While most current Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are 2D GIS, more and more application domains as geology, civil and military engineering, etc, need 3D GIS. The particularities and capabilities of a 3D GIS are outlined in this paper. Although 3D GIS are not much developped, some studies have already been done, especially in order to represent 3D data for geological or architectural app...

GIS-NaP1 zeolite samples were synthesized using seven different Si/Al ratios (5-11) of the hydrothermal reaction mixtures having chemical composition Al2O3:xSiO2:14Na2O:840H2O to study the impact of Si/Al molar ratio on the water vapour adsorption potential, phase purity, morphology and crystal size of as-synthesized GIS-NaP1 zeolite crystals. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) observations reveal tha...

There are three main objectives of this monograph: (i) to provide an introduction to geographical information technology along with an historical perspective on the evolving role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in planning, (ii) to overview relevant methods and techniques for GISbased land-use suitability mapping and modeling, and (iii) to identify the trends, challenges and prospects o...

With the progress of mobile GIS technology there is a great potential for adopting wireless communications and Internet mapping services for regional environmental management programs and natural habitat conservation. This paper provides an overview of a NASA-funded research project that focuses on the development of mobile GIS tools and wireless Internet Map Server (IMS) services to facilitate...

The format of space data used in Geographic Information System (GIS) is different currently, therefore, exchange the GIS data among different GIS applications is not very convenient. In order to solve the problems, we take three methods. Firstly, the storage format of the shape document series (*shp, *shx and *dbf) is analyzed. Secondly, we study the technologies and methods of changing the sha...

This study develops a geographical information system (GIS) approach for automated processing of the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Stage III precipitation data. The automated processing system, implemented by using commercial GIS and a number of Perl scripts and C/C++ programs, allows for rapid data display, requires less storage capacity, and provides the analytical and data visualiza...

Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) education and implementation is rapidly being adopted by universities in developing countries, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Until recently, the use of GIS and RS in education in the UAE was hindered by the cost of hardware and the complexity of software. With the price/performance increase of desktop computer capabilities an...

Networking GIS tools and applications vary greatly in both function and architecture. In this paper, we will provide a framework to study the problems of networking GIS. GIS resources consist of geodata and geoprocessing capabilities. From the viewpoint of geodata sharing, it is observed that decoupling geodata and geoprocessing is necessary given the difficulty of integrating autonomous GIS sy...

Data in Geo Information Systems (GIS) is used for map services and various applications. Thus, quality assessment on a regular basis is required to keep the data up-to-date. In this paper we focus on one key reasons for updates: incorrect object borders. State of the art systems semi-automatically analyse up-to-date satellite image data to narrow down areas that have to be considered for GIS up...

Geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems and remote sensing have been increasingly used in public health settings since the 1990s, but application of these methods in humanitarian emergencies has been less documented. Recent areas of application of GIS methods in humanitarian emergencies include hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessments; rapid assessment and survey met...