ion and Decomposition in Interoperable GIS Agn es Voisard Heinz Schweppe Institut f ur Informatik Freie Universitat Berlin Takustr. 9 D-14195 Berlin fvoisard,[email protected] Abstract With the advent of distributed computing and the increasing trend towards the reuse of geographic data, a new generation of geographic information systems (GIS) is currently being speci ed. The key cha...

The overall aim of this paper is to explore the potential application of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology in forest management in general and in 3 African countries. The use of GIS has flooded almost every field in the engineering, natural and social sciences, offering accurate, efficient, reproducible methods for collecting, viewing and analyzing spatial data. According to Upadhy...

Today's Geographic Information System (Gis) includes a multi-user database management system (Dbms) and is embedded in a network environment. The Dbms gives each individual the impression of being the only user|allowing people to work independently but explicitly preventing collaboration with others. An alternative approach is provided by Computer Supported Co-operative Work (Cscw) applications...

The recent advances in geo-informatics have been opening new opportunities in earthquake early warning and emergency management issues. In the last years, the geo-scientific community has recognized the added value of a geo-analytic approach in complex decision making processes for critical situations due to disastrous natural events such as earthquakes. In fact, recently, GIS-based solutions a...

One of the major obstacles for the mobile GIS development is the immature in database design. For this consideration, a new mobile data model based on a mobile view of spatio-temporal and attribute model is proposed. A temporal database is designed in physicality for the implementation on conceptual model. It is a proactive approach continuously updating the related spatiotemporal and attribute...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) represent an application of information technology (IT) in business that has yet to reach full maturity. Like other forms of information system (IS), the development of GIS in commercial organizations has been greatly influenced by developments in IT and in the subsequent availability of software to exploit these developments. However the corporate use of GI...

This paper presents the concepts and technology of GMN and its application in developing real estate management software. GMN abbreviating GIS+MIS+Network, is a new technology integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Internet environment. Previous real estate management software products which are mainly based on MIS cannot meet various es...

Geodemographic systems can make important contributions toward more effective marketing and branch location research within financial service organizations. This article reviews the potential of geodemographics to support various activities undertaken by financial institutions and discusses the role that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can play in enhancing geodemographic products. Reviewi...

Geographic information is critical to effective and collaborative decision making in earthrelated disaster planning, crisis management and early-warning systems. Decision making in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) increasingly relies on analyses of spatial data in mapbased formats. Maps are complex structures composed of layers created from distributed heterogeneous data and computation res...

It is possible to eliminate some of the traditional problems with GIS implementation by changing the model of space used. The Voronoi spatial model has bee used as the basis of a set of core GIS or spatial operations, with encouraging results. It has been implemented in a PC environment so as to leave as much flexibility as possible for the designer of any particular application. Examples inclu...