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Alexis Comber Publications

Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals
Foody, G.M., See, L., Fritz, S., Van der Velde, M., Perger, C., Schill, C., Boyd, D.S. and
Comber, A., (in press). Accurate attribute mapping from volunteered
geographic information: issues of volunteer quantity and quality. Paper
accepted for publication in The Cartographic Journal (October 2013)
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C., See, L., Fritz, S. and McCallum, I. (2013). Comparing expert
and non-expert conceptualisations of the land: an analysis of crowdsourced
land cover data. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Spatial Information Theory,
8116: 243-260, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-01790-7_14
See, L., Comber, A.J., Salk, C., Fritz, S., Van der Velde, M., Perger, C., Schill, C.,
McCallum, I., Kraxner, F. and Obersteiner M. (2013). Comparing the Quality of
Crowdsourced Data Contributed by Expert and Non-Experts. PLoS ONE 8(7):
e69958. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069958.
Zhou, R., Li, Y., Umezaki, M., Ding, Y., Jiang, H., Comber, A. and Fu, H. (2013).
Association between physical activity and neighborhood environment among
middle-age adults in Shanghai. Journal of Environmental and Public Health
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/239595
Comber, A., See, L., Fritz, S., Van der Velde, M., Perger, C., Foody, G.M. (2013). Using
control data to determine the reliability of volunteered geographic information
about land cover. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and
Geoinformation, 23: 37–48 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2012.11.002
Khalefa, E., Smit, I.P.J., Nickless, A., Archibald, S., Comber, A. and Balzter, H. (2013).
Retrieval of savannah vegetation height from ICESat-GLAS speacborne LiDAR
with terrain correction. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, DOI:
10.1109/LGRS.2013.2259793
Comber A.J., (2013). Geographically weighted methods for estimating local surfaces
of overall, user and producer accuracies. Remote Sensing Letters, 4(4): 373-380
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2012.736694
Comber, A., Fisher, P.F., Brunsdon, C. and Khmag, A. (2012). Spatial analysis of
remote sensing image classification accuracy. Remote Sensing of Environment,
127: 237–246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.005
Brunsdon, C. and Comber, A.J. (2012). Experiences with Citizen Science: Assessing
Changes in the North American Spring. Geoinformatica DOI 10.1007/s10707-
012-0159-6
Comber A., Brunsdon, C. and Farmer, C. (2012). Community detection in spatial
networks: inferring land use from a planar graph of land cover objects.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 8: 274–
282.
Comber A., Brunsdon, C. and Phillips, M. (2012). The varying impact of geographic
distance as a predictor of dissatisfaction over facility access. Applied Spatial
Analysis and Policy, 5: 333–352, DOI: 10.1007/s12061-011-9074-8
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Carver S, Comber A, McMorran R and Nutter S. (2012). A GIS model for mapping
spatial patterns and distribution of wild land in Scotland. Landscape and Urban
Planning, 104 (2012) 395–409.
Comber, A., Umezaki, M., Zhou, R., Ding, Y., Li, Y., Fu, H, Jiang, H. and Tewkesbury, A.
(2012). Using shadow in high resolution imagery to map residential density.
Remote Sensing Letters, 3:7, 551-556
Comber A., Brunsdon, C. and Radburn, R. (2011). A spatial analysis of variations in
health access: linking geography, socio-economic status and access perceptions.
International Journal of Health Geographics, 10:44
Comber, A.J., Sasaki, S., Suzuki, H. and Brunsdon, C., (2011). A modified grouping
genetic algorithm to select ambulance site locations. International Journal of
Geographical Information Science, 25(5): 807–823
doi:10.1080/13658816.2010.501334
Elaalem, M., Comber, A., and Fisher, P., (2011). Land Evaluation Techniques
Comparing Fuzzy AHP with Ideal Point methods. Transactions in GIS, 15(3):
329–346 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01260.x
Sasaki, S., Igarashi, K., Fujino, Y., Comber, A.J. and Brunsdon, C., Muleya, C.M. and
Suzuki, H. (2011). The impact of community-based outreach immunization
services on immunization coverage with GIS network accessibility analysis in
peri-urban areas, Zambia. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65:
1171-1178 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.104190
Comber, A.J., Carver, S., Fritz, S., McMorran, R., Washtell, J. and Fisher, P. (2010).
