Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

2281 Pages·2012·51.023 MB·English

by  Information Resources Management Association, USA Information Resources Management Association

Geographic Information
Systems:
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools,
and Applications
Information Resources Management Association
USA
Volume I
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Geographic information systems (2013)
Geographic information systems : Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications / Information Resources Management
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pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “This reference is a collection of knowledge on the latest advancements and research of geographic information
systems, offering background for those involved in geographical data”--Provided by publisher.
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(print & perpetual access) 1. Geographic information systems. 2. Geographic information systems--Research. 3. Geospa-
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Editor-in-Chief
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA
Editor-in-Chief
Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology, Book Series
Associate Editors
Steve Clarke, University of Hull, UK
Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA
Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Editorial Advisory Board
Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt
In Lee, Western Illinois University, USA
Jerzy Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland
Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Amar Gupta, Arizona University, USA
Craig van Slyke, University of Central Florida, USA
John Wang, Montclair State University, USA
Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK
List of Contributors
Ababsa, Fakhreddine / University of Evry Val d’Essonne, France ................................................2164
Abadía, Mercedes Farjas / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain ...........................................970
Abdelouahad, Abdelkaher Ait / University of Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco ...............................616
Abdullah, Alias / International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia ...........................................991
Abdullah, Muhammad Faris / International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia ....................991
Abid, Mohamed Amine / University of Manouba, Tunisia .............................................................1345
Aboutajdine, Driss / University of Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco ..................................................616
Adamchuk, Viacheslav / McGill University, Canada .....................................................................1368
Aguilar, José Alberto Hernandez / Autonomous University of Morelos, Mexico ..........................1809
Aguilera, Fatima Sayuri Quezada / Autonomous University of Aguacalientes, Mexico ...............1809
Akinyede, J. O. / African Regional Centre for Space and Technology Education, Nigeria ............1515
Akinyemi, Felicia O. / Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda ..................................2040
Alabi, Tunrayo / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria ........................................912
Alam, Bhuiyan Monwar / The University of Toledo, USA .............................................................1385
Algeo, Katie / Western Kentucky University, USA ...........................................................................1309
Ali, Hesham A. / Mansoura University, Egypt ................................................................................1448
Ali, Mohammed H. / Mansoura University, Egypt .........................................................................1448
Allen, Jeffery / Clemson University, USA ........................................................................................1297
Al-Marri, Salem / Leeds Metropolitan University LEEDS, UK ......................................................1604
Annegarn, Harold J. / University of Johannesburg, South Africa ....................................................880
Argyreas, Nikolaos / National Center of Scientific Research “Demokritos,” Greece ......................726
Arnold, Lesley / Landgate, Australia ................................................................................................638
Ayansina, Ayanlade / Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria ...........................................................938
Ayats, Victor Pascual / Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia (IDEC), Spain ............................465
Balasubramaniam, S. / JSS University, India .................................................................................1988
Barker, Bradley / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA ................................................................1368
Barth, Andreas / Beak Consultants GmbH, Germany .......................................................................765
Batsakis, Sotirios / Technical University of Crete, Greece ..............................................................1751
Bekkers, Victor / Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands ...............................................1974
Belghith, Abdelfettah / University of Manouba, Tunisia ................................................................1345
Beniston, Martin / University of Geneva, Switzerland ...................................................................1260
Bennewitz, Evelyn / Beak Consultants GmbH, Germany .................................................................765
Berglund, Ulla / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden ............................................799
Bermudez, Luis / Southeastern Universities Research Association, USA ........................................890
Bernabé-Poveda, Miguel-Ángel / Technical University of Madrid, Spain ...........................................1
Bernadó, Oriol / Science and Technology Park for Tourism and Leisure, Spain ............................1100
Bigorra, Albert / Science and Technology Park for Tourism and Leisure, Spain ...........................1100
Bimonte, Sandro / Laboratoire d’Informatique en Images et Systèmes d’information, France &
Cemagref, UR TSCF, France ....................................................................................................91, 377
Bizani, Erasmia / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ......................................................1559
Blackwell, P. R. / Stephen F. Austin State University, USA ...............................................................926
Blank, Daniel / University of Bamberg, Germany .............................................................................666
Bol, Peter K. / Harvard University, USA .........................................................................................1764
Borràs, Joan / Science and Technology Park for Tourism and Leisure, Spain ................................2208
Brimicombe, Allan J. / University of East London, UK ....................................................................151
Brisaboa, Nieves R. / University of A Coruña, Spain ........................................................................358
Brister, Evelyn / Rochester Institute of Technology, USA ...............................................................2063
Brown, Stacey R. / Oklahoma State University, USA......................................................................1864
Brunner, Dominik / Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, Germany ..................................................1587
Bruno, Fernanda / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .................................................66
Brunt, Matthew / Western Kentucky University, USA ....................................................................1309
Bunch, Rick / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA ...................................................1612
Burns, Meghan D. / Montana Natural Heritage Program, USA ....................................................1170
