Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 17th Annual Conference

440 Pages·2009·50.87 MB·English

Proceedings of the GIS Research UK
17th Annual Conference
GISRUK 2009

University of Durham
1st – 3rd April 2009
Editor: David Fairbairn
Proceedings of the GIS Research UK
17th Annual Conference
GISRUK 2009

University of Durham
1st – 3rd April 2009

© 2009 the authors of the papers, except where indicated.

All rights reserved. The copyright on each of the papers published in these Proceedings
remains with the author(s). No part of these Proceedings may be reprinted or reproduced
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Published April 2009, University of Durham

ISBN: 978-0-900974-58-8
Foreward
Welcome
The vitality of Geographic Information Science research in the UK shows no sign of
abating, and the GISRUK series of conferences, which has been running annually since
1993, continues to meet the needs of researchers in both theoretical and applied areas of the
discipline. The 2009 GISRUK conference demonstrates the breadth of our subject: within
these Proceedings you can find contributions which address the widest range of geographical
enquiry, and we feel sure that there is much here to inform, intrigue and inspire those with
interests in geospatial data handling.
The Proceedings form the record of this 17th annual GISRUK conference, held in Durham.
As in every previous year, GISRUK can boast of visiting a new venue. Durham has a
long and continuous history of excellence in geographical study, and along with sister
departments in both Newcastle and Northumbria universities, it has contributed much to
advances in geographical knowledge, both locally and globally. The environment of North
East England is a stimulating and exciting one in which to ply one’s trade as a geographer,
and the adoption of GI methods, technologies and concepts has led to high-quality research
(as recognised by our most recent RAE results) in North East universities, in all areas
concerned with geospatial data. We are grateful to Durham University for acting as host for
this meeting. The local organising committee – Dr Chris Dunn (Durham), Dr Bruce Carlisle
(Northumbria), Dr Seraphim Alvanides (Newcastle) and myself – have also benefitted from
the professional assistance of Event Durham (notably Stina Maynard and Judith Aird) and
David Hume who has produced these Proceedings.
As usual, we also thank the generous sponsors of GISRUK. At a time of economic belt-
tightening, we are indebted to those sponsoring ogranisations featured on the back cover of
this volume for their continued support of GISRUK.
In addition, I am grateful to the reviewers of the papers contained in this volume. The
excellence of the papers presented in these pages is testament both to the authors and to the
reviewers who have given their time and expertise in suggesting improvements. Over 100
abstracts were submitted and we feel that a high-quality conference has resulted from the
reviewing process. The standard format for GISRUK publications places high demands
on authors – the limit of 1500 words can feel constricting – but I hope that readers of this
volume will find value in the concise descriptions and explanations provided. All this work
re-iterates my first sentence - the vitality of Geographic Information Science research in the
UK shows no sign of abating.
Welcome to Durham!
David Fairbairn
Chair, Local Organising Committee
School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Newcastle University
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Personnel
Seraphim Alvanides 1, 3
Katherine Arrell 2, 3
Angela Baker 2
Bruce Carlisle 1, 3
Jane Drummond 2
Chris Dunn 1, 2, 3
David Fairbairn 1, 2, 3
Bruce Gittings 2, 3
Peter Halls 2, 3
Glen Hart 2, 3
David Hume 1
Phil James 3
David Lambrick 2, 3
Jeremy Morley 2
Nick Mount 2, 3
Gary Priestnall 2, 3
Nick Tate 2, 3
Adam Winstanley 2, 3
Stephen Wise 2, 3
Jo Wood 2, 3
1 Local Organising Committee
2 GISRUK National Committee
3 Reviewers
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Contents
Session 2A Transport network analysis