Different methods, different wilds: evaluating alternative mappings of wildness
using Fuzzy MCE and Dempster Shafer MCE. Computers, Environment and
Urban Systems, 34: 142-152
Comber, A., Medcalf, K., Lucas, R., Bunting, Brown, A., P Clewley, D., Breyer, J. and
Keyworth, S., (2010). Managing uncertainty when aggregating from pixels to
objects: context sensitive mapping and possibility theory. International Journal
of Remote Sensing, 31(4): 1061-1068.
Sasaki, S., Comber, A.J., Suzuki, H. and Brunsdon, C., (2010). Using genetic algorithms
to optimise current and future health planning - the example of ambulance
locations. International Journal of Health Geographics, 9: 4. doi:10.1186/1476-
072X-9-4
Comber, A.J., Brunsdon, C., Hardy, J. and Radburn, R. (2009). Using a GIS–based
network analysis and optimisation routines to evaluate service provision: a
case study of the UK Post Office Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2(1):47-64
Kemawy, A.H. and Comber, A.J., (2009). Modeling spatial variability of water quality:
a case study of Lake Manzala. Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society,
82:33-51
Comber, A.J., Brunsdon, C. and Green, E. (2008). Using a GIS-based network analysis
to determine urban greenspace accessibility for different ethnic and religious
groups. Landscape and Urban Planning, 86: 103–114.
Comber, A.J., Proctor, C. and Anthony, S. (2008). The creation of a national
agricultural land use dataset: combining pycnophylactic interpolation with
dasymetric mapping techniques Transactions in GIS, 12(6): 775–791.
Comber, A.J., (2008 ). Land Cover or Land Use?, Editorial, Journal of Land Use Science,
3(4): 199–201.
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Comber, A., (2008). The separation of land cover from land use with data primitives.
Journal of Land use Science, 3(4): 215–229
Wadsworth, R., Balzter, H., Gerard, F., George, C., Comber, A. and Fisher, P. (2008).
An environmental assessment of land cover and land use change in Central
Siberia using Quantified Conceptual Overlaps to reconcile inconsistent data
sets. Journal of Land use Science, 3(4): 251–264.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2008). Using semantics to clarify the
conceptual confusion between land cover and land use: the example of ‘forest’.
Journal of Land use Science, 3(2-3): 185-198
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Wadsworth, R.A., (2008). Semantics, Metadata,
Geographical Information and Users. Editorial Transactions in GIS, 12(3): 287–
291
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2007). Land cover: to standardise or not
to standardise? Comment on ‘Evolving standards in land cover characterization’
by Herold et al. Journal of Land Use Science, 2(4): 287–291
Procter, C., Comber, L., Betson, M., Buckley, D., Frost, A., Lyons, H., Riding, A., and
Voyce, K. (2006) Identifying crop vulnerability to groundwater abstraction:
modelling and expert knowledge in a GIS. Journal of Environmental
Management, 81: 296 - 306
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2005). A comparison of statistical and
expert approaches to data integration. Journal of Environmental Management,
77: 47-55.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2005). Combining expert relations of
how land cover ontologies relate. International Journal of Applied Earth
Observation and Geoinformation, 7(3): 163-182.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2005). What is land cover? Environment
and Planning B: Planning and Design, 32:199-209.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2005). You know what land cover is but
does anyone else?…an investigation into semantic and ontological confusion.
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (1): 223-228
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2004). Assessment of a Semantic
Statistical Approach to Detecting Land Cover Change Using Inconsistent Data
Sets. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70(8): 931-938.
