Double vagueness: uncertainty in multi-scale fuzzy assignment of duneness

In the automation of identification of landscape features the vagueness arises from the fact that the attributes and parameters that make up a landscape vary over space and scale. In most of existing studies, these two kinds of vagueness are studied separately. This paper investigates their combination in identification of coast landscape units. Fuzzy set theory is used to describe the vagueness of geomorphic features due to the continuity in space. The vagueness resulted from the scale of measurement is evaluated by statistic indicators. The differences of fuzzy objects derived from data at differing resolutions (in size from 3×3 cells to 25×25 cells) are studied in order to examine these higher-order uncertainties.     

Addressing administrative units in international tsunami early warning systems: shortcomings in international geocode standards

Abstract

Administrative units reflect the territorial hierarchies established within all countries of the world. The units are addressable with geocodes that provide a bijective mapping between territories and unique identification codes. Early warning systems for natural or man-made hazards often map affected or threatened areas to administrative units to establish a spatial reference that is comprehensible to all parts of the population. Addressing these territories in an international context has several requirements, such as worldwide coverage, completeness and topicality, which must be met by geocode standards. In this paper, the practicability and suitability of international geocode standards are examined in the context of the requirements of large-scale early warning systems. This paper exposes the insufficiencies and limitations of existing geocode standards International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-3166, Second Administrative Level Boundaries data set project (SALB) and Nomenclature of the Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) and emphasises the suitability of the non-official hierarchical administrative subdivision codes (HASC). The analysis is framed in the context of addressing affected areas for an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system. This system was developed within the Distant Early Warning Systems project according to the requirements of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission for Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWPs).     

Generation of high spatial and temporal resolution NDVI and its application in crop biomass estimation

Abstract

While data like HJ-1 CCD images have advantageous spatial characteristics for describing crop properties, the temporal resolution of the data is rather low, which can be easily made worse by cloud contamination. In contrast, although Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) can only achieve a spatial resolution of 250 m in its normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) product, it has a high temporal resolution, covering the Earth up to multiple times per day. To combine the high spatial resolution and high temporal resolution of different data sources, a new method (Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Vegetation index Fusion Model [STAVFM]) for blending NDVI of different spatial and temporal resolutions to produce high spatial–temporal resolution NDVI datasets was developed based on Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (STARFM). STAVFM defines a time window according to the temporal variation of crops, takes crop phenophase into consideration and improves the temporal weighting algorithm. The result showed that the new method can combine the temporal information of MODIS NDVI and spatial difference information of HJ-1 CCD NDVI to generate an NDVI dataset with both high spatial and high temporal resolution. An application of the generated NDVI dataset in crop biomass estimation was provided. An average absolute error of 17.2% was achieved. The estimated winter wheat biomass correlated well with observed biomass (R ² of 0.876). We conclude that the new dataset will improve the application of crop biomass estimation by describing the crop biomass accumulation in detail. There is potential to apply the approach in many other studies, including crop production estimation, crop growth monitoring and agricultural ecosystem carbon cycle research, which will contribute to the implementation of Digital Earth by describing land surface processes in detail.     

Using SPOT 5 fusion-ready imagery to detect Chinese tamarisk (saltcedar) with mathematical morphological method

Chinese tamarisk (saltcedar) is a deciduous shrub that occurs widely across the Yellow River Delta in China. The spatial structure of Chinese tamarisk is believed to have an influence on the landscape and habitats of rare birds. In this study, first, Chinese tamarisk is detected using Canny edge detector and mathematical morphological operators based on SPOT 5 fusion-ready imagery. Then the numbers, areas, locations, and patch spacing of Chinese tamarisk patches are calculated. The experiments show that the detection accuracy of Chinese tamarisk patches is about 93.4% after the disconnection of connected patches. The distribution orientation of about 70% of the patches is approximately south–north. About 91% of the minimum distances among the patches are between 12.5 and 57.5 m. The rose graph indicates that the main azimuth between patches is north–northwest, and the second is northeast and southeast. The present study indicates that the integrating Canny edge detector with the algorithms for extracting circular and elliptical objects based on mathematical morphology is simple and effective for detecting Chinese tamarisk patches and is easy to identify the spatial structure of Chinese tamarisk patches, which reduces the time and labor for the visual interpretation of Chinese tamarisk patches.     

