International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 1991: Vol 5 Table of Contents

5 Pages·1991·0.77 MB·English

International Journal of
GEOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
Contents of Volume 5
Data structures
Oceanography
Land use
Planning
Geology RESEARCH Remote sensing
Mineral
exploration Data display
Geography
Conservation Policy making
Landscape
Carlto graphy archi\te cture
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Demography
Data capture
Spatial data
Meteorology
Soil science Data analysis
Taylor & Francis
London e Washington, DC
International Journal of Geographical Information
Systems
Editors
J. T. Coppock S. C. Guptill
Department of Geography National Mapping Division
University of Edinburgh US Geological Survey
Edinburgh EH8 9XP Reston, Virginia 22092
UK USA
Book Review Editor News Editor
N. Stuart D. J. Gugan
Department of Geography Laser-Scan Laboratories Ltd
University of Edinburgh Cambridge Science Park
Edinburgh EH8 9XP Cambridge CB4 4FY
UK UK
Editorial Committee, UK
P. F. Dale, London; M. J. Jackson, Cambridge; H. M. Mounsey, London;
D. W. Rhind, London
Editorial Committee, North America
D. J. Cowen, Columbia; M. F. Goodchild, Santa Barbara; T. Smith, Santa Barbara
R. Aangeenbrug, Washington; R. Abler, Washington; K. E. Brassel, Zurich; P. A. Burrough,
Utrecht; R. Chalmers, Hamilton; Chen Qiming, Beijing; Chen Shupeng, Beijing; |. K. Crain,
Calgary; J. Dangermond, Redlands; B. Garner, Sydney; C. M. Gold, Laval; R. G. Healey,
Edinburgh; M. Konecny, Brno; S. Kubo, Tokyo; M. Lyew, Costa Rica; D. Marble,
Columbus; D. Mark, Buffalo; R. Marx, Washington; P. Mather, Nottingham; H. Moellering,
Columbus; P. Nag, Dehra Dun; J. O'Callaghan, Canberra; D. Peuquet, University Park,
Pennsylvania; T. Poiker, Burnaby; N. Smith, Southampton; W. Tobler, Santa Barbara; R.
Tomlinson, Ottawa; J. Townshend, Maryland; J. L. van Genderen, Enschede; T. C. Waugh,
Edinburgh
International Journal of Geographical Information
Systems
Taylor & Francis, London, Washington, DC
Contents of Volume 5
Number 1
Special Issue
GIS in Developing Nations
Editorial. J. T. Coppock and S. C. Guptill
Preface. GIS in developing nations. D. R. F. Taylor
The development and applications of geographic information systems for
urban and regional planning in the developing countries. A. G.-O. Yeh
GIS in Africa: problems, challenges and opportunities for co-operation.
D. A. Hastings and D. M. Clark
Is GIS appropriate technology? L. S. Yapa
Spatial information for resource management in Asia: a review of
institutional issues. J. M. Fox
The establishment and application of the geographic mapping database
by city/county unit in China. Liu Yue, Liang Zhang, Chen Xiaogang and
Zhou Yingming
An incremental approach for establishing a geographical information
system in a developing country: Saudi Arabia. K. M. Al-Ankary
The feasibility of a land information system for Belize, Central America.
R. F. Hyde
Resource utilization and regional planning information systems
(RURPIS) in Botswana. M. Nkambwe
Monitoring grasshopper and locust habitats in Sahelian Africa using GIS
and remote sensing technology. G. G. Tappan, D. G. Moore and
W. |. Knausenberger
Development and application of global databases: considerable progress,
but more collaboration needed. D. A. Hastings, J. J. Kineman and
D. M. Clark
Conference Report. International Conference on Geographic Inform-
ation Systems Applications for Urban and Regional Planning.
J. S. Edralin
Forthcoming events
Number 2
Editorial. J. T. Coppock and S. Guptill 159
Point-set topological spatial relations. M. J. Egenhofer and R. D. Franzosa 161
Utilizing discriminant function analysis with a geographical information
system to model ecological succession spatially. K. Lowell 175
Modelling soil map-unit inclusions by Monte Carlo simulation. P.F. Fisher 193
Fuzzy reasoning in the development of geographical information
systems. FRSIS: a prototype soil information system with fuzzy
retrieval capabilities. V. J. Kollias and A. Voliotis 209
Remotely-sensed data as an information source for geographical infor-
mation systems in natural resource management: a review.
C. M. Trotter 225
The impact of geographical information systems on the role of spatial
data libraries. P. Lai and C. F. Gillies 241
Book reviews 253
Forthcoming events 261
Number 3
Editorial. J. T. Coppock and S. Guptill 265
Comparison of existing methods for building triangular irregular net-
work models of terrain from grid digital elevation models. J. Lee 267
Modelling accessibility using space-time prism concepts within geo-
graphical information systems. H. J. Miller 287
Organizational issues in the development of geographical information
systems: a case study of U.S. Army topographic information autom-
ation. D. J. Peuquet and T. Bacastow 303
Integrating multi-criteria evaluation with geographical information
systems. S. J. Carver 321
Taxonomy for surveying the use and value of geographical information.
H. W. Calkins and N. J. Obermeyer 341
Tactile-map output from geographical information systems: the chal-
lenge and its importance. M. R. C. Coulson 353
Determination of rasterizing error: a case study with the soil map of The
Netherlands. A. K. Bregt, J.D enneboom, H. J. Gesink and Y. Van Randen 361
Forthcoming events
Number 4
Editorial. J. T. Coppock and K. E. Anderson 371
Designing a personal guidance system to aid navigation without sight:
progress on the GIS component. R. G. Golledge, J. M. Loomis,
R. L. Klatzky, A. Flury and Xiao Li Yang 373
A new method for the characterization of topographic surfaces.
B. Falcidieno and M. Spagnuolo 397
Analyses of visibility sites on topographic surfaces. J. Lee
Use of an expert system to map forest soils from a geographical
information system. A. K. Skidmore, P. J. Ryan, W. Dawes, D. Short and
E. O'Loughlin
Diffusion of geographic information innovations. H. J. Onsrud and
J. K. Pinto
Comparative evolution of statewide Geographic Information Systems in
Ohio, M. N. DeMers and P. F. Fisher
Book review
List of referees
Forthcoming events
Index of authors