Spatial information and the environment / edited by Peter J. Halls.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halls, Peter J.

Series:

Innovations in GIS ; 8.

Innovations in GIS ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Information services.

Environmental sciences.

Management information systems.

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

xiv, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001.

Contents:

Section 1 Information Acquisition in the Environment 5

1 Spatial information for ecosystem classification, analysis and forecasting / C.M. Trotter, J.R. Leathwick, D. Pairman 7

2 Methodologies and approaches for automated land cover change detection / A.J. Comber, A.N. R.. Law, J. R.. Lishman 37

3 Data-rich models of the urban environment: RS, GIS and 'lifestyles' / Richard J. Harris, Paul A. Longley 53

4 Extraction of field boundary information: using satellite images classified by artificial neural networks / Taskin Kavzoglu, Jasmee Jaafar, Paul M. Mather 77

5 On the assessment of the spatial reliability of thematic images / C.A.O. Vieira, P.M. Mather 89

Section 2 Manipulating the Information: Tools, Visualisation and Navigation 103

6 A triangle-based carrier for geographical data / Morten Doehlen, Morten Fimland, Oyvind Hjelle 105

7 Integrated spatiotemporal analysis for environmental applications / Robert Frank, Zarine Kemp 121

8 A knowledge-based GIS for concurrent navigation monitoring / Frederic Barbe, Francois Gelebart, Thomas Devogele, Christophe Claramunt 135

9 Adapting one's mental model: an essential process for successful navigation in an environment / Hartwig Hochmair 147

Section 3 Analysing the Information: Computation and Modelling 165

10 Implementation of a GIS-based cellular automation approach for dynamic Modelling / Verena Gruener 167

11 Preliminary analyses results of forest plant diversity and distribution on Mt. Medvednica, Croatia / Sven D. Jelaska 183

12 Interpolation in a heterogenous world / David M. Kidd 199

13 Spatial modelling of the visibility of land use / David Miller 213

Section 4 Applying the Information: Decision Support 229

14 User interface considerations to facilitate negotiations in collaborative spatial decision support systems / Jaishree Beedasy, Rameshsharma Ramloll 231

15 The use of GIS in brownfield redevelopment / Rebekah Boott, Mordechai Haklay, Kate Heppell, Jeremy Morley 241

16 Evaluation methods to support the comparison of maps for environmental decision making / Marjan van Herwijnen, Ron Janssen 259

17 Use of statistical classification techniques in identifying stock and change in broad habitat categories / Watkins J.W., Howard D.C., Scott W.A. 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415253624

OCLC:

46472143