Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a kind of computer software that allows people to work with digital maps in a fast and flexible way. In the past decade, more and more geography teachers have become interested in the possibilities of using GIS in secondary education. However, teaching with GIS is complex, and little is known about how to do so in an optimal way. Therefore, an Educational...

Despite the progress in critical GIS research in recent years [1], geographical discourse is still dominated by dualist thinking that understands GIS largely as a tool for quantitative or empiricist spatial analysis. This dualist understanding of geographical methods which was partly fuelled by the fierce polemics between critical geographers and GIS users/researchers sparked off in the early 1...

Grid Geospatial Information Service (Grid GIS) system aims to study and develop grid-based uniform spatial information access and analysis system. Data resources of Grid GIS include not only original and traditional GIS data but remotely sensed data. Analysis function is made up of not only single spatial information access but complex and quick data processing. The Grid GIS system can provide ...

Making a business case for GIS in local government is a complex task for two main reasons: first, a GIS implementation can range from a single, well-defined application in one department to a corporate multi-purpose GIS; and, second, local authorities are complex organisations currently facing major pressures for change considerable uncertainty about their future structure and role. The purpose...

Although geographic information system (GIS) education has been spread widely, it becomes increasingly apparent that twodimensional maps cannot be precisely present multidimensional and dynamic spatial phenomena. It seems that merging GIS and Virtual Reality (VR) is a way to deal with these issues in terms of GIS classroom teaching. Virtual learning environment is the simulation of teaching met...

The evaluation of land quality plays an important role in the study of land resources. Some software of GIS was applied to evaluate land quality in recent years. There is some limitation in Appling GIS to evaluate land quality directly. GIS combined with MCE (Multi-Criteria Evaluation) can eliminate limitation existing in using GIS singly. In this thesis key technology of evaluating land qualit...

The relationship between geography and cancer incidence and treatment is a critical area of health outcomes research. Geographical information systems (GIS) are software packages designed to store and analyze data related to geographic locations. Although more commonly associated with the social sciences and urban planning, the use of GIS software in medical research has been increasing. Moreov...

Component Based Software Engineering has one main sole motive of making the development process of software systems as easy as possible and to achieve this objective work needs to be done in previous systems to identify the concerns and limitations which can be overcome using this software engineering based approach. In this paper to support concept of component based system a domain is chosen ...

Geographical Information System (GIS) is an effective tool for planning and management of a metropolitan city. In developing countries like India, metropolitan governments, planning authorities and parastatals (viz. Water Supply Board, Transport Corporation etc.) have executed GIS projects independently. In recent years, many municipalities in the World have switched from stand-alone GIS system...

This paper focuses on the deployment of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) within local government in Thai Provinces. GIS has been used extensively within local government and many countries have undertaken SDI initiatives, but these tend to focus at the national level, failing to address the local deployment issues. By their nature as infrastructures,...