Researchers at the Geoengineering and Mineral Processing Study Centre of the Italian Research Council, have developed a database system integrated with a GIS (Geographical Information System),jor data collection on operational or closed waste disposal sites. This paper describes the objectives of the system, the data organisation, the structure of the database, the characteristics and functiona...

The distributed spatial information system has been proposed as one of infrastructures for the development as a scientific research park in Kyushu University, Japan. The system is based on an autonomously-distributed database model with the geographical information system (GIS) technology. The GIS node, which is an important element of the system, is composed of spatial data storage, Web-based ...

Today the processing and analysis of geographical information is complicated by an increasing volume of information. We present a system to directly manipulate geographical data by using object-oriented approaches and graphic user interface (GUI) design. The study concentrates on vector data and overlay operations. A case study has been conducted by using this system for potential site selectio...

The article deals with imprecise geographical entities modelled according to the fuzzy set theory for both spatial and quantitative information. It presents the issues of fusion of fuzzy geographical objects according to its storing modes (raster, vector) in a mutualised geographical information system (GIS). We study the aggregation of imprecise spatial entities and its impact in the imprecise...

As society becomes increasingly spatially enabled, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) will evolve, and geographical information will be embedded in most information applications and services that society uses. This trend presents many opportunities and challenges. It means GIS technologies will facilitate ‘more’ by becoming ‘less’. As the general use of GIS increases, the visible appearance...

The research presented in this paper introduces a user context approach for collaborative and adaptive Geographical Information System (GIS). The proposed model is part of a framework based on a multi-dimensional contextual approach that combines user, geographical and device contexts. The spatial properties of the GIS components categorize different configurations as a support for the derivati...

Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning of applications of GIS which grant legitimacy to indigenous geographical knowledge as well as to ‘offi cial’ spatial data. By incorporating various forms of community participation these newer framings of Geographical Information Systems as ‘Participatory GIS’ (PGIS) offer a response to the critiques of GIS which were prevalent in the 1990s. This paper r...

Data is the core of Geographical Information System (GIS). Collecting and updating geographically referenced and descriptive data is necessary for GISs. Ignoring the updating process will obviously decrease the usefulness of GIS; therefore, GIS databases must be updated to make better use. There are different methods to collect and update GIS data, for example, by field survey, remote sensing, ...