Geographic Information Management Research Articles

10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

EventGeoScout: Fostering Citizen Empowerment and Augmenting Data Quality through Collaborative Geographic Information Governance and Optimization

In this manuscript, we present EventGeoScout, an innovative framework for collaborative geographic information management, tailored to meet the needs of the dynamically changing landscape of geographic data integration and quality enhancement. EventGeoScout enables the seamless fusion of open data from different sources and provides users with the tools to refine and improve data quality. A distinctive feature of our framework is its commitment to platform-agnostic data management, ensuring that processed datasets are accessible via standard Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, reducing the maintenance burden on organizations while ensuring the continued relevance of the data. Our approach goes beyond the boundaries of traditional data integration, enabling users to fully harness the power of geospatial information by simplifying the data creation process and providing a versatile solution to the complex challenges posed by layered geospatial data. To demonstrate the versatility and robustness of EventGeoScout as an optimization tool, we present a case study centered on the Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (UFLP), where a genetic algorithm was used to achieve outstanding performance on both traditional computing platforms and smartphone devices. As a concrete case study, we applied our solution in the context of the Málaga City Marathon, using the latest data from the last edition of the marathon.

Review of Spatial Analysis as a Geographic Information Management Tool

Review of Spatial Analysis as a Geographic Information Management Tool

10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

10th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

Geographical Information System Enhancement Using Active Learning-Enhanced Semantic Segmentation

Images captured by drones are increasingly used in various fields, including geographic information management. This study evaluates a procedure that incorporates active learning semantic segmentation for verifying the building registration ledger. Several semantic segmentation techniques were evaluated to extract building information, with ResNet identified as the most effective method for accurately recognizing building roofs. Using active learning, the training data were refined by removing instances with low similarity, leading to improved network performance of the model. The procedure was demonstrated to identify discrepancies between the building information system and the inferred label images, as well as to detect labeling errors on a training dataset. Through this research, the geographic information system dataset is enhanced with minimal human oversight, offering significant potential for urban planning and building detection advancements.

GEOINFORMATION MODEL OF THE TRANSPORT NETWORK

The article presents a geo-informational model of the transport network of the Lozovsky district of the Kharkiv region. An analysis of the modeling object was carried out and it was determined that the transport system of the Lozovsky district contains two main components - a network of railway tracks and a network of highways. There are also waterways, but they are not suitable for transportation tasks. At the same time, geoinformation technologies, by their purpose, have descriptive and analytical functions that allow modeling and analysis of any objects. The Internet resource Open Street Map was selected as a data source for spatial modeling of the transport system of the Lozovsky district. This resource contains detailed and free information, access to Open Street Map data in geoinformation format integrated with QGIS software. Therefore, this software product was used as a modeling tool. Using the modules of the software tool selected for modeling, the following layers of the model were created: "District boundaries", "Roads", "Railway", "Railway stations", "Waterways" and "Populations", each of which has attribute data that characterize the properties of the elements of the corresponding layer. As an example of the use of the built model, the main types of network analysis were performed, namely, the shortest routes between settlements located within the selected modeling area were calculated. Modeling of the shortest distances from settlements located on the selected territory to the district center of Lozovsky district of Kharkiv region was also performed. Conclusions were made about the suitability of the built model for analysis and solving issues of optimization of transport infrastructure. The resulting model can be used as a means of supporting decision-making when forming a development strategy. In addition, it has been determined that geographic information modeling is a powerful tool for analyzing and visualizing geographically distributed data and has a wide range of applications, providing great opportunities for analyzing and improving the management of geographic information, including for the study and modeling of transport networks. Keywords: transport network, geoinformation system, modeling, route optimization, shortest distance.

BIM/IFC-based 3D spatial model for condominium ownership: a case study of China

ABSTRACT As the number of high-density buildings has increased, the management of property with complex condominium ownership has become an ongoing challenge in property registration and management. The three-dimensional (3D) modeling of condominium ownership has emerged as an effective means of meeting this challenge and has attracted great attention from fields such as geographical information science, urban planning and management, and property administration. Much progress has been made in building 3D models of condominium ownership; however, existing studies are all on a case-by-case basis and have left some critical issues unsolved, such as vague ownership boundaries, spatial rights without physical counterparts, and the unfixed spatial extent. The purpose of this study is to construct a 3D building ownership model with multiple levels of detail in the context of Chinese law to overcome the defects of 3D models above. This 3D model is presented in a case study of China by subdividing ownership boundaries based on clarifying the internal structure of condominium ownership, embedding the apportionment mechanism, and integrating the semantics, attributes, and geometry associated with the physical and legal entity of the condominium. The proposed 3D model is implemented by extending Building Information Modeling (BIM) based on the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and inheriting legal information from Land Administration Domain Model (LADM). In this study, examples of condominium ownership from three real legal dispute cases in China are analyzed and tested. The study clearly demonstrates that the proposed model can provide a better cognitive understanding of the legal space of property by rendering unambiguous ownership boundaries and presenting the spatial internal structure of ownership, which offers solid technical support for dealing with property registration and many legal dispute cases about condominium ownership.