Butterworth, Edwin / CACI International, USA ............................................................................1665
Buurma, J.S. / Wageningen UR, The Netherlands ..........................................................................1883
Calvo, Pedro Ángel Merino / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain .......................................970
Cameron, Nairne / Algoma University, Canada .............................................................................1665
Cangel, Ayça / International Competitiveness Research Institute, Turkey ......................................1392
Carroll, Jon W. / Michigan State University, USA ..........................................................................1328
Cerney, Dawna L. / Youngstown State University, USA ..................................................................1665
Chandramouli, Magesh / Purdue University, USA ...........................................................................216
Chen, Yenming J. / National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan..........81
Cherifi, Hocine / University of Burgundy, France .............................................................................616
Christophoridis, Christophoros / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ............................1559
Clave, Salvador Anton / University Rovira i Virgili, Spain ..................................................1100, 2208
Coetzee, Serena / University of Pretoria, South Africa ..................................................................1794
Comer, Jonathan C. / Oklahoma State University, USA .................................................................1864
Connolly, Matthew H. / Texas State University-San Marcos, USA ................................................1953
Conover, Helen / The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA .....................................................890
Cooper, Antony K / CSIR, South Africa & University of Pretoria, South Africa ............................1794
Corcho, Oscar / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain .............................................................434
Crumlish, John / University of Ulster, UK ........................................................................................540
Curran, Kevin / University of Ulster, UK .........................................................................................540
Curtin, Kevin M. / George Mason University, USA ...........................................................................39
D’Ulizia, Arianna / Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy .............................................848
Dao, Hy / University of Geneva and UNEP, Switzerland .................................................................1260
Dartevelle, Sébastien / Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA ......................................................1697
Day, Patrice / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA ................................................................1525
De Bono, Andrea / University of Geneva and UNEP, Switzerland .................................................1260
de Kool, Dennis / Center for Public Innovation, The Netherlands .................................................1974
de la Flor, Joan / Science and Technology Park for Tourism and Leisure, Spain ...........................2208
Dean, Denis J. / University of Texas at Dallas, USA .......................................................................1828
DeGroote, John / University of Northern Iowa, USA ........................................................................480
DeMers, Michael N. / New Mexico State University, USA ..............................................................1541
Díaz, Laura / Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain & Institute of New Imaging Technologies,
Universitat Jaume I, Spain ......................................................................................................305, 952
Didier, Jean-Yves / University of Evry Val d’Essonne, France .......................................................2164
Dolney, Timothy J. / Penn State University – Altoona, USA ..........................................................2128
Duckham, Matt / University of Melbourne, Australia ........................................................................24
Dugas, Daniel P. / New Mexico State University, USA ....................................................................1541
Duke-Williams, Oliver / University of Leeds, UK ..........................................................................1675
Eckert, Jeanette / The University of Toledo, USA ...........................................................................1385
El Asmar, Toufic / University of Florence, Italy ................................................................................228
El Hassouni, Mohammed / University of Mohammed V-Agdal, Morocco .......................................616
Epelbaum, Samuel / Pace University, USA ....................................................................................1724
Epperson, Ann / Western Kentucky University, USA ......................................................................1309
Everding, Thomas / University of Muenster, Germany ...................................................................2020
Fernández-Wyttenbach, Alberto / Technical University of Madrid, Spain .........................................1
Ferri, Fernando / Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy ...............................................848
Fisher, Gavin / University of Ulster, UK ............................................................................................540
Fitzner, Daniel / Fraunhofer IGD, Germany ...................................................................................1619
Fonollosa, Arturo Beltran / Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain ...........................................2176
Fraser, Kym / University of South Australia, Australia...................................................................2150
Fridman, Alexander / Russian Academy of Science, Russia...........................................................1724
Fugazza, Cristiano / Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Italy ...........................................305
Fytianos, Konstantinos / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ..........................................1559
Gallegos, Julio Cesar Ponce / Autonomous University of Aguacalientes, Mexico .........................1809
Gallo, Giovanni / University of Catania, Italy ................................................................................1132
Gangopadhyay, Aryya / University of Maryland - Baltimore County, USA .......................................47
Gardarin, Georges / PRiSM Laboratory, France .............................................................................550
Gaur, S. / Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France.................................................................736
Gelernter, Judith / Carnegie Mellon University, USA ....................................................................1941
Gensel, Jerome / Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, France .................................................377
Ghose, Rina / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA ................................................................1525
Gil, José / Institute of New Imaging Technologies, Universitat Jaume I, Spain ................................952
Gillavry, Edward Mac / Webmapper, The Netherlands ..................................................................1231
Giuliani, Gregory / University of Geneva and UNEP, Switzerland ................................................1260
Goh, Mark / University of South Australia, Australia & National University of Singapore,
Singapore ......................................................................................................................................2150
Gorod, Alex / Stevens Institute of Technology, USA ........................................................................1724
Gould, Michael / Universitat Jaume I, Spain ....................................................................................493
