A Microsoft VBA Application for Generating Heat Maps

A choropleth map is a form of thematic map used to portray the structural characteristics of some particular geographical distribution not apparent in data presented in tabular form. Preparation of a choropleth map starts with the assignment of map features to classes based on the value of a specific feature attribute followed by the association of classes of features with appropriate map colors or symbols. Map features are often geographical regions with naturally or artificially defined boundaries, but choropleth maps can also be prepared by segmenting the area to be mapped into a regular grid of regions. Maps prepared with each grid shaded in an intuitive manner such as blue for grids with the lowest attribute values to red for the highest values can be termed “heat maps”. This technical note describes the HeatMap Microsoft Excel application which converts information contained in a worksheet into a heat map, and then converts the heat map into a file suitable for display using mapping systems such as Google Earth. An example illustrates how the application can be used to visualize the seventeenth century frontier between the Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.     

Excel在工程测量中的应用

通过创建一个Excel电子表格,并在单元格中输入公式,然后输入已知数据,即可自动完成导线的简易平差,以此证明Excel可在工程测量计算中发挥作用。     

MapGIS及其二次开发软件Section和Excel软件的交互应用与探讨

在地质灾害防治规划中《地质灾害现状及易发区、危险区（点）分布图》和《地质灾害防治规划图》分别是一定区域内地质灾害点（区）现状及未来防治任务的直观体现。本文论述MAPGIS二次开发软件Section和Microsoft Office Excel软件在编辑制作该类图件的交互应用和体会。     

Google Maps API技术在移动终端上的GIS应用

综合应用Google Maps API、Android、数据库、服务器技术等集成方法,开发了Android端应用程序,实现了实时数据(包括GPS坐标等数据)的校园GIS的应用。     

GIS数据在专题地图可视化表达中的应用

以GIS数据与地图表达的关系为线索,结合林业规划制图过程,分析了GIS数据与地图表达的冲突,提出通过数据选择系统、分析与制图一体化策略及地图表现层次分类系统的构建来实现GIS数据与地图表达的融合,提高专题地图制图质量。     

地理信息系统在江苏省公益林分布图制作中的应用

运用地理信息系统(GIS)研制了江苏省公益林分布图,总结了公益林分布图制作的原理、方法、技术路线和特点。为江苏省公益林进行信息化管理奠定了基础,为发展高效林业提供了科学的决策和管理平台。     

The Potential of Maps APIs for Internet GIS Applications

Since the launching of Maps Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in 2005, many web developers, including geographers and non‐geographers, applauded the freely adaptable tools and used them to spawn numerous Internet applications. The success of the Maps APIs is largely attributable to its no‐cost policy, the availability of global data coverage, dynamic navigation, query capability, and ease of implementation. Despite its versatility in dynamic exploration of geographic data online, the existing Maps APIs lack Geographic Information System (GIS) functionalities compared to other Internet Mapping Services. The goal of this research was to review the potential of the Maps APIs for Internet GIS applications. This research employed the Google Maps API and developed a web prototype that disseminates spatial information of urban sprawl in Mundy Township, Michigan. The results revealed that both vector and raster data could be effectively represented by using the Maps API. Moreover, the Geographic Markup Language (GML) approach illustrated great potential for developing Internet GIS solutions around open specifications. This research suggested several potential solutions to expand the spectrum of GIS operations of the Maps APIs by incorporating the XML‐related technology and extending the JavaScript library.     

A Technique for Building Representation in Oblique View Maps of Modern Urban Areas

Abstract

This paper presents a technique for creating oblique view maps of urban areas. We identify and apply cartographic and cognitive principles to develop a solution in the context of state-of-art geographic information systems. The gap in the ability of these systems to render three-dimensional buildings into maps is addressed. At the core of our solution is a building facade modelling approach that supports varying degrees of abstraction. This is achieved by introducing a concept of 'facade waveforms' and representing building facades as combinations of these waveforms. A Fourier series approximation of the waveforms is used during the rendering processes resulting in an elegant solution to anti-aliasing. The formulation retains the semantic information in the representation that enables meaningful extensions like night time facade generation. The solution is implemented as a pixel shader and therefore leads to a large reduction in texture memory requirement compared with existing building rendering techniques. Additionally, in the case of web based systems, there is significant reduction in bandwidth requirement. We highlight the features of the proposed solution by generating demonstrative maps and images.     

