Identification of Optimal Colours for Maps from the Web

Abstract

Maps which are created on demand by combining geospatial data from different Web Map Services integrate conflicting portrayals and do not satisfy the requirements of effective cartographic communication. A significant improvement is achieved by selecting clearly distinguishable colours which are determined by solving an optimisation problem. Cartographic guidelines and user characteristics (e.g. colour vision impairment) can be incorporated into the optimisation model as constraints which guide the selection of colours.     

Measuring the Coastline from Maps: A Study of the Scottish Mainland

Abstract

While attempting to devise a methodology for the assessment of the impact of planning decisions on the coastline of Scotland, it became apparent that a means of mapping information concerning the coastline and coastal zone was necessary. This meant that the maps had to be capable of being produced in bulk, they should be easy to alter and produce at different scales and with different information. It was therefore decided to investigate the potential of computational techniques to produce the required maps. This was performed by employing a d-Mac digitising table to generate the required coordinates and by processing the information on the University of Aberdeen's ICL system 4/70 computer, the output being on drum plotter.     

无人机航摄系统获取DOM的技术研究

无人机航摄系统是继传统的航空摄影之后出现的一种新的数字测绘航空摄影技术。介绍无人机航空摄影测量系统的特点,通过对某区实施航摄获取正射影像（DOM）来阐述在DOM获取过程中像控点布设、内业数据处理（包括影像预处理、匹配、空三加密、正射纠正等）的相关技术,同时探讨DOM产品质量评价的方法。实践结果表明,无人机低空摄影测量系统在大比例尺、小区域成图时具有速度快和工作效率高的特点。     

Introducing the Sighted to Maps for the Blind: A Report on the I.G.U. Tactual Map Exhibit

Tactual maps can be useful aids for blind mobility. Sighted visitors to an exhibit on maps for the blind at the August 1972 International Geographical Congress had an opportunity to try out tactual mobility maps for themselves. Blindfolded participants attempted to guide themselves through a maze with the help of such a map. Over half of those observed had some difficulty in finding their way. Evaluation of their performances suggests that unfamiliarity with methods for reading and using tactual maps was a major problem. The maze and tactual map exhibit also emphasized that tactual maps differ from visual maps in content, design, and reproduction. Special requirements in all these areas will have to be met before tactual mapping can fulfill its promise as a mobility tool for the blind.     

浅述《湖北省历代地图成果概览》文字编撰

围绕《湖北省历代地图成果概览》图集文字编撰工作,从文字编撰方案、解读地图特色、典型图例分析3个方面,说明了古近代地图和现代地图文字编撰的差异及特点,阐述了图与文有机结合、“以图解史、以文释图”之重要作用。     

基于VB.NET的地形图编号查询与面积计算程序

主要介绍利用Microsoft Visual Basic.NET编写的地形图分幅编号查询与面积计算程序。通过该程序,根据经纬度坐标或高斯坐标,可查询该点所在各种基本比例尺下的图幅编号、西南图廓点的经纬度坐标以及在不同坐标系下的图幅面积。     

The Place Names of the Middle East Before and After Ptolemaic Cartography: An Emblematic Selection from Ancient Maps

The cultural gap between Europe and Asia (at first political and then religious) saw an increase with the spread of Islam, which, to the European imagination, was synonymous with ‘foreign’. This separation grew after the discovery of America (1492) with the loss of the central commercial position of the Mediterranean reducing the level of contact between the countries of its basin. Traces of these changes can be recognized on historic Western maps in the transformation of their toponyms (place names). Through a comparative cartographic analysis, this paper examines some of the key changes and phases that occurred during the era.     

