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.     

Use of an inside buffer method to extract the extent of urban areas from DMSP/OLS nighttime light data in North China

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)/Operational Linescan System (OLS) nighttime imagery provides a valuable data source for mapping urban areas. However, the spatial extents of large cities are often overestimated because of the effect of over-glow from nighttime light if a fixed thresholding technique is used. In the work reported here, an inside buffer method was developed to solve this issue. The method is based on the fact that the area overestimated is proportional to the extent of the lit area if a fixed threshold is used to extract urban areas in a region/county. Using this method, the extents of urban areas in North China were extracted and validated by interpretations from Landsat Thematic Mapper images. The results showed that the lit areas had a significant linear relationship with the urban areas for 120 representative cities in North China in 2000, with an R² value of over 0.95. This demonstrates that the inside buffer method can be used to extract urban areas. The validation results showed that the inside buffer model developed in 2000 can be directly used to extract the extent of urban areas using more recent nighttime light imagery. This is of great value for the timely updating of urban area databases in large regions or countries.     

Tessellations in GIS: Part II–making changes

Abstract

We attempt to describe the role of tessellated models of space within the discipline of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – a speciality coming largely out of Geography and Land Surveying, where there was a strong need to represent information about the land’s surface within a computer system rather than on the original paper maps. We look at some of the basic operations in GIS, including dynamic and kinetic applications. We examine issues of topology and data structures, and produced a tessellation model that may be widely applied both to traditional “object” and “field” data types. The Part I of this study examined object and field spatial models, the Voronoi extension of objects, and the graphs that express the resulting adjacencies. The required data structures were also briefly described, along with 2D and 3D structures and hierarchical indexing. The importance of graph duality was emphasized. Here, this second paper builds on the structures described in the first, and examines how these may be modified: change may often be associated with either viewpoint or time. Incremental algorithms permit additional point insertion, and applications involving the addition of skeleton points, for map scanning, contour enrichment or watershed delineation and simulation. Dynamic algorithms permit skeleton smoothing, and higher order Voronoi diagram applications, including Sibson interpolation. Kinetic algorithms allow collision detection applications, free-Lagrange flow modeling, and pen movement simulation for map drawing. If desired these methods may be extended to 3D. Based on this framework, it can be argued that tessellation models are fundamental to our understanding and processing of geographical space, and provide a coherent framework for understanding the “space” in which we exist.     

建筑物立面分类与DIM点云滤波

针对目前基于近景摄影测量方法构建建筑物立面模型过程中因密集影像匹配(DIM)点云噪声所引起的建筑物立面TIN网格模型畸变问题,本文借鉴机器学习中样本学习的思想,对建筑物立面进行了分类并对DIM点云提出了相应的滤波方法,以达到去除DIM点云噪声和改善其TIN网格模型畸变的目的.其中,针对平面结构立面,采取先对点云样本进行...     

青藏高原地区大气加权平均温度模型的构建

加权平均温度(Tm)是将天顶湿延迟转换为大气可降水量的关键参数,针对青藏高原地区海拔高、地形起伏大、水汽高度分布复杂的特点,本文利用2010—2014年GGOS Atmosphere Tm格网数据和地表高程数据建立Tm垂直递减率函数,进而建立一种顾及Tm垂直递减率变化的适合青藏高原地区的新模型(QTm模型).此外,利用...     

利用SVM与ARIMA组合模型进行大坝变形预测

由于大坝位移时间序列数据受各种复杂因素的影响,具有非平稳和非线性等特征,因此,利用传统、单一的时间序列预测模型较难准确地描述大坝位移变形的复杂规律.综合考虑大坝位移时间序列非线性和线性特征,本文提出了一种SVM和ARIMA相结合的时间序列预测模型.将大坝变形的时间序列分为非线性部分和线性部分.针对非线性部分,利用SVM...     

加权最小二乘优化倾斜摄影测量模型矢量化精度方法研究

无人机倾斜摄影测量技术以高精度、高效率、大范围的方式全面感知复杂场景,通过专业的数据采集设备和建模软件恢复三维场景,再进行量测。市场上的三维测图软件大部分是基于立面散点正交原理,不能有效地减弱人工立体测图产生的误差。本文提出一种加权最小二乘直线拟合优化倾斜摄影测量模型矢量化精度的方法,选取南昌市桑海管理委员会部分区域进行地形图数据采集和精度评定,试验表明,采用本文方法所建立的立体测图模型精度提高了2 cm。     

面向复杂山地的机载LiDAR与无人机影像融合应用

本文针对LiDAR点云与无人机影像数据特征的优缺点,利用LiDAR点云与无人机DOM影像融合,将影像数据光谱信息赋给LiDAR点云数据,使其不仅具备精准的空问结构信息,还能得到清晰的纹理信息.为验证融合数据应用的可行性与数据提取的准确性,对融合前后的点云数据进行地面点提取与DEM构建.试验表明:将无人机影像的光谱信息赋...     

高精度矢量数据的路面三维自动建模方法

为了解决路面手工三维建模速度慢、工作量大等问题,本文面向规范化处理的高精度矢量数据,对不同路口进行精细化设计,自动生成路面三维模型.首先使用道路高精度三维信息采集软件,在获取的点云数据中半自动化提取准确的道路边线、道路标识线等矢量信息;然后针对不同路口进行精细化线形设计,提出连续四边形重建方法、弯道平滑处理方法、交叉口...