一个基于Excel和VBA开发的自动生成"界址点成果表"的程序

"界址点成果表"是测绘中经常要绘制的成果表,但是很多测绘单位没有专门的软件来绘制。介绍如何利用Microsoft Excel中的VBA进行编程实现"界址点成果表"的自动生成,并且能迅速将界址点坐标展绘到AutoCAD中连线为一个闭合的图形,该程序有利于提高效率和正确性,已在Windows XP和AutoCAD2006中运行通过。     

A GIS Approach to Estimation of Building Population for Micro-spatial Analysis

Population data used in GIS analyses is generally assumed to be homogeneous and planar (i.e. census tracts, townships or prefectures) due to the public unavailability of building population data. However, information on building population is required for micro-spatial analysis for improved disaster management and emergency preparedness, public facility management for urban planning, consumer and retail market analysis, environment and public health programs and other demographic studies. This article discusses a GIS approach using the Areametric and Volumetric methods for estimating building population based on census tracts and building footprint datasets. The estimated results were evaluated using actual building population data by visual, statistical and spatial means, and validated for use in micro-spatial analysis. We have also implemented a standalone GIS tool (known as 'PopShape GIS') for generating new building footprint with population attribute information based on user-defined criteria.     

A GIS Approach to Exploring Monetary Value on Enclosure Era Property-Related Maps

Historical enclosure era property-related maps can tell us a great deal about the life and times of communities in the past. This study offers a unique approach to studying the historical landscape by applying GIS techniques to the examination of an eighteenth-century English village. Using novel GIS applications relying on historical maps, the study explores various aspects of the village’s physical and social characteristics. In doing so, the study forges effective linkages between cultural and landscape variables to reveal aspects of the historical landscape in eighteenth-century Britain previously inaccessible to researchers. This, in turn, provides a much more comprehensive and sophisticated template for future use by historical geographers in a number of contexts.     

DAML+OIL构建本体在GIS中的应用

简介GIS互操作和本体理论,以及本体建模语言DAML+OIL。讨论了本体理论在解决GIS互操作中的作用,并给出了使用DAML+OIL构建地理本体在GIS中简单应用实例。     

面向GIS专业本科生的经济地理学教学研究

GIS专业是一门新兴的综合性交叉学科,《经济地理学》为G1S提供了重要的理论基础和应用基础。本文从GIS专业的学科专业性质、人才培养目标出发,对《经济地理学》课程的定位与目标、教学内容与方法进行了探讨,以期提高GIS专业学生应用《经济地理学》基本理论、基本方法和解决现实问题的能力。     

电子海图最短距离航线自动生成的改进方法

针对航路二叉树方法绕行碍航区处理不完备、效率低等缺点,提出了最短距离航线自动生成的改进方法。通过复杂碍航区路径的递归搜索和碍航区绕行规则的优化,实现了复杂情形下的航线自动生成;利用方向一致性判断、边界检测和动态包络矩形排斥等策略优化航线生成,并采用递归处理和动态判断的方式求解最短距离航线。此方法与已有的航路二叉树方法相比,在自动生成航线的质量和效率上都有明显提高。     

师范院校地理科学专业的GIS课程教学思考

地理信息系统作为当今地球科学研究的重要技术,已经成为很多专业的专业基础课,不同的专业,课程教学与实践在侧重点方面有很大的区别。本文以淮阴师范学院地理科学专业为例,探讨了以往在地理科学专业理论教学和实验教学方面所存在的问题。例如学生不愿意学,对实验只能按照老师给出的步骤进行练习,对于具体原理理解不透等情况,进行了一些教学方法方面的改革,提出一些针对性的解决方案。     

信息环境下的GIS专业自然地理学教改实践

为了探索适应综合性GIS人才培养要求的课程教学模式,通过统计全国GIS专业自然地理类课程开设情况,分析GIS专业自然地理课程重要性及制约课程改革的主要因素。在此基础上,根据兰州交通大学GIS专业自然地理学近10年教改经验,总结基于信息化环境,强化教材更新和教学体系全面改革的可行方案,旨在有效地促进教学改革多元化,提高课程教学的专业适应性和教学效率。     

面向GIS的大比例尺数字地形图空间数据结构探讨

阐述面向GIS的大比例尺数字地形图的数据结构原理、特点、要求，并对其空间数据结构进行探讨。     

GIS技术在历史地貌三维场景重建中的应用

通过对历史地貌的复原研究,提出了一种重建历史地貌三维场景的方法。以历史地形图为基础研究资料,对其进行整理、挖掘与分析,并结合GIS技术建立了DEM,生成了三维立体场景。利用该方法建立了百年前白洋淀碟形洼地的三维历史地貌模型,对于该区域历史环境和演化过程的研究具有重要的参考价值,也为历史地貌重建的信息化发展提供了一种新的研究视角。     

基于GIS的国土房产数据整合方案设计

在分析现有国土房产数据存在问题的基础上,提出一种以数据为核心、基于数据自身特点的数据整合方案。