Comber, A., Fisher, P., Wadsworth, R., (2004). Integrating land cover data with
different ontologies: identifying change from inconsistency. International
Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18(7): 691-708.
Comber, A.J., Law, A.N.R., Lishman, J.R., (2004). A comparison of Bayes', Dempster-
Shafter and endorsement theories for managing knowledge uncertainty in the
context of land cover monitoring, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,
28(4): 311-327
Comber, A.J., Law, A.N.R., Lishman, J.R., (2004). Application of knowledge for
automated land cover change monitoring. International Journal of Remote
Sensing, 25(16): 3177-3192.
Comber, A., Fisher, P., Wadsworth, R., (2003) Actor Network Theory: a suitable
framework to understand how land cover mapping projects develop? Land Use
Policy, 20: 299–309.
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Comber, A.J., Birnie, R.V., Hodgson, M. (2003). A retrospective analysis of land cover
change using polygon shape index. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 12: 207-215.

Peer Reviewed Computer Science Proceedings
Jeansoulin, R., Pham, T.T. and Comber, A.J. (2004). Land cover change detection: a
quality-aware and semantic-based approach. In Proceedings of Information
Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems 2004,
(eds. B. Bouchon-Meunier, G. Coletti, and R. R. Yager), 4th-9th July, Universita'
di Perugia, Perugia.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings
Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2013). A Spatial Analysis Of Potential Local Climate
Change Impacts and Their Relationship with Land Use Changes. GISRUK 2013.
Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science UK Conference. University
of Liverpool 3rd-5th April 2013. University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Alshwesh, I, Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2013) A Comparison of GIS- ‐based
Location Allocation Heuristics: Minimise Impedance vs Grouping Genetic
Algorithm p- ‐median. GISRUK 2013. Proceedings of the Geographical
Information Science UK Conference. University of Liverpool 3rd-5th April 2013.
University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Chukwusa, E, Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2013). Optimising location under
scenarios of changing demand: multi- ‐temporal location allocation analysis.
GISRUK 2013. Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science UK
Conference. University of Liverpool 3rd-5th April 2013. University of Liverpool,
Liverpool
Mohammed, IJ, Comber, A and Tate, N, (2013). Effects of Land Cover resolution on
spatially distributed demand surfaces: the binary dasymetric approach. GISRUK
2013. Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science UK Conference.
University of Liverpool 3rd-5th April 2013. University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Comber, A, See, L, Fritz, S, van der Velde, M and Perger, C (2013). The Use of Crowd
Sourced Data to Validate Global Land Cover Datasets. GISRUK 2013.
Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science UK Conference. University
of Liverpool 3rd-5th April 2013. University of Liverpool, Liverpool
Lechner, A., Clarke, D., Weatherley, D., Fletcher, A., Erskine, P. and Comber, A.,
(2012). The application of the virtual ecologist approach to evaluating the
effects of uncertainty in plot based monitoring schemes due to landscape
spatial and temporal heterogeneity. International Environmental Modelling and
Software Society (iEMSs) 2012: Managing Resources of a Limited Planet, Sixth
Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany eds R. Seppelt, A.A. Voinov, S. Lange, D.
Bankamp (Eds.) http://www.iemss.org/society/index.php/iemss-2012-
proceedings
Sotoudehnia, F. and Comber, A., (2012). Sketch mapping: A comparative approach to
GIS-based network analysis in measuring accessibility. PP 331-335 in
Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference Volume 1 (eds.
Barry Rowlingson & Duncan Whyatt), 11-13th April 2012, Lancaster.
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C., Batty, M., Hudson-Smith, A., Neuhaus, F. and Gray, S.
(2012). Exploring the Geography of Communities in Social Networks. Pp 33-37
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in Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference Volume 1 (eds.
Barry Rowlingson & Duncan Whyatt), 11-13th April 2012, Lancaster.
