of GMap Creator using the example of www.londonprofiler.org, which makes it possible to view a range of health, education and other socioeconomic datasets against a backcloth of Google Maps data. Our conclusions address the ways in which Google Map mashups developed using GMap Creator facilitate online exploratory cartographic visualisation in a range of areas of policy concern

Information Rich 3D Computer Modeling of Urban Environments

We are living in an increasingly information rich society. Geographical Information Systems now allow us to precisely tag information to specific features, objects and locations. The Internet is enabling much of this information to be accessed by a whole spectrum of users. At CASA we are attempting to push this technology towards a three-dimensional GIS, that works across the Internet and can represent significant chunks of a large city. We believe that the range of possible uses for such technology is diverse, although we feel that urban planning is an area that can benefit greatly. An opportunity to push this “planning technology” arose when CASA won a tender from Hackney Council to develop a dynamic website for community participation in the process of regenerating the Woodberry Down Estate. This is a run down part of northeast London that is undergoing a major redevelopment. CASA has developed a system that not only informs the local residents about the redevelopment process but it also enables them to use dynamic visualisations of the “before and after effects” of different plans, and then to discuss and vote on the variety of options

ESRI vs BREWER: An Evaluation of Map Use with Alternative Colour Schemes amongst the General Public

This small study evaluates the effectiveness of selected sets of colour schemes used in ESRI‟s ArcMap and ColorBrewer in communicating information on choropleth maps. Subjects conducted map reading tasks using online questionnaires and their performance was captured. The results did not show significant differences in performance associated with colour scheme - subjects were highly successful in direct acquisition tasks irrespective of the set(s) of scheme used. However, performances were consistently poor for „distribution‟ tasks. The results suggest limited spatial capabilities in the sample and highlight the need to test for general spatial ability in such experiments

Adoption of Free Open Source Geographic Information System Solution for Health Sector in Zanzibar Tanzania

\ud The study aims at developing in-depth understanding on how Open Source Geographic Information System technology is used to provide solutions for data visualization in the health sector of Zanzibar, Tanzania. The study focuses on implementing the health visualization solutions for the purpose of bridging the gap during the transition period from proprietary software to the Free Open-Source Software using Key Indicator Data System. The developed tool facilitates data integration between the two District Health Information Software versions and hence served as a gateway solution during the transition process. Implementation challenges that include outdated spatial data and the reluctance of the key users in coping with the new Geographical Information System technologies were also identified. Participatory action research and interviews were used in understanding the requirements for the new tool to facilitate the smooth system development for better health service delivery.\u