Graham, Amy K. / Oklahoma State University, USA .....................................................................1864
Graillot, D. / Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France ...........................................................736
Grandgenett, Neal / University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA .........................................................1368
Granell, Carlos / Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain & Institute for Environment and
Sustainability, Italy .................................................................................................................305, 952
Graves, Sara / The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA .........................................................890
Greenlee, Janet C. / New Mexico State University, USA ................................................................1541
Gribb, William J. / University of Wyoming, USA ...........................................................................1665
Grifoni, Patrizia / Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IRPPS, Italy ...............................................848
Guan, Weihe (Wendy) / Harvard University, USA .........................................................................1764
Guarnera, Giuseppe Claudio / University of Catania, Italy ..........................................................1132
Guo, Zhen-Sheng / Hokkaido University, Japan .............................................................................1216
Gupta, Phalguni / Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India ......................................................703
Hammitzsch, Martin / Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Germany ..........................................................................................................................................449
Hane, Elizabeth / Rochester Institute of Technology, USA .............................................................2063
Hanke, Henrik / University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany ..................................................................17
Hansen, Stefan / Spatial/Information Systems Ltd./LISAsoft, Australia ...........................................250
Hawthorne, Timothy L. / Columbus State University, USA ...........................................................1848
Haynes, Kingsley E. / George Mason University, USA ...................................................................1665
Hegedüs, Péter / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..............................609
Henrich, Andreas / University of Bamberg, Germany ......................................................................666
Herold, Sam / University of Ottawa, Canada ....................................................................................175
Ho, Chao-Ching / National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan ..........................783
Hodge, Bill / City of Midland, USA ..................................................................................................1665
Honea, Robert B. / KU Transportation Research Institute, USA ....................................................1665
Hosszú, Gábor / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..............................609
Huang, Bo / Chinese University of Hong Kong, China .....................................................................216
Huerta, Joaquín / Institute of New Imaging Technologies, Universitat Jaume I, Spain ...................952
Hyyppä, Juha / Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland .......................................................................1011
Ioja, Cristian / University of Bucharest, Romania ..........................................................................1276
Iqbal, Muhammad Usman / University of New South Wales, Australia ..........................................399
Irkhin, Alexey / Beak Consultants GmbH, Germany ........................................................................765
Isern, David / Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain ............................................................................2208
Jaakkola, Anttoni / Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland.................................................................1011
Jegede, O. O. / Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria ......................................................................938
Jenihhin, Maksim / Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia ........................................................407
Jha, Manoj K. / Morgan State University, USA ................................................................................857
Joshi, P. K. / TERI University, India ................................................................................................1913
Jutman, Artur / Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia ..............................................................407
Kaartinen, Harri / Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland ..................................................................1011
Kakaletris, George / University of Athens, Greece ...........................................................................258
Kathlene, Lyn / Colorado State University, USA ..............................................................................685
Katsianis, Dimitris / University of Athens, Greece ...........................................................................258
Kaushik, Vandana Dixit / Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, India .......................................703
Keiser, Ken / The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA ............................................................890
Khant, Aung Phey / Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand ...........................................................815
Kholladi, Mohamed-Khireddine / University Mentouri of Constantine, Algeria ...........................750
Klimaszewski-Patterson, Anna / New Mexico State University, USA ...........................................1541
Klippel, Alexander / University of Melbourne, Australia .................................................................250
Korfmacher, Karl / Rochester Institute of Technology, USA ..........................................................2063
Kourie, Derrick G / University of Pretoria, South Africa ..............................................................1794
Koussouris, Sotirios / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ........................................1243
Kovács, Ferenc / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..............................609
Ku, Wei-Shinn / Auburn University, USA .........................................................................................631
Lancaster, Anne / Independent Researcher, USA ..............................................................................529
Larsen, Lillian I. / University of Redlands, USA ...............................................................................832
Lehmann, Anthony / University of Geneva and UNEP, Switzerland .............................................1260
Li, Yang / University of East London, UK .........................................................................................151
Lim, Samsung / University of New South Wales, Australia...............................................................399
Lindquist, Peter S. / The University of Toledo, USA .......................................................................1385
Liu, Zhengjun / Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, China ...........................................1011
Llaves, Alejandro / University of Muenster, Germany ....................................................................2020
Loi, Nguyen Kim / Nong Lam University, Vietnam .........................................................................2080
Lourenço, Júlia M. / University of Minho, Portugal ......................................................................1476
Lu, Kang Shou / Towson University, USA .......................................................................................1297
