Mental Mapping: A Lesson That Creates Itself

Abstract

Mental image and place-preference maps of college students in Florida were created through a two-part lesson. The patterns revealed by these maps were linked to students' life experiences, census data on migration and income, and similar studies conducted in other states. Students prefer states with established migration links to Florida and better income/job opportunities. Because the maps could not be created without their input, students were wholly engaged in a lesson that uses concepts in population geography and cartography to fulfill several national geography standards.     

A modified binary space partitioning tree for geographic information systems

We present a reactive data structure, that is, a spatial data structure with detail levels. The two properties, spatial organization and detail levels, are the basis for a geographic information system (GIS) with a multi-scale database. A reactive data structure is a novel type of data structure catering to multiple detail levels with rapid responses to spatial queries. It is presented here as a modification of the binary space partitioning tree that includes the levels of detail. This tree is one of the few spatial data structures that does not organize space in a rectangular manner. A prototype system has been implemented. An important result of this implementation is that it shows that binary space partitioning trees of real maps have O(n) storage space complexity in contrast to the theoretical worst case O(n² ), with n the number of line segments in the map.     

Designing sound in cybercartography: from structured cinematic narratives to unpredictable sound/image interactions

In this paper we draw on the analysis of sound in film theory in order to explore the potential that sound offers cybercartography. We first argue that the theoretical body developed in film studies is highly relevant to the study of sound/image relationships in mapmaking. We then build on this argument to develop experimental animated and interactive sound maps for the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica that further explore the potential of sound for integrating emotional, cultural and political dimensions in cartography. These maps have been designed to recreate cinematic soundscapes, to provide contrapuntal perspectives on the cartographic image and to generate an aural identity of the atlas. As part of this experimental mapping, an innovative sound infrastructure is being developed to allow complex sound designs to be transmitted over the Internet as part of atlas content. Through this infrastructure the user can select as well as contribute his own sounds. The overall cartographic message is becoming less predictable, thus opening new perspectives on the way we design, interact with, and modify sounded maps over the Internet.     

Politics,Public Space,and Memorials: The Brawl on the Mall

This paper examines recent proposals for memorials and monuments on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Demands for memorials are increasingly at odds with the Mall's important role as open green space and public protest space. This article analyzes the broader issues embodied in the competing purposes of this highly visible public space by considering the recent controversy over the World War II Memorial. The controversy focused primarily on the location of the memorial. Opponents contended the World War II Memorial would interrupt or destroy the iconography of the National Mall. Supporters argued that the location selected for the memorial was consistent with its importance in U.S. history and that it deserved such a prized location in the central axis between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The article then analyzes the politics behind the site selection, and examines the debate about the impact of the memorial's location. It concludes that the location of the memorial was not accidental but intentional, and thereby reveals a purposeful re-writing of the Mall's symbolic space to suit a specific vision of the war and its meaning in American history. The article also contends that the location of the memorial represents an emerging social-political agenda that is prioritizing the Mall as a place of commemoration at the expense of open space, and, perhaps, at the expense of public protest space.     

Mapping landslide susceptibility from small datasets: A case study in the Pays de Herve (E Belgium)

A landslide susceptibility map is proposed for the Pays de Herve (E Belgium), where large landslides affect Cretaceous clay outcrop areas. Based on a Bayesian approach, this GIS-supported probabilistic map identifies the areas most susceptible to deep landslides. The database is comprised of the source areas of ten pre-existing landslides (i.e. a sample of 154 grid cells) and of six environmental data layers, namely lithology, proximity to active faults, slope angle and aspect, elevation and distance to the nearest valley-floor. A 30-m-resolution DEM from the Belgian National Geographical Institute is used for the analysis. Owing to the small size of the sample, a special cross-validation procedure of the susceptibility map is performed, which uses in an iterative way each of the landslides to test the predictive power of the map derived from the other landslides. Four different sets of variables are used to produce four susceptibility maps, whose prediction curves are compared. While the prediction rates associated with the models not involving the “proximity to active fault” criterion are comparable to those of the models considering this variable, strong weaknesses inherent in the fault data on which the latter rely suggest that the final susceptibility map should be based on a model that excludes any reference to fault. This highlights the difference between a triggering factor and determining factors, and in the same time broadens the scope of the produced map. A single reactivated slide is also used to test the possibility of predicting future reactivation of existing landslides in the area. Finally, the need for geomorphological control over the mathematical treatment is underlined in order to obtain realistic prediction maps.     

