Using freely-available data and open-source software, we developed a remote sensing methodology to identify mining areas and assess recent mining expansion in Myanmar. Our country-wide analysis used Landsat 8 satellite data from a select number of mining areas to create a raster layer of potential mining areas. We used this layer to guide a systematic scan of freely-available fine-resolution im...

The paper describes the change undergoing in maps and map-making, in the move from modern printed maps to digital, online maps, emphasizing the changing status of the cartographer and the changing nature of information represented on the maps. Taking Google Earth as its main example, the paper demonstrates the cultural changes embedded in this environment in terms of three main spatial themes: ...

Although the “Big Five” model has been discussed a lot in behavioral fields, there has been little research on the impact of personality traits with regards to technology on web-based DSS decision. In this paper, we apply task technology fit theory to explore how Individual characteristics affect task technology fit and how task technology mediate between personal characteristics and decision-m...

The ability to visualize location and time information on satellite-generated maps using geographic information systems (GIS) such as Google Earth has enabled researchers with limited mapping expertise to use GIS for a wide range of applications. GIS holds special benefits for research in historical geography involving visualization of events and time-based changes in geographical information. ...

The process of cartography and the ideological problems that accompany this process has taken on new significance in the digital age with the proliferation of digital maps and geographical information systems such as Google Earth. This study begins by analyzing the history of digital mapping and its connection to an indexical, ontological reality. I demonstrate how Google Earth, by incorporatin...

We describe methods for navigating large variable resolution images primarily using eye gaze control. In many professions a user’s task involves inspecting very large image spaces at a level of granularity ranging from an overview mode to study of fine detail. Such images are becoming commonplace, for instance: maps (e.g. Google Maps), earth imaging (Google Earth, NASA World Wind1), surveillanc...

The technologies of database management systems and their related spatial extension are in constant advance and are indispensable tools in the research area of GIS. This work presents the integration of Oracle Spatial with Google Earth in order to create a WWW application that was created to disseminate information provided from the project of the inventory of the forests from the Minas Gerais ...

This paper proposes a distributed architecture for real-time high-resolution underwater ecological observation streaming. The system, based on a three-tier architecture, includes stream receiver unit, stream processor unit, and presentation unit. It is a distributed computing and a loose coupling architecture. Stream receiver unit supports a variety of capture source devices, such as HDV, DV, W...