ГЕОІНФОРМАЦІЙНА СИСТЕМА – ДІЄВИЙ ІНСТРУМЕНТ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ВПЛИВУ ГІБРИДНОЇ ВІЙНИ НА СОЦІАЛЬНУ БЕЗПЕКУ ЛЮДИНИ

Social security of the state is the ability to guarantee and provide its citizens with safe and decent living standards. Study of the impact of the war on the state of national security, in particular human social security, will help to identify weaknesses in the state policy implementation in the political, economic and social areas. The impact of Russia's full-scale war against our country on the social security of Ukrainians requires substantiation of new, more effective mechanisms and tools for strengthening human social security in times of war. Under these circumstances, there is a need to apply new technologies to manage the socio-economic processes of the state for analysis and decision-making, and to reflect the current situation. These technologies will make it possible to predict scenarios and offer managers at all levels the best ways to achieve a balanced result. We need technologies that can effectively combine space and time with large amounts of special data in the form of attribute information about objects in the operational environment, background information about regions, climatic conditions, socio-economic conditions and processes in the region, etc. The need for prompt decision-making based on real indicators of anthropogenic, social, and environmental nature, taking into account the factors of space and time in a particular region or area of study, necessitates the involvement of specialized software platforms – geographic information systems that combine analytical capabilities with geospatial analysis. Today, a large number of general-purpose geographic information systems have been developed, but despite the variety of such software products, there is still a need to create specialized geographic information documents and databases that allow obtaining up-to-date geographic information data, the use of which leads to a real reduction in the time required to solve specialized tasks of information management systems. The analysis and decision support system in the environment of existing geographic information platforms will allow to take into account the influence of external factors, analyze the possibility of development, expansion, and monitor the state of the general environment when assessing the current state of input data, using information on the spatial distribution of the necessary resources, information on the competitive environment, etc. With the help of spatial and surface analysis modules, a GIS user can analyze spatially compatible objects and their interrelationships, taking into account the dynamics of their development. Currently, the world leader among geographic information systems is the ArcGIS products. It is a complete system that allows you to collect, organize, manage, analyze, exchange and distribute geographic data. Additionally, ArcGIS, depending on the type and specification of the platform, has other specialized modules that provide a wide range of opportunities for working with geodata and their visual display, namely: creation, management, visualization, analysis and exchange of geographic information. In addition, there are many compatible applications and extensions that integrate into the GIS platform and are focused on solving highly specialized tasks, such as assessing the state of the environment (water, soil, vegetation) or forecasting the development of natural phenomena and man-made emergencies. The article analyzes and substantiates the approaches to the use of a geographic information system as an effective tool for studying the impact of a full-scale war on human social security, improving the efficiency, completeness and quality of information and spatial support for management processes. The modern and full-featured ArcGIS system is considered as a platform that allows not only to form a geographic information system of any scale and purpose, but also to form on its basis an effective system of socio-economic monitoring, which is combined with decision support systems. The article presents an algorithm for studying the impact of a full-scale war on human social security using the ArcGIS system as an effective decision support tool with the use of spatially specialized databases.

9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management

Design and implementation of geographic information system with mobile terminal and 5G network

AbstractRemote insurance mainly completes quotation, insurance application and payment through the PC terminal and mobile terminal, and the premium directly enters the insurance account. This article takes remote insurance as an example. First, it analyses the requirements of the remote insurance and insurance system, and then collects data from the mobile terminal. The system geographic information system (GIS) server subsystem and GIS information management subsystem are designed in three aspects. GPS data and video image data are collected and processed in the data acquisition subsystem, forwarded by the GIS server, and sent to the GIS information management subsystem. Geographic information system information management realises online loss determination through basic information query, geographic location identification, scheduling, path planning, real‐time tracking, image information etc. on the mobile terminal, combined with insurance and insurance business. In terms of implementation, the GIS information management platform and Google Maps are used to realise the monitoring, scheduling and path planning of the mobile terminal GIS online platform. And conduct experimental research on the content‐centric 5G structure. The results show that the transmission interference time of the content‐centric network‐based 5G structure is 390 ms, which is much lower than the 800 ms demanded for GSM‐R system. It proves that the content‐centric network‐based 5G structure has good mobile performance; the test of the content‐centric network verifies that the content‐centric network has the advantages of balancing network load and preventing network congestion; meanwhile, the test of the proposed The functions and performance of the GIS system proposed in this paper are tested. The results meet the user requirements.