湖北省县域粮食单产影响因素的空间异质性研究

在城镇化进程快速推进耕地保护形势严峻的背景下,粮食单产的区域差异研究对地区粮食安全具有重要意义。本文以湖北省粮食单产数据为基础,采用探索性数据分析方法和地理加权回归模型揭示省内县域粮食单产的空间关系和影响因素的空间异质性。结果表明:湖北省县域粮食单产具有显著的空间自相关特征,整体水平稳中有增。农村劳动力、化肥施用量、农村机械总动力和有效灌溉面积比对粮食单产具有正向促进作用和一定的空间分异规律,对农村用电量呈现出先正后负的影响,各因素的空间异质性显著。结合县域现状和因素的区域特质采取对应的有效措施应对粮食安全问题具有深远的现实意义。     

嵌入式Web服务器的Android空间数据离线解决方法

针对移动GIS应用商业开发组件难以进行自由定制与分发的问题,该文提出一种基于嵌入式Web服务器的Android移动端空间数据离线解决方法,该方法通过在Android设备中移植开源的NanoHTTPD服务器实现了地图瓦片服务和矢量要素服务,并通过编码读取bundle切片数据包和扩展Spatialite空间数据库的方式,解决了切片数据和矢量要素数据的存储,然后利用Webview控件内嵌HTML5页面加Leaflet地图库完成了前端功能实现,并进行了实际应用展示。该方案的实现可节省Android端移动GIS应用开发成本,具有推广意义。     

一种空间数据接边入库方法

针对空间数据接边入库提出了一种新的方法,可有效改善传统方法效率低和质量不可控等问题。为提高接边处待合并要素的提取效率,根据当前数据要素总数和接边线总长度进行接边线最优分段处理;同时,为满足数据入库质量要求,采用网络分析技术对数据进行优化处理,删除接边处多余节点。实践表明,本文提出的方法可以兼顾空间数据接边入库的效率和质量,在保证质量的前提下节省了人力、物力和时间,在基础测绘和地理国情普查等数据的接边入库工作中发挥了重要作用。     

基于GIS的兰州市主城区牛肉面馆空间分布特征及趋向性分析

研究兰州市主城区牛肉面馆空间分布特征及趋向性,对今后兰州市城市规划、牛肉面行业投资等有重要的指导意义。本文基于GeoSharp V1.0提取的牛肉面馆和学校的点数据和兰州市主城区路网数据,运用核密度和缓冲区分析方法,研究牛肉面馆空间分布特征及趋向性。研究结果表明:从空间分布来看,兰州市牛肉面馆整体的分布格局呈现中心-外围结构,即中心城区为高聚集区,向外依次呈梯度递减的圈层状空间格局,对牛肉面馆与学校、道路的空间趋向性研究发现,牛肉面馆的分布对学校、道路有较强的趋向性。研究结果以期为兰州市主城区牛肉面产业发展提出决策建议、改善投资环境等提供科学依据。     

校园地理信息系统的设计与实现

随着信息化技术和高校信息化建设的迅速发展,在现代高校规划和管理建设中,建立数字化校园地理信息系统已成为一种趋势。本文以山东科技大学校园地理信息系统为例,基于校园信息服务的基本需求,并结合Arcgis Engine进行GIS二次开发,设计了集成化的校园地理信息系统,实现校园浏览和查询以及空间分析等功能,给学校师生提供便捷、优质、实时的校园信息服务,加快了学校数字化建设的进程,提高了学校对外宣传的影响力。     

基于动态化简的多源数据相似性评估

随着空间数据获取手段和途径的丰富,多源数据的差异性对数据更新的影响一直备受关注。本文提出一种基于动态化简的多源空间数据相似性评估方法。首先,将多个来源数据分别与参考数据用传统方法进行匹配;其次,利用加入动态化简的匹配方法对多源数据重新匹配;最后,分析上述两次匹配结果的差异,从数据匹配的角度出发,通过整体一致性和数据详细程度评估对数据匹配质量进行对比,根据获取的评估结果实现更新数据的选择。通过实验和分析,验证了本文方法的科学性和可操作性。