Evaluating the Geographic in GIS

Despite several decades of discussion and debate around the role of GIS in the discipline of Geography, it would be a stretch to argue that GIS has not irreversibly altered the discipline, both in the scope of research and teaching as well as in the wider imagination of a general public. However, it remains a challenge to incorporate the range of geographic knowledge, born of a diversity of modalities, into operational insights and analytical pre‐conditions in a GIS. To be certain, some irreconcilability between GIS and geographical inquiry is to be expected, epistemologically speaking. In what follows, we consider what might be meant by a shift to geographic analysis as scholars from disciplines in the humanities and social sciences turn to GIS as a method of observation, interpretation, analysis, and representation. In this context, we engage in a thought experiment and offer some commentary, fixing the notion of information system, while opening the geographic in GIS to more variable understanding. The point is to pursue greater development of GIS theory and method, encompassing, while not reducing, scientific, social scientific, and humanities research.     

长江三峡工程库区生态环境遥感动态监测

长江三峡工程库区人类活动频繁,生态系统脆弱,三峡工程对库区生态环境的影响一直是人们关注的焦点。运用遥感、地理 信息系统、全球卫星定位系统、计算机网络技术,采用DEM 、影像正射校正、多源影像数据融合、多层次信息提取等技术方法,对整 个库区20世纪80年代中期、90年代末期生态环境、草地资源进行了全面的动态监测,并在此基础上利用ArcGIS软件开发完成了“长江 三峡工程库区生态环境遥感动态监测GIS系统”。     

基于空间数据挖掘技术的农用地产能核算数据库的应用研究

为提高农用地产能核算数据库的利用效率,以空间关联规则为基础,在河北省土地产能核算数据库的应用中得到提高河北省农业用地普查结果的利用效率的几条知识规则。利用现有软件,使用GIS软件进行空间数据预处理及空间关系计算。属性数据使用access管理,而关联规则挖掘算法直接应用Clementine。通过数据选取、数据预处理、数据变换、数据挖掘算法实施以及模式解释与评估,从空间数据库中提取用户感兴趣的空间模式与特征、空间与非空间数据的普遍关系及其他一些隐含在数据中的普遍的数据特征,从而得到提高土地产能核算成果利用效率的规律。     

基于MAPGIS的市政设施数据模型研究

本文主要介绍了市政基本设施的组成,提出了基于MAPGIS基本数据组织的市政设施数据模型,并讨论了市政设施数据模型的实现。从而,利用该数据组织模型可实现城市级的市政设施管理的综合集成与共享,提高市政设施管理和养护水平。     

基于ArcGIS的城市基础地理信息系统符号体系研究

符号表达问题一直是城市基础地理信息系统建设中的一个难点,本文研究了城市基础地理信息系统中的符号体系,提出了一种基于ArcGIS平台的GIS符号体系及符号问题的整体解决方案,一定程度上解决了GIS无法满足制图要求的问题。     

基于RS、GIS的杜蒙县土地利用结构变化研究

依据杜蒙县1990和2007年TM影像、土地利用变更统计数据,在土地利用结构数量、动态度指数及土地利用结构信息墒上,分析了该地区土地利用结构的变化.结果显示:杜蒙县土地利用类型分布较均匀,各类用地结构结构有一定差异.最后根据结果分析了杜蒙县土地利用结构变化的原因,并提出了土地利用的建议.     

南沙基础地理信息系统设计与实现

“南沙基础地理信息系统”是以岛礁和水深遥感调查成果为基础,汇集近年来航磁调查解释成果,综合利用计算机、地理信息系统(GIS)、数据库及网上发布等技术建设而成的,是一个可为海洋规划、环境保护、资源开发、划界谈判、区域合作及为可持续发展提供全面、准确基础资料和决策依据的专业化信息系统。文中重点介绍了系统数据库的建设及系统功能的开发,阐述了系统功能的实现方式,列举了系统的应用实例.     

Spatial probabilistic modeling of slope failure using an integrated GIS Monte Carlo simulation approach

Spatial probabilistic modeling of slope failure using a combined Geographic Information System (GIS), infinite-slope stability model and Monte Carlo simulation approach is proposed and applied in the landslide-prone area of Sasebo city, southern Japan. A digital elevation model (DEM) for the study area has been created at a scale of 1/2500. Calculated results of slope angle and slope aspect derived from the DEM are discussed. Through the spatial interpolation of the identified stream network, the thickness distribution of the colluvium above Tertiary strata is determined with precision. Finally, by integrating an infinite-slope stability model and Monte Carlo simulation with GIS, and applying spatial processing, a slope failure probability distribution map is obtained for the case of both low and high water levels.     

Use of GIS in Optimizing Timber Thinning Strategies in the Eastern Sierra Nevada*

This paper demonstrates the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to develop timber thinning strategies on the Kyburz Planning Area of the Tahoe National Forest in northeastern California. The primary criteria used in an assessment of selective thinning potential were forest health and fire hazard ratings. By eliminating environmentally sensitive, economically unfeasible, or low fire hazard areas from consideration, the use of GIS reduced the area that was considered appropriate for thinning by approximately 58%. GIS offers considerable potential for improving resource management strategies.     

基于GIS的北京山区优势林分生态位分析

应用生态位理论,以北京山区森林资源为研究对象,分析优势林分的空间分布及其资源利用和环境适应能力的差异。基于GIS方法,建立优势林分空间分布数据库以及资源梯度信息数据库,分别采用Levins公式和Smith公式,在水分、热量、光照和土壤质量4维环境因子梯度上测定了研究区8个优势林分的生态位宽度,采用Pianka公式测定生态位重叠。结果表明:Smith公式考虑资源可利用性,得到的生态位宽度更能客观地反映优势林分资源空间利用程度;研究区各优势林分重叠度普遍较大,反映了对环境要求的相似性及资源共享的趋势性。