Al-Ballaa, H., Comber, A. and Smith, C., (2012). Distribution Pattern Analysis of Green
space in Al-Madinah Using GIS. Pp 161-169 in Proceedings of the GIS Research
UK 20th Annual Conference Volume 2 (eds. Barry Rowlingson & Duncan
Whyatt), 11-13th April 2012, Lancaster.
Chukwusa, A., Comber, A. and Brunsdon, C. (2012). The Impact Of 3D Distance on
Emergency Medical Service Location Planning. Pp 303- 308 in Proceedings of
the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference Volume 1 (eds. Barry Rowlingson
& Duncan Whyatt), 11-13th April 2012, Lancaster.
Mohammed, I.J., Comber, A. and Brunsdon, C. (2012). Population estimation in small
areas: combining dasymetric mapping with pycnophylactic interpolation. Pp
79-87 in Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference Volume 1
(eds. Barry Rowlingson & Duncan Whyatt), 11-13th April 2012, Lancaster.
Comber, A., Fisher, P.F., Brunsdon, C. and Khmag, A. (2012). A GWR analysis of land
cover accuracy. In Proceedings of 15th AGILE International Conference on
Geographic Information Science (eds. Jérôme Gensel, Didier Josselin, Danny
Vandenbroucke), 24-27th April 2012, Avignon.
Comber, A., Jarvis, C., Boeck, T., Kraftl, P. and Hardman, J. (2012). Methods for the
spatial analysis of community wellbeing, resilience and vulnerability. In
Proceedings of 15th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information
Science (eds. Jérôme Gensel, Didier Josselin, Danny Vandenbroucke), 24-27th
April 2012, Avignon.
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C., Batty, M., Hudson-Smith, A., Neuhaus, F. and Gray, S.
(2012). Geographic analysis of social network data. In Proceedings of 15th
AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science (eds.
Jérôme Gensel, Didier Josselin, Danny Vandenbroucke), 24-27th April 2012,
Avignon.
Chukwusa, E, Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2011). Spatio-temporal change in
population and Health facility location planning: A case study of Ambulance
location planning in Leicestershire. In Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 19th
Annual Conference, 27th to 29th April 2011, University of Portsmouth.
Al-Shwesh, I, Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2011). Using a GIS-based network analysis
to determine Saudi and Non-Saudi accessibility to the Primary Health Care
Centers in Buraydah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In Proceedings of the GIS
Research UK 19th Annual Conference, 27th to 29th April 2011, University of
Portsmouth.
Sotoudehnia, F and Comber A (2011). Measuring Perceived Accessibility to Urban
Green Space: An Integration of GIS and Participatory Map. In Proceedings of
AGILE 2011, 18thto 21st April, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
Elaalem, M, Comber, A and Fisher, P. (2010). Land Evaluation Technique Comparing
Ideal Point with Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process methods. Pp217-223 in M.
Halay, J Moreley and H Rahemtulla (eds) Proceedings of the GIS Research UK
18th Annual Conference, 14th-16th April 2010, University College, London.
Sotoudehnia, F and Comber, A (2010). Applying network analysis to quantify
greenspace accessibility for different socio-economic groups. Pp129-134 in M.
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Halay, J Moreley and H Rahemtulla (eds) Proceedings of the GIS Research UK
18th Annual Conference, 14th-16th April, 2010, University College, London.