Luaces, Miguel R. / University of A Coruña, Spain ..........................................................................358
Lutz, Collin / Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA .........................................1368
Manso-Callejo, Miguel-Angel / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain .................................2176
Mansouri, Mo / Stevens Institute of Technology, USA ....................................................................1724
Martins, Hugo / Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal & Universidade Técnica de Lisboa,
Portugal ........................................................................................................................................1773
Maskey, Manil / The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA ......................................................890
Mathews, Leah Greden / University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA ......................................529
Matyas, Corene J. / University of Florida, USA .............................................................................1069
Mazimpaka, Jean Damascène / National University of Rwanda, Rwanda ......................................295
Mazzetti, Paolo / National Research Council, Italy ..........................................................................305
McDonald, Darrel / Stephen F. Austin State University, USA ...........................................................926
McGuire, Steven / Aberystwyth University, UK ................................................................................108
McKnight, Kevin P. / Michigan Department of Transportation & Michigan State University,
USA ...............................................................................................................................................1170
Meenar, Mahbubur R. / Temple University, USA .............................................................................122
Men, Hao / Stevens Institute of Technology, USA ..............................................................................502
Messina, Joseph P. / Michigan State University, USA ....................................................................1170
Messineo, Antonio / Kore University of Enna, Italy ........................................................................1411
Mimoun, D. / Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France ..........................................................736
Misra, Santosh K. / Cleveland State University, USA .......................................................................336
Moody, Rebecca / Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands .............................................1974
Moore, Alyssa K. / University of Redlands, USA ..............................................................................832
Moreno, Antonio / Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain ....................................................................2208
Morgan, John / Towson University, USA ........................................................................................1297
Morgan, Kathy / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA .................................................................1368
Nakato, Teddy / Ministry of Agriculture, Uganda .............................................................................938
Nativi, Stefano / National Research Council, Italy ...........................................................................305
Neumann, Alf / University of Cologne, Germany ...............................................................................17
Niţă, Mihai / University of Bucharest, Romania ..............................................................................1276
Noack, Silke / Beak Consultants GmbH, Germany ...........................................................................765
Norder, John W. / Michigan State University, USA ........................................................................1328
Nordin, Kerstin / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden ..........................................799
Nugent, Gwen / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA ...................................................................1368
Oduwole, Olusoji / Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria ....................................................912
Okafor, Christopher / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria ...............................912
Olaleye, V. F. / Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria ......................................................................938
Olufemi, Bolarin / University of Ilorin Nigeria ................................................................................938
Onose, Diana / University of Bucharest, Romania ..........................................................................1276
Opeyemi, Zubair A. / National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria .....................1515
Orosz, Mihály / Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ...............................609
Oryspayev, Dossay / University of Northern Iowa, USA .................................................................480
Panno, Domenico / University of Palermo, Italy .............................................................................1411
Pappathanasi, Kym / Salem State University, USA ........................................................................1090
Paradzayi, Charles / University of Johannesburg, South Africa & Midlands State University,
Zimbabwe ........................................................................................................................................880
Patent-Nygren, Megan / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA ....................................................1368
Pathak, Prasad A. / University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA .................................130, 1612
Patroescu, Maria / University of Bucharest, Romania ....................................................................1276
Pazos, Andrés / Universitat Jaume I, Spain .......................................................................................493
Peduzzi, Pascal / UNEP, Switzerland ..............................................................................................1260
Pérez, Yolanda / University Rovira i Virgili, Spain ...............................................................1100, 2208
Peters, Rob / University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...............................................................1243
Petrakis, Euripides G.M. / Technical University of Crete, Greece ................................................1751
Pigozzi, Bruce W. / Michigan State University, USA ......................................................................1170
Pochiraju, Kishore / Stevens Institute of Technology, USA ..............................................................502
Poveda, José / University of Texas, USA ............................................................................................493
Prasetyo, Lilik B. / Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia .........................................................1901
Priyanka, Neena / TERI University, India .......................................................................................1913
Pultar, Edward / University of California – Santa Barbara, USA ..................................................2006
Quddus, Mohammed A. / Loughborough University, UK ................................................................658
Quintana, Manuel Sillero / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain ..........................................970
Rahaman, Khan R. / University of Minho, Portugal ......................................................................1476
Raik, Jaan / Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia .....................................................................407
Ramachandran, Muthu / Leeds Metropolitan University, LEEDS UK ..........................................1604
Ray, Nicolas / University of Geneva and UNEP, Switzerland..........................................................1260