Social concern and disapproval of offshore wind by coastal communities causes delays costs to development. One is property value impacts stemming from a loss pristine ocean views. We evaluate this using the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF), first its kind in United States. While BIWF has fewer turbines than currently proposed developments, it situated about 26 km [16 miles] Rhode mainland, which p...

Conducting archaeological site surveys is time consuming, and large sites may have many small features or structures that are difficult to locate interpret. Vegetation cover dense forest hide structures, like cairns, while at the same can cause problems for LiDAR tools. In this case study, drone-based ALS (airborne laser scanning) was tested as an survey tool. The research complex located parti...

introductionmain trend of ecotourism is nature and its beauties; so finding the beautiful landscapes and evaluating aesthetic values of the area would be considered as one of the principles of recreational planning. scenic beauty is a major component of every encounter with the natural environment in tourism and recreation activities. visual elements of landscape not only present aesthetical va...

krajoliku na prostoru sjevernog i srednjeg Velebita. Posebna pozornost posvećena je lokalitetima koji se u literaturi navode kao središnja naselja zajednica (gradine Kuk u Senju, Gradina u Svetom Jurju i Drvišica u Karlobagu) i njihovim pozicijama u vizualnom krajoliku. Budući da je u dosadašnjoj literaturi istican strateški značaj ovih pozicija, autorica istražuje mogućnosti njihove vizualne k...

As a consequence of increasing safety concerns, camera surveillance has been widely adopted as a way to monitor public spaces. One of the major challenges of camera surveillance is to design an optimal method for camera network placement in order to ensure the greater possible coverage. In addition, this method must consider the landscape of the monitored environment to take into account the ex...

Viewshed and line-of-sight are spatial analysis functions used in applications ranging from urban design to archaeology to hydrology. Vegetation data, a difficult variable to effectively emulate in computer models, is typically omitted from visibility calculations or unrealistically simulated. In visibility analyzes performed on a small scale, where calculation distances are a few hundred meter...

Infiltration-route analysis is a military application of geospatial information system (GIS) technology. In order to find susceptible routes, optimal-path-searching algorithms are applied to minimize the cost function, which is the summed result of detection probability. The cost function was determined according to the thermal observation device (TOD) detection probability, the viewshed analys...

The cultural landscape of Chiang Mai city, which is characterized by the interlinkage between mountain and historical settlement, has faced adverse impacts visual intrusion in its buffer zone from urbanization. However, there are challenges to creating a quantitative evaluation for decision making response rapid urban change. This study evaluated impact building height on city skyline utilized ...