Sotoudehnia, F and Comber, A (2010). Poverty and environmental justice: a GIS
analysis of urban greenspace accessibility for different economic groups. In
proceedings of AGILE 2010,
http://agile2010.dsi.uminho.pt/pen/ShortPapers_PDF/128_DOC.pdf
Elaalem, M, Comber, A and Fisher, P. (2010). Land Evaluation Techniques Comparing
FAHP with TOPSIS methods. In proceedings of AGILE 2010,
http://agile2010.dsi.uminho.pt/pen/ShortPapers_PDF/120_DOC.pdf
Comber, A, Lear, A and Wadsworth, R, (2010). A comparison of different semantic
methods for integrating thematic geographical information: the example of
land cover. In proceedings of AGILE 2010,
http://agile2010.dsi.uminho.pt/pen/ShortPapers_PDF/96_DOC.pdf
Comber, A., Carver, S., Fritz, S, McMorran, R. and Washtell, J. (2008). Mapping
uncertainty in perceptions of landscape ‘wildness’, pp 90-93 in Proceedings of
the GIS Research UK 16th Annual conference, GISRUK 2008 (ed. David
Lambrick), 2nd - 4th April 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University, ISBN
978-1-905476-31-2
Comber, A., Buxton, M., Jarvis, C., Wellens, J. amd Wood, P., (2008). Developing
spatial literacy in secondary education: GIS practicals for key stage 3, pp 102-
105 in Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 16th Annual conference, GISRUK
2008 (ed. David Lambrick), 2nd - 4th April 2008, Manchester Metropolitan
University, ISBN 978-1-905476-31-2
Comber, A. and Brunsdon, C., (2008). A method for quantifying equity of access to
local services for different demographic groups: combining network analysis
with logistic regression using the example of greenspace pp 323-327 in
Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 16th Annual conference, GISRUK 2008 (ed.
David Lambrick), 2nd - 4th April 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University,
ISBN 978-1-905476-31-2
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Wadsworth, R.A., (2007). Approaches for providing
user relevant metadata and data quality assessments. Pp. 79-82 in Proceedings
of the Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference (ed Adam C.
Winstanley), National Centre for Geocomputation, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth, 11th-13th April
Comber, AJ, Proctor, P and Anthony, S (2007). A combined pycnophylactic-
dasymetric method for disaggregating spatial data: the example of agricultural
land use. Pp. 445-450 in Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science
Research UK Conference (ed Adam C. Winstanley), National Centre for
Geocomputation, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 11th-13th April.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Wadsworth, R.A., (2007). Mining semantics of
geographical information to generate user-relevant metadata, Spatial Data
Usability Workshop, at AGILE 2007, 10th AGILE conference on Geographic
Information Science, (eds. Monica Wachowicz and Lars Bodum), 8th May,
Aalborg.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Wadsworth, R.A., (2007). Dynamic metadata: user-
focused metadata for spatial data, geographical information and data quality
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assessments AGILE 2007, 10th AGILE conference on Geographic Information
Science, (eds. Monica Wachowicz and Lars Bodum), 8th May, Aalborg.
Comber, A, Brown, A and Stevens, J, (2006). Habitat data uncertainty and accuracy:
ontological approaches to data fusion. In Proceedings of GIS Research UK 14th
Annual Conference, (Eds. G. Priestnall, P. Aplin), pp 219-221.
Procter, C., Comber, A., Anthony, S., Lyons, H. and Smith, K., (2005). Spatial data
integration: the development of a manure management database for England
and Wales. Pp. 565-570 in Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 13th Annual
Conference, 6-8 April 2005 (eds Roland Billen, Jane Drummond, David Forrest,
Elsa Joao), University of Glasgow
Comber, A., (2005). Decision-making, uncertainty and the human dimension in GI:
Sustainable Development as a case study. Pp. 99-103 in Proceedings of the GIS
Research UK 13th Annual Conference, 6-8 April 2005 (eds Roland Billen, Jane
Drummond, David Forrest, Elsa Joao), University of Glasgow
Comber, A., Ahlqvist, O., Fisher, P., Harvey, F., Gahegan, M. and Wadsworth, R.,
(2005). Can Metadata ever be interesting?: the case for expanded metadata.
Pp. 53-57 in Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 13th Annual Conference, 6-8
April 2005 (eds Roland Billen, Jane Drummond, David Forrest, Elsa Joao),
University of Glasgow
Comber, AJ, Fisher, PF, Wadsworth, RA., (2004). Identifying land cover change at the
parcel level using LCMGB and LCM2000, expert knowledge and spectral
metadata. Pp. 326-328 in the Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 12th Annual
Conference (ed. Andrew Lovatt), University of East Anglia, 28th-30th April, UEA,
Norwich.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F and Wadsworth, R.A, (2003). A semantic statistical
approach for identifying change from ontologically divers land cover data. Pp.
