Geomasking sensitive health data and privacy protection: an evaluation using an E911 database

Geomasking is used to provide privacy protection for individual address information while maintaining spatial resolution for mapping purposes. Donut geomasking and other random perturbation geomasking algorithms rely on the assumption of a homogeneously distributed population to calculate displacement distances, leading to possible under-protection of individuals when this condition is not met. Using household data from 2007, we evaluated the performance of donut geomasking in Orange County, North Carolina. We calculated the estimated k-anonymity for every household based on the assumption of uniform household distribution. We then determined the actual k-anonymity by revealing household locations contained in the county E911 database. Census block groups in mixed-use areas with high population distribution heterogeneity were the most likely to have privacy protection below selected criteria. For heterogeneous populations, we suggest tripling the minimum displacement area in the donut to protect privacy with a less than 1% error rate.     

上海市集中测绘成果管理系统的建设与维护

本文在深入调研上海市集中测绘成果管理系统的基础上,通过对系统的建立与长期维护的总结,简要的介绍了系统实现的功能与系统架构,总结了系统建设过程中的思路与做法。着重阐述了系统在整合测绘处理与成果管理、保持基础数据的现势性方面所取得的成果,总结了系统在建设与使用过程中的优缺点,为其它地区建立或改造测绘成果系统提供借鉴。     

上海市土地有形市场管理信息系统

本文首先介绍了上海市土地有形市场管理信息系统的建设目标和内容,其次从系统的体系架构、与其他现有系统间的关系、系统功能设计和技术路线等方面详细介绍了系统实现的技术方案,然后总结了系统运行的五个特点,最后介绍了系统的运行情况。     

通过技术规定提高软件质量

本文主要介绍了《上海局应用软件产品技术规定》的缘起、编制过程、主要内容和如何落地实施等方面的内容,以及规定本身和落实过程中遇到的问题,分析了问题的成因并就如何解决提了一些建议。     

第二次土地调查数据成果应用模式研究

第二次全国土地调查是一项重大的国情国力调查,做好调查数据成果的应用显得尤为重要。本文在分析了传统数据应用模式不足的基础上,提出了面向服务架构(SOA)的数据应用模式,并基于ArcGIS Server(AGS)实现了该模式下的数据应用实例,为第二次土地调查数据成果应用提供了新的解决方案。     

广西第二次土地调查自治区级数据库建设

基于MapGIS空间数据搜索引擎和Oracle数据库软件,对广西第二次土地调查自治级数据库进行设计,然后用MapGIS省级土地调查数据库管理系统对广西的所有县级调查成果进行整合处理入库,形成广西自治区级土地调查数据库,在此基础上掌握真实的土地基础数据,并对土地利用、土地权属、基本农田调查成果进行信息化、网络化管理。     

Assessment of coastal bio-resources of the Palk Bay,India, using IRS-LISS-III data

Coastal resources viz., coral reefs, seagrasses, mangroves, and coastal land features viz., sandy beach, mudflats and salt pan/aquaculture ponds were classified and assessed in the Palk Bay region of the south-east coast of India using IRS LISS III satellite image (1996, 2000, 2002 and 2004). The study recorded an areal coverage of 286.95 ha of reef area during 2004, which is 177.54 ha lesser than that of the reef area of 1996. The reef vegetation composed mainly of seaweeds has gained over 29.44 ha during the same period. Likewise, sand over reef area has also increased alarmingly i.e. 120.34 ha between 1996 and 2004. The seagrass beds of Munaikkadu region of the Palk Bay are comparatively protected and have gained over 7.5 ha between 1996 and 2004. It has been found that both the dense (2.99 ha) and sparse (36.45 ha) mangroves have gained their areal coverage considerably between 1996 and 2004. Whereas in Devipattinam region, many anthropogenic pressures are exerted only on the seagrass resources which has led to the reduction of over 785.5 ha of dense seagrass beds between 1996 and 2004. The study clearly indicated that the resources are under the pressures of low to high threats, especially the coral reefs and seagrasses, if the pressures continue, coastal resources of the Palk Bay may face serious threats of destruction in this part of the Bay in the years to come.     

Instability in spatial error models: an application to the hypothesis of convergence in the European case

This paper focuses on the hypothesis of stability in the mechanisms of spatial dependence that are usually employed in spatial econometric models. We propose a specification strategy for which the first step is to solve a local estimation algorithm, called the Zoom estimation. The aim of this stage is to detect problems of heterogeneity in the parameters and to identify the regimes. Then we resort to a battery of formal Lagrange Multipliers to test the assumption of stability in the processes of spatial dependence. The alternative hypothesis consists of the existence of several regimes in these parameters. A small Monte Carlo serves to confirm the behaviour of this strategy in a context of finite size samples. As an illustration, we solve an application to the case of the hypothesis of convergence for the per capita income in the European regions. Our results reveal the existence of a strong Centre-Periphery dichotomy in which instability extends to all the elements (coefficients of regression as well as parameters of spatial dependence) that intervene in a classical conditional β-convergence model.     

基于扩展EL的大地测量报表系统

通过分析现有大地测量数据报表格式中存在的问题,以基于XML的大地测量数据接口文档为数据模型,建立了以Word文档为模板的EL引擎,使用户能够方便地对大地测量报表模板的样式和内容进行动态控制和修改,实现了数据库管理系统与报表系统、报表格式和数据内容的解耦,增加了报表的灵活性和扩展性。     

Analysis of the Effects of Pansharpening in Change Detection on VHR Images

In this letter, we investigate the effects of pansharpening (PS) applied to multispectral (MS) multitemporal images in change-detection (CD) applications. Although CD maps computed from pansharpened data show an enhanced spatial resolution, they can suffer from errors due to artifacts induced by the fusion process. The rationale of our analysis consists in understanding to which extent such artifacts can affect spatially enhanced CD maps. To this end, a quantitative analysis is performed which is based on a novel strategy that exploits similarity measures to rank PS methods according to their impact on CD performance. Many multiresolution fusion algorithms are considered, and CD results obtained from original MS and from spatially enhanced data are compared.