航空流网络解构与空域资源动态配置研究——以京-成空中廊道为例

空中廊道作为一种新型航空流组织与空域资源分配方式,是一种复杂的航空流网络,解析其结构特征并评估其结构性能是实现空域资源动态配置的前提。该文通过构建网格时空图方法,以京—成空中廊道为例进行航空流网络解构研究,包括基于航迹簇的网络构型、流量时空波动与航空流聚合分化三方面,据此提出空域资源动态配置方案。研究结论如下:1)以多种邻近阈值指示航迹交叉角度持续增大,检测出航空流网络存在平行流、交叉流、全覆盖流和半覆盖流4种构型,基于其占比和特征的显著差异性提出并行扩容调整方案;2)以高频数网格点状或短线状集中分布指示流量时空波动,检测出航空流网络存在两个不同内涵的时间高峰、以距离中值区为近似对称轴的空间高峰以及在区段间漂移的时空交互高峰,进而提出时间错峰调整方案;3)以网格属性指示聚合分化点的分布,检测出航空流网络阶梯递减、高值集聚和叠合特征,相应提出动态快速分化分流调整方案。     

Mapgis SCS G2000在1∶1万数字化制图中的应用

本文介绍了M apg is、SCS G 2000软件在1∶1万比例尺地形图生产中的特点及利用软件的各自优点进行数字化的过程。     

中国东部大陆岩石地球化学图揭示的信息

根据中国东部各省(区、市)区域地质志、1∶50万地质图和中国东部地壳与岩石元素丰度研究成果首次编制的中国东部60种元素的岩石地球化学图,基本反映了与特定岩性有关的区域岩石地球化学元素含量分布特征和与大地构造单元有关的区域地球化学元素含量分布特征,直观表达了中国东部空间地理上元素背景含量的宏观分布与变化,以及不同大地构造单元元素背景含量的变化趋势。这一成果为勘查地球化学、环境地球化学,特别是区域化探扫面水系沉积物资料的定量解释提供了基本依据,为基础地质、大地构造、区域成矿研究提供了重要资料,也为地球化学块体理论及其形成机制的研究提供了强有力的支持。     

侧伏规律在岩质边坡结构面编录中的应用

理论上,据边坡设计坡面来编录展示结构面的迹线分布应与其在坡面内的侧伏交线一致.把握一定的侧伏规律,处以适当的素描技法,既可吻合实际情况,又可提高绘图效率和资料质量,对边坡结构模型的准确分析不无裨益.有鉴于此,经过现场观测总结,分析了结构面与坡面的各种交切关系及其迹线的侧伏特征.在侧伏规律公式推导的基础上,根据两者产状提...     

RESS软件与数量化Ⅱ类分析方法在区域危险度评价中的应用

2012年7月中旬日本熊本县迎来特大暴雨,暴雨在熊本县市区内引发洪水,并在位于其东北部的阿苏地区引发了数量巨大、后果严重的地质灾害。通过同年10月到11月之间多次现场灾害调查,发现当地的地质灾害主要类型有崩塌、滑坡和泥石流。当地的地理环境给相关部门后续的治理和修复工作带来了极大的不便利,同时耗费了大量的时间和资金,因而相对于灾后进行治理和修复工作,事前对于当地可能发生地质灾害的区域进行危险度评价,在危险度大的地方提前建立防护措施具有更大的实际和经济价值。本文运用日本熊本大学工学部环境岩土研究室自主研发的危险度评价RESS软件对选取的阿苏坂梨区域进行危险度评价,获得了被研究区域的地势起伏度、横断面形状、斜面倾斜角度、集水面积、土地利用信息、土体表层地质、灾害场所变化情况等7个类别的解析图像和数据。结合使用数量化Ⅱ类分析方法,对危险度评价的结果进行验证和扩展,危险度评价的准确率和灾害场所的判断准确率均高于研究要求,另外也获得了由RESS软件解析出来的各个类别的因子对于地质灾害事件的贡献度大小。依据危险度评价的结果绘制出被研究区域的地质灾害预测预警地图,该地图简单易懂,具有一定的社会共享意义和专业参考价值。