123-131 in AGILE 2003, 5th AGILE conference on Geographic Information
Science, (eds. Michael Gould, Robert Laurini, Stephane Coulondre), 24th-26th
April, PPUR, Lausanne.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F and Wadsworth, R.A, (2002). Alternative Interpretations of
Confusion Matrices / Concept Lattices. Pp. 32-35 in Proceedings of the GIS
Research UK 10th Annual Conference (eds. Steve Wise, Paul Brindley, Young-
Hoon Kim and Chris Openshaw), 3rd-5th April, 2002, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield.
Comber, A.J., Law, A.N.R., Lishman, J.R (2001). Uncertainty handling for spatial data
and its application in automated monitoring systems. In the Proceedings of the
GIS Research UK 9th Annual Conference, (eds. Gary Higgs and Dave Kidner),
University of Glamorgan, Glamorgan.
Comber, A.J., Law, A.N.R., Lishman, J.R (2000). Automated land cover change
detection. Pp. 37-51 in the Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 8th Annual
Conference, (ed. Peter Halls) 5th - 7th April 2000, University of York, York

Book Chapters
Comber, A., Brown, A., Medcalf, K., Lucas, R., Clewley, D., Breyer, J., Bunting, P. and
Keyworth, S., (2008). Moving from Pixels to Parcels: the Use of Possibility
Theory to Explore the Uncertainty Associated object Oriented Remote Sensing,
pp. 487-500 in Headway in Spatial Data Handling, Proceedings of 13th
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International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, (eds. Anne Ruas and
Christopher Gold), Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-540-68565-4, DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-68566-1,
Wadsworth, R.A, Comber, A.J. and Fisher, P.F., (2008). Probabilistic Latent Semantic
Analysis as a potential method for integrating spatial data concepts, pp 99-108
in Proceedings of the Colloquium for Andrew U. Frank’s 60th Birthday, (ed.
Gerhard Navratil), GeoInfo Series 39, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-901716-41-6
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Brown, A., (2008). Uncertainty, vagueness and
indiscernibility: the impact of spatial scale in relation to the landscape
elements, pp 239-250 in Quality Aspects in Spatial Data Mining (eds. Alfred
Stein, John Shi, Wietske Bijker), CRC Press.
Wadsworth R.A, Comber A.J., and Fisher P.F., (2006). Expert knowledge and
embedded knowledge: or why long rambling class descriptions are useful. pp
197 – 213 in Progress in Spatial Data Handling, Proceedings of SDH 2006, (eds.
Andreas Riedl, Wolfgang Kainz, Gregory Elmes), Springer Berlin.
Comber A.J.. Fisher P.F., Harvey, F., Gahegan., M and Wadsworth R.A, (2006). Using
metadata to link uncertainty and data quality assessments. pp 279 – 292 in
Progress in Spatial Data Handling, Proceedings of SDH 2006, (eds. Andreas
Riedl, Wolfgang Kainz, Gregory Elmes), Springer Berlin.
Fisher, P., Comber, A., and Wadsworth, R., (2006). Approaches to uncertainty in
spatial data. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality, edited by R.Devillers
and R.Jeansoulin, ISTE, London. pp43-59
Comber, A., Wadsworth, R. and Fisher, P, (2006). Reasoning methods for handling
uncertain information in land cover mapping. In Fundamentals of Spatial Data
Quality, edited by R.Devillers and R.Jeansoulin, ISTE, London. pp123-139
Fisher, P.F., Comber, A.J., Wadsworth, R.A., (2005). Land use and Land cover:
Contradiction or Complement. Pp. 85-98 in Re-Presenting GIS, (eds. Peter
Fisher, David Unwin), Wiley, Chichester.