The oil palm cadastre in Colombia

This article describes the process of constructing a model of the geographic information management for the cultivation of oil palm in Colombia. Due to the need to collect, store, update, and analyze data from planted areas in the country, it was necessary to rely on the soft systems model to propose an information system structure that would respond to the needs of accounting for planted areas and to be able to integrate such information with other strategic data for the oil palm sector. This research developed a database model on which the geographic data related to the Colombian planted area of palm oil has been stored for over ten years. The geographic model has allowed creating new information at various territorial scales, integrated with phytosanitary data important for regional crop management. The integration of a web-based platform has positioned the oil palm cadastre as a consultation service for users working in various roles in the oil palm industry, as a reliable geographical bank of information, available to other oil palm project agribusinesses.

TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Abstract. The traditional geographic information management and application mode cannot meet the needs of intelligent management and on demand application of massive multi-source heterogeneous data. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a technical framework of intelligent governance and application of geographic information. This technical framework is intended to realize the transformation of geographic information inspection from complexity to simplicity and stability, data management from isolated island to integration, and data application from single to on-demand. In the process of intelligent management of geographic information, this paper mainly carries out technical research from different links of collection, management, storage and apply, so as to optimize and improve the quality control, state detection, intelligent management and decision-making application of geographic information. The research contents include three parts, including quality intelligent control, multidimensional data management and life cycle intelligent monitoring.

Method proposal for the management of geographic information in water and sewer companies

Geographic information has been used in water and sewage companies and currently has worldwide application, in rich and poor countries, from basic actions such as georeferencing points of interest to cross-referencing complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Spatial Data Infrastructures systems together with other public services. But has the creation, use and management of this information been carried out successfully harnessed? Considering the constant changes occurred in Information Technology, in the demography of urban areas, in water and sewage systems and in corporate management, we propose a method for implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for water and sewage services in metropolitan areas. Based on two models, it is possible to elaborate requirements related to the use and management of GIS and guide actions and decisions for their development, considering the organizational management of companies and the regional context in which they operate.

Peculiarities of creating a database for the IoT system of urban forest management in the city of St. Petersburg

The article deals with the issues related to problems of creating databases for IoT-systems in general and in conjunction with geographic information systems of urban forest management. Highlighted are specific problems and ways of solving them on the basis of modern information technology. As one way to solve most of the problems faced by the developer, the paper reviews the use of open source database management system Tarantool with a non-blocking application server. The article also describes a tree structure for mapping devices, which are connected to the IoT system. It greatly simplifies their management and mapping. The results described in the article allow to judge the possibility of combining two systems such as a geographic information management system and the Internet of Things.

System Development of Making an Image Map Based on Google Earth

With the advent of the information age, the establishment of high-precision, low-cost digital image maps are increasingly more important for surveying and mapping engineering, land management, forestry, and marine monitoring. Combining real remote sensing imagery with computer science and technology to produce an intuitive and clear digital image map has become a trend in the development of GIS systems today, but professional image data is expensive to purchase, resulting in greatly improving system development cost. Therefore, this paper proposes a new method based on Google Earth and GIS technology to develop a system for application.The system mainly includes geographic information collection (according to remote sensing image acquisition), geographic information storage and management (using database technology) and digital map production three Module. The key technologies of the system are the establishment of regional geographic model, attribute data management, the establishment of information database and information query and analysis.The system can provide digital image maps with high efficiency and low production, and establish the database to realize the timely exchange and sharing of geographic data. Compared with the traditional drawing method, the system reduces the cost of development, and improves the authenticity, intuitiveness and practicability of the GIS system; and compared with MapInfo and ArcView, the system is easier to operate and to draw efficiently without professional image data. The digital image map made by the system can save a lot of manpower, material and financial resources after the actual production, which improve the work efficiency and reduce work intensity, and also provide theoretical and technical guidance for the current surveying curriculum teaching.

Application of the Virtual Reality Technology in Structural Safety Monitoring of Shield Tunnels

Many structural health monitoring (SHM) systems of actual tunnels are underused, with abstract data, chaotic information and the diagnostic results beyond comprehension. It is necessary to establish the visual connection between the visualization of monitoring network and massive structural information of tunnels. To address this issue, this study proposed a structural visualization method based on the panoramic virtual reality technology, combining the panoramic spherical image and the real-time monitoring data of tunnel obtained from SHM system. First, a software system for structural safety monitoring of an actual shield tunnel was developed on the basis of the combination of the panoramic visual technology and B/S (Browser/Server) architecture system. Second, the panoramic modelling method for specific tunnel structure environment was discussed in detail, and then the mechanism of data transmission and information access in panoramic virtual reality environment was investigated deeply. Finally, in view of the demands of practical application, the function modules of the abovementioned software system were described. Some key issues of how to develop each software module using the panoramic virtual reality technique were analysed e.g., online geographic information and cloud platform management. The results show that the panoramic virtual reality technology completely meets the needs of real-time processing, information management, virtual roaming and maintenance management in tunnel structural safety monitoring.