The effect of travel distance on patient Mark Dusheiko, Peter J Halls and 1
non-attendance at hospital outpatient William Richards
appointment: a comparison of straight
line and road distance measures
Accessibility analysis by generalised Alistair Ford and Stuart Barr 7
cost in a GIS framework
A method for visualisating journey Chris Brunsdon, Jon Corcoran 13
to work patterns based on choropleth and Jing Li
mapping and a physical analogy
Flow-based geographies in North East John Mooney 19
England
Session 2B Spatial clustering
Surnames as indicators of cultural James A. Cheshire, Pablo Mateos 25
regions in the UK and Paul A. Longley
Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process David Lloyd, Jason Dykes and 31
to prioritise candidate improvements to Robert Radburn
a geovisualization application
Moving to real time segmentation: M. Adnan, A.D. Singleton, C. 35
efficient computation of Brunsdon and P.A. Longley
geodemographic classification
Estimating patients’ exposure to traffic Eleni Sofianopoulou, Tanja Pless- 43
in General Practice service areas Mulloli and Stephen Rushton
Session 3A GIS for health data
Calculating a Walkability Index for the Thomas Burgoine and Seraphim 49
Alvanides
A spatial accuracy assessment of an Simon Read, Peter Bath, Peter 57
alternative circular scan method for Willett and Ravi Maheswaran
Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistic
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Using GIS derived variables to identify Iain Lake, Andrew Jones, Natalia 63
factors affecting physical activity Jones, Jenna Panter, Florence
levels in children Harrison, Esther van Sluijs and
Simon Griffin
GP catchments and the characteristics Daniel James Lewis, Pablo 67
of patients: a ‘postcode lottery’? Mateos, Maurizio Gibin and Paul
Longley
Session 3B Spatial statistics for modelling
Implementing Grid-enabled GWR for Rich Harris, Daniel Grosse and 75
teaching Chris Brunsdon
Utilising scenarios to facilitate a multi- Paul Munday, Andy Jones, 79
objective land use model: The Broads, Andrew Lovett and Paul Dolman
UK, to 2100
Visualising spatio-temporal crime Tomoki Nakaya and Keiji Yano 85
clusters in a space-time cube
Session 4A Public participation and GIS
‘What’s in your backyard?’ A usability Rachel Alsop 91
study by persona
Appropriation of public park space: a Frank O. Ostermann 95
GIS-based case study
Analysing perceptions of inequalities Steve Cinderby, Annemarieke 99
in rural areas of England de Bruin, Meg Huby and Piran
White
Visualising ecosystem service values Kate Moore 103
in maps, films and dance
Session 4B Tools for spatial data handling I
Circuit theory in naturalistic Thomas R. Etherington and E. 109
landscapes: how does resistance Penelope Holland
distance compare to cost-distance as a
measure of landscape connectivity?
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Constructing a standards-based Humphrey Southall and Paula 113
geographical infrastructure for Aucott
European history
Factors impacting fear in an urban Ben Calnan and Claire Ellul 117
environment
Breaking down the silos Niall Carter and Bruce Gittings 121
Modeling rules for integrating Gobe Hobona, Mike Jackson, 125
heterogeneous geographic datasets Suchith Anand, Stefania de Zorzi
and Didier Leibovici
Session 5A Environmental applications of GIS
Historical analysis of habitat S.J. Dugdale, A.A. Lovett, A.R. 131
associations with intra-guild richness Watkinson and P.W. Atkinson
hotspots for farmland birds: clues for
the successful deployment of agri-
environment schemes.
The Fluvial Information System P.E. Carbonneau, S.J. Dugdale 135
and S. Clough
Interpolating land use data to Paulette Posen, Michael 139
hydrological units: methods and Hutchins, Andrew Lovett and
implications for diffuse pollution Helen Davies
modelling
Novel and disappearing climates in UK Colin J. McClean 147
protected areas and their connectivity
Estimating domestic water demand Eran Md Sadek, Linda See, 151
using a scenario-based spatial Rizwan Nawaz and Gordon
microsimulation approach Mitchell
Session 5B Tools for spatial data handling II
Re-drawing the world: an approach Benjamin D. Hennig, Danny 157