近太空平台摄影测量与遥感

本文介绍了近太空平台及主要特点，提出了在近太空平台搭载各类传感器进行摄影测量与遥感的初步设想，分析了它们的测绘性能，认为未来近太空平台摄影测量系统将成为航空和卫星系统的重要补充。     

Spatial Knowledge Acquisition with Mobile Maps,Augmented Reality and Voice in the Context of GPS-based Pedestrian Navigation: Results from a Field Test

GPS-based pedestrian navigation systems have become increasingly popular. Different interface technologies can be used to communicate/convey route directions to pedestrians. This paper aims to empirically study the influence of different interface technologies on spatial knowledge acquisition in the context of GPS-based pedestrian navigation. A field experiment was implemented to address this concern. Firstly, the suitability of the evaluation methods in assessing spatial knowledge acquisition was analyzed empirically (focusing on the ability of differentiating “familiar” and “unfamiliar” participants). The suitable methods were then used to compare the influence of mobile maps, augmented reality, and voice on spatial learning. The field test showed that in terms of spatial knowledge acquisition, the three interface technologies led to comparable results, which were not significantly different from each other. The results bring some challenging issues for consideration when designing mobile pedestrian navigation systems.     

1980—2015年中国建设用地变化研究

土地特别是建设用地的空间格局与演变是城镇研究的热点问题。本文利用1980、1990、1995、2000、2005、2010、2015年7期的中国土地利用遥感数据,对1980—2015年中国建设用地变化进行了系统性的分析。研究工作主要有:①计算1980—2015年中国的城镇用地、农村居民点、其他建设用地及总建设用地的面积和增长率,从而得到1980—2015年中国的建设用地变化速率。②运用GIS软件中的联合分析工具,得到1980—2015年中国建设用地空间变化格局。③制作土地利用转移矩阵,从而得到1980—2015年中国建设用地结构变化情况。研究表明,中国建设用地整体上表现为持续扩张的态势;东部及沿海地区增长速度较快,青藏高原基本无变化,中部及东北地区增长速度较缓,西北地区有少量增加;增加建设用地以耕地转入为主。     

Vegetation discrimination using irs-p3 wifs temporal dataset - a case study from rampa forests, eastern ghats, a.p.

Multitemporal data sets from coarse resolution sensors of Indian Remote Sensing Satellites provides an opportunity to classify various forest types using their phenological attributes reflected in temporal NDVI profiles. The present study attempts to classify various vegetation classes using time integrated NDVI (T-NDVI) values derived from IRS-P3 WiFS data. The algorithm explores the differential characteristics in T-NDVI values of different features and the results suggest the possible use of the methodology for forest type classification.     

Thermal Conditions in the Aral Sea (1982-2000) from Satellite Data

This paper presents the results of a study of the seasonal and interannual variability of Aral Sea sea surface temperature (SST) during the contemporary period (1982-2000) using sea-surface-temperature data obtained from NOAA satellites. A comparison was made between present-day temperature conditions in the sea and observations for 1950-1980, as well as with known predictions of its change due to a sea level reduction. Special aspects of temperature conditions in three Aral Sea (northern, western, and central) regions are examined separately.     

Water Supply Maps for the Western Front (Belgium and Northern France) Developed by British,German and American Military Geologists during World War I: Pioneering Studies in Hydrogeology from Trench Warfare

Abstract

Innovations for the British Army during World War I included use of a military geologist to compile 'water supply' maps and to guide well drilling. Between June 1915 and November 1918, W. B. R. King served as a staff lieutenant at General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force deployed on the Western Front. He pioneered British development of water supply maps for parts of Belgium and northern France, in several different styles and at scales of 1 : 100 000, 1 : 250 000 and 1 : 40 000. These assisted planning for advances into enemy-occupied territory or the development of water supply infrastructure within the region held ultimately by five British armies: in total about 1,500,000 men with some 500,000 horses and mules, each man/animal requiring on average 10 gallons (45 L) per day of potable water. The maps guided emplacement of over 470 military boreholes to supply drinking water to British forces, especially in provinces underlain by Cretaceous Chalk: Picardy and Artois. German forces also made use of military geologists at the Front, but in much greater number: up to about 300 in total. Water supply tasks were given high priority, and German water supply maps were finally standardized like other medium scale German geotechnical maps at 1 : 25 000. Six geologists were deployed with the American Expeditionary Force late in the war, and for their sector of the Front compiled at least two water supply maps at 1 : 80 000, and 11 at 1 : 50 000 that were supported by explanatory reports. Wartime imperatives thus generated expertise in hydrogeology that became available for civilian use post-war, and laid the foundation for further military development during World War II.     

