Monthly soil erosion monitoring based on remotely sensed biophysical parameters: a case study in Strymonas river basin towards a functional pan-European service

Abstract

Currently, many soil erosion studies at local, regional, national or continental scale use models based on the USLE-family approaches. Applications of these models pay little attention to seasonal changes, despite evidence in the literature which suggests that erosion risk may change rapidly according to intra-annual rainfall figures and vegetation phenology. This paper emphasises the aspect of seasonality in soil erosion mapping by using month-step rainfall erosivity data and biophysical time series data derived from remote-sensing. The latter, together with other existing pan-European geo-databases sets the basis for a functional pan-European service for soil erosion monitoring at a scale of 1:500,000. This potential service has led to the establishment of a new modelling approach (called the G2 model) based on the inheritance of USLE-family models. The G2 model proposes innovative techniques for the estimation of vegetation and protection factors. The model has been applied in a 14,500 km² study area in SE Europe covering a major part of the basin of the cross-border river, Strymonas. Model results were verified with erosion and sedimentation figures from previous research. The study confirmed that monthly erosion mapping would identify the critical months and would allow erosion figures to be linked to specific land uses.     

Enrichment of topographic road database for the purpose of routing and navigation

With growing demand on multi-purpose or multi-modal navigation, the route calculation needs to traverse semantically enriched road networks for different transportation modes. Currently, operational route planning algorithms reveal rather limited performances or their potential for comprehensive applications are constrained by the unavailable or insufficient interoperation among the underlying geo-data that are separately maintained in different spatial databases. To overcome this limitation, a novel approach has been proposed to integrate the routing-relevant information from different data sources, which involves three processes: (1) automatic matching to identify the corresponding road objects between different datasets; (2) interaction to refine the automatic matching result; and (3) transferring the routing-relevant information from one data-set to another. In process (1), the Delimited Stroke Oriented algorithm is employed to achieve the automatic data matching between different datasets, which has revealed a high matching rate and certainty. However uncertain matching problems occur in areas where topological conditions are too complicated or inconsistent. The remaining unmatched or wrongly matched objects are treated in process (2), with the help of a series of interaction tools. On the basis of refined matching results after the interaction, process (3) is dedicated to automatic integration of the routing-relevant information from different data sources.     

Cartographically Wordy but not Necessarily Worthy

Abstract

A novel method called multidirectional visibility index (MVI) has been developed and verified. The MVI improves standard cartographic analytical shading with a number of enhancements to topographic detail and prominent structures, i.e. the portrayal of flat areas in lighter tones, the accentuation of morphologic edges, and the multiscale visualisation of morphologic terrain features. The procedure requires a digital elevation model (DEM) and involves the following steps: visibility mask computation; the respective multidirectional altering of the azimuth and elevation angle; the generation of continuous grid MVIs that indicate upper/lower views, quasi-slope, and relative relief; and an appropriate visualisation of the relevant MVI as a standalone technique or in combination with standard hill-shaded relief. The modelling parameters are robust and therefore highly adaptive to different landforms.     

三维数字城市平台的设计

三维数字城市平台基于3D-GIS三维规划空间信息,实现真实三维空间的动态调度、三维空间漫游、地物查询、距离查询和多方案对比、视图快捷切换、自动生成平面、立面等基本功能,是辅助规划的重要工具。本文对系统平台的技术构成与主要功能进行了阐述,旨在为增强城乡规划的科学性,提高城乡规划实施、管理效能和开发相关软件系统提供参考。     

一种利用影像多尺度特征的DOM不可见水印方法

数字正射影像是测绘地理信息服务的基础数据之一。根据生产单位数据现状和对遥感影像数字水印的需求,本文综合利用影像的光谱、纹理和属性特征,提出了利用影像多尺度特征的DOM不可见水印方法。该方法首先结合小波分解和Harris特征算子提取影像多尺度特征,确定多水印的最佳嵌入区域;再利用扩频化的DWT算法嵌入不可见数字水印;最后利用影像属性信息辅助提取水印。本文从主观分析、客观分析和鲁棒性分析3个方面评价了嵌入水印影像,分析结果表明,该方法能够自动、有效地在DOM上嵌入多个不可见数字水印,多水印嵌入和影像属性信息相结合提取水印的策略极大提高了水印鲁棒性和水印检测成功率,可以满足实际生产对水印不可见性、安全性、高效性和鲁棒性的要求。     

业务协同视角下基于GIS的“五规融合”平台

以建立统一空间规划体系为目标,近年来全国各地相继开展了多规融合探索。要从根本上解决多规融合问题,核心是要解决多规涉及部门间的业务协同。本文基于业务协同研究,结合珠海市实际,探索提出了“五规融合”数据共享、规划编制协同、项目策划生成等业务协同机制,并以GIS技术为基础,对“五规融合”平台建设的设计思路与功能实现进行了探讨。     

浅析专题地图制作中基础数据的处理方法

地图制图在地理信息系统中占有非常重要的地位。目前,随着计算机技术的发展,专题地图、地图集的设计制作正进入一个新的阶段,充分发挥计算机软硬件功能,利用数字化方法制作出更加精美的专题地图作品已不再是难事。本文讨论了应用基础地理信息数据编制专题地图时对数据进行整合、处理、格式转换等实际应用的方法。     

数字哈密地理信息公共服务平台设计与实现

以数字哈密地理信息公共服务平台建设为例,总结研究了地理信息公共服务平台设计和建设方案。通过信息提取、扩充、重组等整合处理建立适应信息时代要求的公共数据集,开发具备信息集成、浏览查询、统计分析、互联互通以及二次开发等功能的分布式服务系统,配置完善的软件、硬件和网络支撑环境,建成权威的地理信息公共平台,实现地理空间信息和其他专题信息的实时交换和共享,服务和推进政府及各部门的信息化建设。     

驻村帮扶“一张图”设计与实现——以明溪县为例

结合明溪县驻村帮扶工作的开展情况,探索基于地理信息技术下开展驻村帮扶工作的关键技术,依托"数字明溪地理空间框架"的建设成果,设计并实现了明溪县驻村帮扶"一张图",实现了明溪县驻村帮扶信息可视化、透明化和精准化的管理,增强了明溪县驻村帮扶项目管理的科学性。     

统计地理空间框架建设的国际经验及对中国的启示

为了更好地整合统计地理空间信息,联合国成立了统计和地理信息整合专家组,目标是推进全球统计地理空间框架的实施.全球统计地理空间框架为各国提供了通用的标准和方法,以促进统计和地理空间信息的整合,并提高了结合空间信息的统计数据的可用性,让统计更好地服务于决策.本文介绍了构成统计地理空间框架五项原则的具体内容和相关国际经验,并分析了国内实施框架的基础条件、有利因素和困难.建议国家统计局在今后的普查和统计调查中,参照全球统计地理空间框架原则,加强统计和地理信息的整合,并提出了具体措施.