towards a gridded world population Dorling and Mark Ramsden
cartogram
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Automated and subjective terrain Delroy Brown, David Mountain 163
feature extraction: a comparative and Jo Wood
analysis
The estimation of the socio-economic Kazumasa Hanaoka 179
impacts of machiya (traditional
wooden townhouse) demolitions:
A dynamic spatial microsimulation
approach
Framing the structure of spatial Jim Nixon and Robert J. Abrahart 185
literacy using an empirical method
Session 6A Earth science applications of GIS
DEM fitness for delineation of lahar Amii Darnell, Andrew Lovett, 197
inundation hazard zones Jennifer Barclay and Richard
Herd
Developing topographic descriptors Emma Ferranti, Duncan Whyatt 203
to study orographic processes under a and Roger Timmis
changing climate
Session 6B Virtual environments
A sense of place in virtual Stuart Ashfield and Claire Jarvis 209
environments
Virtual archives: a geo-located Rob Millman, Claire Jarvis and 215
perspective Jing Li
Session 9A Network visualisation
Visualizing public transport quality of Adam Winstanley, Bashir Shalaik, 221
service Jianghua Zheng and Rebekah
Burke
Flow Trees for exploring spatial Jo Wood, Jason Dykes, Aidan 229
trajectories Slingsby and Robert Radburn
Vehicle routing problem and travel Ivana Cavar 235
time prediction
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Incorporating egocentric routing Luke Studden, Gary Priestnall 241
preferences into pedestrian navigation and Mike Jackson
devices
Session 9B OpenSource and informal spatial data
The role of user generated spatial Vyron Antoniou, Jeremy Morley 251
content in mapping agencies and Muki Haklay
Geographic data mining of online Alex D. Singleton 257
social networks
Crowdsourcing Spatial Surveys and Andrew T. Crooks, Andrew 263
Mapping Hudson-Smith, Richard Milton
and Mike Batty
Mapping future climate: a case study Philip James, Simon Abele and 271
for the deployment of the open source David Alderson
geo-stack in scalable web-based
applications
Session 10A Geovisualisation
Wading through Derwent Water: taking Nick Mount, Gary Priestnall, Dan 275
digital terrains from the real world to Weaver and Andy Burton
Second Life
‘The art of building bridges’ or a Susanne Bleisch, Jason Dykes and 285
meta-framework linking between Stephan Nebiker
experiments and applied studies in 3D
geovisualization research
A pilot study for the collaborative Aidan Slingsby, Rachel Lowe, 291
development of new ways of Jason Dykes, David Stephenson,
visualising seasonal climate forecasts Jo Wood and Tim Jupp
Polycentric cities and sustainable Duncan Smith 299
development: a multi-scaled GIS
approach to analysing urban form
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Session 10B Social applications of GIS
Feeling the way: emotional mappings Daniel James Lewis, Christian 305
Nold and Muki Haklay
Mapping the geography of social Nazanin Khalili, Jo Wood and 311
networks Jason Dykes
Exploring the links between alcohol Ellie Bates and William 317
policy and the place and time Mackaness
dynamics of vandalism
Mapping the sustainability of small Alice Dalton 325
business locations
Real-time dynamic simulation of Miao Wang and David Fairbairn 333
special event crowds using ABM and
GIS
Poster session
A spatial structuration heuristic Didier G. Leibovici, Jerry Swan, 339
for integrated automated map Suchith Anand and Mike Jackson
generalisation with attribute and
geometry
Characterizing maps to improve on- Laurence Jolivet 345
demand cartography - the example of
European topographic maps
GIS, reassurance policing and ‘signal’ Paul Richards, Paul Longley and 349
crimes Alex Singleton
Constructing a timely GIS dataset Maria Piquer-Rodriguez and S. 357
for the City of Sydney’s census Ghosh
geographies to study the impacts of
infill developments
Spatial variation in personal exposure Anil Namdeo and Ana Pareira 363
of parking attendants in Leeds to
carbon monoxide and ultrafine
particles
Range queries over trajectory data with Fernanda Barbosa and Armanda 369
recursive lists of clusters: a study case Rodrigues
with hurricanes data
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