Fisher, P., Comber, A., and Wadsworth, R., (2005). Nature de l'incertitude pour les
données spatiales. Pp. 49-64 in Qualité de l’information géographique, (eds.
Rodolphe Devillers and Robert Jeansoulin), IGAT, Hermes, France
Comber, A., Wadsworth, R. and Fisher, P., (2005). Méthodes de raisonnement pour
manipuler l'information incertaine en occupation du sol. Pp. 153-168 in Qualité
de l’information géographique, (eds. Rodolphe Devillers and Robert
Jeansoulin), IGAT, Hermes, France
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F., Wadsworth, R.A., (2004). Identifying Land Cover Change
Using a Semantic Statistical Approach. Pp 73-86 in Geodynamics (eds. Peter M.
Atkinson, Giles M. Foody, Steve E. Darby, and Fulong Wu), CRC Press, Boca
Raton.
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F and Wadsworth, R.A, (2004). Identifying change and
inconsistency by combining different expert heuristics of how two datasets
relate. Pp. 573-584 in Developments in Spatial Data Handling, (ed. Peter
Fisher), Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Comber, A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Wadsworth, R.A., (2002). Creating Spatial Information:
Commissioning the UK Land Cover Map 2000. pp. 351-362 in Advances in
Spatial Data, (eds. Dianne Richardson and Peter van Oosterom), Springer-
Verlag, Berlin.
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Comber, A.J., Law, A.N.R., and Lishman, J.R., (2001). Methodologies and Approaches
for Automated Land Cover Change Detection, pp. 37-51 in Innovations in GIS 8:
Spatial Information and the Environment, (ed. Peter Halls), Taylor and Francis,
London

Other Conference Proceedings
Van Beijma, S., Comber, A. and Lamb, A. (2012). Temporal analysis of optical and
SAR remote sensing for monitoring of intertidal salt marshes. In Proceedings of
1st EARSeL Workshop on Temporal Analysis of Satellite Images, Mykonos,
Greece, 24st – 25th May
Comber, A., Brunsdon, C. and Radburn, R. (2011). A Spatial Analysis of Perceptions of
Health Services Accessibility, and Geographic Access using GWR. In Proceedings
of the 11th International Conference on GeoComputation, (eds. Tao Cheng Paul
Longley Claire Ellul Andy Chow), University College London, 20th – 22nd July
2011.
Khmag, A, Comber A and Fisher P (2011). Accuracy Assessment for Fuzzy
Classification in Tripoli, Libya. In Proceedings of the 11th International
Conference on GeoComputation, eds. Tao Cheng Paul Longley Claire Ellul Andy
Chow), University College London, 20th – 22nd July 2011.
Chukwusa, E, Comber, A and Brunsdon, C (2011). Dynamic Planning of Ambulance
Location in Leicestershire Temporal limits to urban growth modeling. In
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on GeoComputation, eds. Tao
Cheng Paul Longley Claire Ellul Andy Chow), University College London, 20th –
22nd July 2011.
Comber, A, Umezaki, M and Brunsdon C (2010). Identifying fuzzy land use from
network and graph theoretical approaches. Pp 361-364 in N Tate and P Fisher
(eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy
Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 20th -23rd July
2010, University of Leicester, Leicester.
Comber, A, Lear, A and Wadsworth, R, (2010). A comparison of text mining and
semantic approaches for integrating national and local habitats data: semantic
accuracy, error or inconstancy? In proceedings of Accuracy 2010. Pp297-300 in
N Tate and P Fisher (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on
Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences,
20th -23rd July 2010, University of Leicester, Leicester.
Elaalem, M, Comber, A and Fisher, P. (2010). Land Suitability Analysis comparing
Boolean logic with fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process methods. Pp245-247 in in N
Tate and P Fisher (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on
Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences,
20th -23rd July 2010, University of Leicester, Leicester.