“All the World's a Stage”: A GIS Framework for Recreating Personal Time‐Space from Qualitative and Quantitative Sources

This article presents a methodological model for the study of the space‐time patterns of everyday life. The framework utilizes a wide range of qualitative and quantitative sources to create two environmental stages, social and built, which place and contextualize the daily mobilities of individuals as they traverse urban environments. Additionally, this study outlines a procedure to fully integrate narrative sources in a GIS. By placing qualitative sources, such as narratives, within a stage‐based GIS, researchers can begin to tell rich spatial stories about the lived experiences of segregation, social interaction, and environmental exposure. The article concludes with a case study utilizing the diary of a postal clerk to outline the wide applicability of this model for space‐time GIS research.     

The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Brian Sibley and John Howe; The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith; and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Visual Companion by Jude Fisher.

A conceptual design is presented for a lineage meta-data base system that documents data sources and geographic information system (GIS) transformations applied to derive cartographic products. Artificial intelligence techniques of semantic networks are used to organize input-output relationships between map layers, and frames are used for storing lineage attributes characterizing source, intermediate, and product layers. An example indicates that a lineage meta-data base enables GIS users to determine the fitness for use of spatial data sets.     

Estimates of carbon stored in harvested wood products from the United States forest service northern region, 1906-2010

Background  

Global forests capture and store significant amounts of CO₂ through photosynthesis. When carbon is removed from forests through harvest, a portion of the harvested carbon is stored in wood products, often for many decades. The United States Forest Service (USFS) and other agencies are interested in accurately accounting for carbon flux associated with harvested wood products (HWP) to meet greenhouse gas monitoring commitments and climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives. This paper uses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) production accounting approach and the California Forest Project Protocol (CFPP) to estimate HWP carbon storage from 1906 to 2010 for the USFS Northern Region, which includes forests in northern Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and eastern Washington.     

A note on palaeozoic bryozoa from the nayar phyllite formation,pauri garhwal,U.P.

This note records the discovery of bryozoan fossils collected from Nayar Phyllite Formation exposed around Satpuli, from a locality SSW of Ira (29° 53′32″: 78° 46′52″) in Pauri Garhwal district, U.P. On the basis of preliminary studies the fossil assemblage has been assigned to the families Phylloporinidae and Fenestellidae. The assemblage tentatively indicates Ordovician — early Silurian age for the formation.     

Modeling the risk of spread and establishment for Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Massachusetts from 2008-2009

Land managers responsible for invasive species removal in the USA require tools to prevent the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) (ALB) from decimating the maple-dominant hardwood forests of Massachusetts and New England. Species distribution models (SDMs) and spread models have been applied individually to predict the invasion distribution and rate of spread, but the combination of both models can increase the accuracy of predictions of species spread over time when habitat suitability is heterogeneous across landscapes. First, a SDM was fit to 2008 ALB presence-only locations. Then, a stratified spread model was generated to measure the probability of spread due to natural and human causes. Finally, the SDM and spread models were combined to evaluate the risk of ALB spread in Central Massachusetts in 2008–2009. The SDM predicted many urban locations in Central Massachusetts as having suitable environments for species establishment. The combined model shows the greatest risk of spread and establishment in suitable locations immediately surrounding the epicentre of the ALB outbreak in Northern Worcester with lower risk areas in suitable locations only accessible through long-range dispersal from access to human transportation networks. The risk map achieved an accuracy of 67% using 2009 ALB locations for model validation. This model framework can effectively provide risk managers with valuable information concerning the timing and spatial extent of spread/establishment risk of ALB and potential strategies needed for effective future risk management efforts.