Mapas fotográficos do Google:

Os sistemas de mapeamento geográfico do Google (Google Maps) e demais softwares acopladosao serviço (Google Earth e Google Street View) utilizam o registro fotográfico como principal121ALCEU – v. 20 – n. 40 – jan-jul/2020ferramenta de documentação e de mapeamento da geografia terrestre. Para a ciência cartográfica,a fotografia aérea é uma importante ferramenta de análise e de gerenciamento de informaçõesgeográficas, sendo a técnica ideal para a criação de uma narrativa visual, que preza pelaverossimilhança, ou seja: pela “melhor” e “mais fiel” representação possível do espaço. Por outrolado, neste paper, gostaria de problematizar o sentido comunicacional dos registros fotográficosfornecidos pelos mapas Google a partir da análise de duas séries fotográficas criadas por MishkaHenner: artista belga conhecido por utilizar, como fonte de pesquisa para suas obras, arquivosfotográficos disponíveis online. Ao que parece, as estratégias de apropriação, produção e montagemexpositiva operacionalizadas pelo artista são capazes de multiplicar as formas de comunicação dasimagens fotográficas, e de “fazer variar” o sentido deste conjunto de “fotografias-mapa” geradas pelaempresa Google.

Las IDE 3D: necesidad, desarrollo y líneas de investigación

Este artículo es un resumen de la tesis doctoral desarrollada sobre la situación actual de las IDE con respecto a la tercera dimensión, abordando líneas de investigación a futuro y analizando las necesidades y debilidades que se presentan. Tras profundizar en los conocimientos sobre IDE y, tras comprobar tanto la necesidad como la convergencia de diversas ramas técnico-científicas en materia de gestión de información geográfica (IG) tridimensional, se decide, a través de este trabajo desarrollar un proyecto de investigación centrado en las IDE 3D. Siguiendo un enfoque cualitativo en el desarrollo de la metodología de investigación, se hace patente la importancia de lo que supone la tercera dimensión espacial para el desempeño de las actividades cotidianas del ser humano en nuestros tiempos. Finalmente, se definen los elementos necesarios para poder implementar una IDE tridimensional, teniendo en cuenta todos los parámetros de desarrollo, tanto técnicos como legales, necesarios para cumplir con los actuales marcos tecnológicos, normativos, jerárquicos y legales. A través del trabajo desarrollado, se ha constatado que, por lo general, la adaptación de la tercera dimensión por parte de las IDE está en fase germinal, con muchas posibilidades de avance y aporte de contribuciones científicas y tecnológicas. Este documento intenta ser una de esas contribuciones.

ICT exploitation in the mining and energy industry in Norte de Santander

This article describes the results of the research paper “Characterization of ICT management of the Coal production sector in Norte de Santander against the guidelines of the current Strategic Plan for ICT in the Mining and Energy sector”. The objective of the study details the characteristics of ICT management and its use in the unified environment of mining and energy sector companies in Norte de Santander. As a result, the basic architecture aligned with the ICT strategic plan of the mining and energy sector was identified, which includes: document and archive management, process management, geographic information management, and security. In the same way, the limitations, capacities and state of maturity of the ICT management of the mission processes of the coal supply chain are specified, taking into account the level of integration with systems external to the sector such as the mining cadastre and the Ministry of Mines and Energy, among several and finally the information systems and tools used in decision making.

Hittite Geographers: Geographical Perceptions and Practices in Hittite Anatolia

AbstractHittite archives are remarkably rich in geographical data. A diverse array of documents has yielded, aside from thousands of geographical names (of towns, territories, mountains, and rivers), detailed descriptions of the Hittite state’s frontiers and depictions of landscape and topography. Historical geography has, as a result, occupied a central place in Hittitological research since the beginnings of the field. The primary aim of scholarship in this area has been to locate (precisely) or localize (approximately) regions, towns, and other geographical features, matching Hittite geographical names with archaeological sites, unexcavated mounds, and—whenever possible—with geographical names from the classical period. At the same time, comparatively little work has been done on geographical thinking in Hittite Anatolia: how and for what purpose(s) was geographical information collected, organized, and presented? How did those who produce the texts imagine their world and their homeland, “the Land of Hatti?” How did they characterize other lands and peoples they came into contact with? Concentrating on these questions, the present paper aims to extract from Hittite written sources their writers’ geographical conceptions and practices. It is argued that the acquisition and management of geographical information was an essential component of the Hittite Empire’s administrative infrastructure and that geographical knowledge was central to the creation of a Hittite homeland.