Khmag, A, Comber A and Fisher P (2010). Accuracy assessment for Boolean and
Fuzzy classification in Tripoli, Libya. Pp401-404 in in N Tate and P Fisher (eds.),
Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment
in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 20th -23rd July 2010,
University of Leicester, Leicester.
Sasaki, S., Comber, A.J., Suzuki, H. and Brunsdon, B. (2009) Optimising Current and
Future Ambulance Location in an Urban City, Japan: Combining
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GIS,Demographic Data and Genetic Algorithms to Support Public Health
Planning. Workshop on Spatial-Temporal Modeling its implications across
disciplines, Harvard University, April 10th, 2009
Comber, A.J., Sasaki, S., Suzuki, H. and Brunsdon, B., (2009). Using census area in site
location selection in planning: ambulance locations in Niigata, Japan. In Lees,
B.G. & Laffan, S.W. (eds), 10th International Conference on GeoComputation,
UNSW, Sydney, November-December, 2009.
Comber A. and Brunsdon C. (2009). A GIS-based network analysis for quantifying the
equity of access for different social groups: the example of urban greenspace.
Human Health GIS conference, Niigata Japan, February 2009 1(1): 14-18.
Khmag. A, Fisher, P and Comber A (2009). Fuzzy change detection in Tripoli city,
Libya. In K. Tansey (ed) Proceedings of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Society Annual Conference 2009, New Dimensions in Earth Observation, 8th-
11th September 2009 Leicester
Comber, A (2009). Mapping land use using object-oriented classification of remote
sensing data. In K. Tansey (ed) Proceedings of Remote Sensing and
Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference 2009, New Dimensions in Earth
Observation, 8th-11th September 2009 Leicester
Fisher, P, Comber, A and Wadsworth R (2009). What’s in a name? Semantics,
Uncertainty Standards and Data Quality. In Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Spatial Data Quality, 5-8th July 2009 St John’s, Canada.
Comber AJ, Medcalf K, Lucas R, Keyworth S, Brown A, Clewley D, Breyer J, & Bunting
P, (2008). A method for managing uncertainty when aggregating from pixels to
parcels: context sensitive mapping and possibility theory, Paper 32 in
Proceedings of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Conference
2008, Measuring change in the Earth system (ed Karen Anderson). University of
Exeter, 15-17 September 2008,
Elaalem. M., Comber. A., 2008. Remote sensing approaches for generating
sustainable land capability assessments: applying knowledge-based techniques
in data poor environments. Paper 41 in Proceedings of the Remote Sensing
and Photogrammetry Society Conference 2008 Measuring change in the Earth
system (ed Karen Anderson). University of Exeter, 15-17 September 2008
Comber A.J., Fisher, P.F. and Brown A., (2007). Uncertainty, Vagueness and
Indiscernibility: The Impact of Spatial Scale in Relation to Landscape Elements.
In Proceedings of 5th International Symposium of Spatial Data Quality (ed.
Alfred Stein), 13th-15th June, Enschede.
Comber, A.J., (2007). The Identification Of Data Primitives To Separate The Concepts
And Semantics Of Land Cover And Land Use: The Example Of ‘Forest’. In
Proceedings of 5th International Symposium of Spatial Data Quality (ed. Alfred
Stein), 13th-15th June, Enschede.
Wadsworth R.A., Fisher P.F., Comber A., George C., Gerard F. & Baltzer H. (2005).
Use of Quantified Conceptual Overlaps to Reconcile Inconsistent Data Sets.
Session 13 Conceptual and cognitive representation. Proceedings of GIS Planet
2005, Estoril Portugal 30th May - 2nd June 2005. ISBN 972-97367-5-8. 13pp
Comber, A., Ahlqvist, O., Fisher, P., Harvey, F., Gahegan, M. and Wadsworth, R.,
(2005). Can Metadata ever be interesting? Forthcoming in Proceedings of
GISPlanet 2005, May 30 - June 2 Estoril, Portugal
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