Use of radio-occultation data for ionospheric imaging during the April 2002 disturbances

In 1994, Hajj et al. (1994) proposed the use of radio occultation data in ionospheric imaging. The advantages gained by including this data source are examined in this paper. Many data sources including ground-based and satellite-based observations are available for the events of the April 2002 ionospheric disturbance. This period has been chosen to study simultaneous images of the disturbed ionosphere over the USA and Europe. A 4D tomographic imaging technique known as Multi-instrument Data Analysis System (MIDAS) (Mitchell and Spencer, 2003) is applied in this study. The primary purpose of the study is to compare images produced with and without the use of radio-occultation data. The work investigates whether GPS occultation combined with ground-based GPS data improves the determination of peak height and peak density in the images. The results indicate that the occultation data improve both the peak height and the peak density in the images. The use of ionosonde data is also examined and the results are compared between the USA and Europe.     

土地利用规划电子政务系统的设计与实现

本文在分析了电子政务的内涵和作用的基础上,阐述了建设土地利用规划电子政务系统的必要性。依据国土资源电子政务系统建设目标和规范,在MapGuide平台上应用办公自动化、GIS、Oracle数据库等技术,确定了系统的总体设计。完成了土地利用规划电子政务系统的建设,实现了规划和国土资源管理的公平、公开、公正和公信,促进了规划和国土资源管理的科学化和规范化,大大提高了土地利用规划工作的效率。     

DLG数据采集中的自动接边实现

分析了实现自动接边中需要解决的基本问题，说明了DLG生产中不推荐使用曲线的理由，给出了接边程序的流程和关键算法。最后介绍了MAP系统中的自动接边功能。     

Least squares spectral analysis and its application to superconducting gravimeter data analysis

Detection of a periodic signal hidden in noise is the goal of Superconducting Gravimeter (SG) data analysis. Due to spikes, gaps, datum shrifts (offsets) and other disturbances, the traditional FFT method shows inherent limitations. Instead, the least squares spectral analysis (LSSA) has showed itself more suitable than Fourier analysis of gappy, unequally spaced and unequally weighted data series in a variety of applications in geodesy and geophysics. This paper reviews the principle of LSSA and gives a possible strategy for the analysis of time series obtained from the Canadian Superconducting Gravimeter Installation (CGSI), with gaps, offsets, unequal sampling decimation of the data and unequally weighted data points.     

论我国国家基本地形图设计的改进

在调查研究和对我国国家基本地形图及其相应编绘规范和图式的分析研究基础上，参照国外许多地形图的设计，提出改进我国国家基本地形图设计的几个方面：改进国家基本地形图的比例尺系列及分档；地形图的设计文件需进一步标准化、规范化和系列化；国家基本地形图应适应时代发展的需要；改变我国地形图的旧面貌     

A probabilistic framework for improving reverse geocoding output

Reverse geocoding, which transforms machine‐readable GPS coordinates into human‐readable location information, is widely used in a variety of location‐based services and analysis. The output quality of reverse geocoding is critical because it can greatly impact these services provided to end‐users. We argue that the output of reverse geocoding should be spatially close to and topologically correct with respect to the input coordinates, contain multiple suggestions ranked by a uniform standard, and incorporate GPS uncertainties. However, existing reverse geocoding systems often fail to fulfill these aims. To further improve the reverse geocoding process, we propose a probabilistic framework that includes: (1) a new workflow that can adapt all existing address models and unitizes distance and topology relations among retrieved reference data for candidate selections; (2) an advanced scoring mechanism that quantifies characteristics of the entire workflow and orders candidates according to their likelihood of being the best candidate; and (3) a novel algorithm that derives statistical surfaces for input GPS uncertainties and propagates such uncertainties into final output lists. The efficiency of the proposed approaches is demonstrated through comparisons to the four commercial reverse geocoding systems and through human judgments. We envision that more advanced reverse geocoding output ranking algorithms specific to different application scenarios can be built upon this work.     

Small‐area patch‐merging method accounting for both local constraints and the overall area balance

Small‐area patch merging is a common operation in land use data generalization. However, existing research on small‐area patch merging has mainly focused on local compatibility measures, which often lead to area imbalances among land use types from a global perspective. To address the shortcomings of previous studies by resolving local and global concerns simultaneously, this article proposes a merging method that considers both local constraints and the overall area balance. First, a local optimization model that considers three constraints—namely, the areas of neighboring patches, the lengths of shared arcs, and semantic similarity—is established. The areas of small patches are first pre‐allocated. Subsequently, in accordance with an area change threshold for individual land use types, land use types with area changes that exceed this threshold are identified. The patches corresponding to these land use types are subjected to iterative adjustments while considering the overall area balance. Based on their area splitting abilities, the split lines for small‐area patches are determined, and small‐area patches are merged. Finally, actual data from Guangdong Province are used for validation. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method is capable of preserving the local compatibility of patches while balancing the overall area associated with each land use type.     

A method for the extraction of partition lines from long and narrow patches that account for structural features

The extraction of partition lines for long and narrow patches (LN patches) is an important yet difficult problem in the generalization of thematic data. When current methods are used to process polygons with irregular shapes or complex branch convergence zones, the extracted line structural features tend to be inaccurate and topologically erroneous. In this article, we propose an improved partition lines extraction algorithm of constrained Delaunay triangulation to counter these issues. The proposed method aims to maintain consistency between the extracted line structure characteristics and the actual object structure, especially for complex branch convergence zones. First, we describe three types of aggregation patterns (Type A, B, and C aggregation zones) that occur in partition line extractions for LN patches of complex branch convergence zones using Delaunay triangulation. Then, a partition line extraction algorithm that accounts for the direction between the edges of triangles and the distance of nodes in aggregation zones is proposed. Finally, we test our method for a dataset relating to Guizhou Province, China. Compared with the current method that uses quantitative indicators and visualization, the results indicate that our method not only has applicability for simple situations but also is superior for preserving structural features of complex branch convergence zones.     

全国土地利用动态监测结果栅格数据矢量化

为了有效地管理和使用国土资源大调查中的土地利用动态监测成果数据 ,将监测成果及时有效地应用于日常的土地管理和规划中 ,需要建立动态监测数据库。本文阐述了在建立数据库过程中 ,如何将动态监测成果的栅格数据矢量化以及如何将栅格数据和矢量数据统一到一个地理数据库系统中的方法     

遥感影像数据模型及影像数据库的建立

在总结图像数据模型研究的基础上,分析了遥感影像的种类、一般存储方式、影像与具体应用的关系,指出遥感图像管理的特殊性,提出了遥感影像在关系数据库中的逻辑表达模型,讨论了该模型支持下的基于图像内容的查询问题,最后介绍一个遥感影像数据库的设计原型。