Use Of WebGIS Research Articles

A Review of Existing Sources for the Design of an Archaeological Underwater Cultural Heritage Database of Puglia Region (Italy)

Abstract. Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in Italy is under-documented despite its significance. Creating a comprehensive UCH database is essential but faces challenges, such as complex documentation processes, data interoperability, and international standard adherence. This paper examines data models, standards, and the use of webGIS and databases for underwater cultural heritage documentation in Italy and globally. International documents like the 1996 ICOMOS Charter and the 2001 UNESCO Convention emphasize in-situ preservation. However, documentation efforts remain scattered, lacking a unified database. GIS technologies are vital for managing and analyzing UCH data but are underutilized for public access and tourism. Projects like Andar per Mare and Archim3des in the Puglia region aim to promote underwater cultural heritage using webGIS platforms. However, existing sources like CartaPulia face limitations, including a lack of standardization, specialized fields for underwater cultural heritage characteristics, and language barriers. The proposed solution involves creating a new data model based on standards, resulting in a bilingual geodatabase. This geodatabase will support scientific and tourism-focused webGIS applications, enhancing accessibility and promoting Italy's underwater cultural heritage. A unified database will prevent duplication, facilitate discoveries, and promote Italy's cultural heritage.

The Potential of the SMART Learning Framework to Design and Implement Geospatial Curricula in the Secondary Classroom

This study investigates the didactic educational use of Web GIS in the framework of SMART learning and its potential to help students’ practice geospatial thinking. Using qualitative, exploratory action research methods, four classroom experiences were designed, developed, implemented, and analyzed. The findings support the claims that the use of Web GIS facilitates geographic knowledge and enhances spatial and digital competencies and skills. Additionally, in line with the SMART framework and perspective on learning, these findings indicate that such classroom approaches promote autonomous learning, is adaptable in diverse settings, and is motivating for students.

Web GIS to Learn Geopolitics in Secondary Education: A case study from Spain

Teachers’ increasing use of cloud-based Geographical Information Systems (Web GIS) in an interactive way in Spanish secondary schools highlights the importance of researching the effectiveness of this new approach. This study employs action research qualitative methods, through direct teacher observation, and quantitative methods to analyze student grades following first use of Web GIS. Specifically, the research involved: a) Design: organizing a geopolitics’ lesson plan, with seven tasks, for a sample comprising 92 students at K10 level (15-16 years old); b) Comparison: contrasting the results of a traditional written exam following the use of two technologies (namely, Web GIS and a conventional PowerPoint presentation); c) Data collection: analyzing quantitative data via a descriptive and inference study of grades (involving a geopolitics exam; geography and history final term; Grade Point Average -GPA-; and the average grade of the entire term’s 10 curriculum subjects); d) Direct observation: assessing class interactions in which students are assisted with both technology (Web GIS or PowerPoint) and the clarification of concepts. The results demonstrate that Web GIS is a useful learning tool in geopolitics, with students getting better grades and no significant gender differences. Direct observation confirms how Web GIS technologies engage students; assist ‘ubiquitous learning’ from any place and at any time; improve their understanding of data analysis and spatial concepts; and enhanced digital competencies.

The Use of Web GIS in The Rapid Evaluation Process of The Post-Earthquake Urban Building Stock

Map Application Programming Interfaces and Geographical Information Systems have been actively used to manage direct and analyze after-crisis spatial data. The use of GIS and cloud-based technologies has made spatial data analysis easier. Additionally, GIS and its components were increasingly used instead of conventional methods for damage assessment. The main purpose of the research is to exhibit the utility of web GIS software on damage assessments in the city after the 24 January 2020 Elazig Earthquake. The utility of web maps has been exhibited particularly in terms of collection, analysis, and access of end-user. In this particular research, ArcGIS software and web service have been used. The research has three phases: creating a database, uploading to web services, and creating web maps. Additionally, the building attribute data has been collected from onsite measurements to create a database, which is used in a rapid evaluation method for the detection of risky buildings in Elazig. Building attribute data collection and results of rapid evaluation method have been achieved as outcomes of the project called ‘The Creation of the information bank framework to Influence Urban Transformation and Earthquake Risk Maps for the Center Neighborhoods of the Elazig City’ project. In the last part, Elazig Building Information and Management System (EBİS), based on ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise, was created with the base of GIS. As result, the structural condition of the buildings examined and how the buildings will perform under a probable destructive earthquake.

The use of web-GIS and crowdsourcing in the acquisition of historical data on the example of Polegli1939 project

Abstract The historical Polegli1939 geoportal is probably the first thematic portal using spatial-temporal databases to present information on people killed during the World War II. In this study, we address the problem of capturing, processing and sharing historical information by supplementing it with a spatial attributes. The aim of the study is to determine the role of crowdsourcing data and the use of web-GIS applications in the process of obtaining and verifying historical information. The study was carried out as part of the implementation of the “Spatial database of soldiers killed in warfare” project, which is also known as Polegli1939. In order to achieve this goal, we acquired information using three methods: manual, automated and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Making spatial data available through the Polegli1939 geoportal enables users to popularize and verify it. The method includes a geospatial web platform (GeoWeb) as well as a VGI application with an integrated process for verifying submitted information. As a result of the project, nearly 35,000 records were obtained. Making the project available to a wider audience opens up the possibility of extending the presented research or replicating it in other countries, taking into account a wider chronological range than just World War II.

PKM SISTEM INFORMASI PARIWISATA BERBASIS WEBSIG PADA WISATA ALAM KECAMATAN SIBOLANGIT, KAB. DELI SERDANG, SUMUT

Sibolangit District is one of the sub-districts located in the highlands area which is blessed with beautiful tourism potential and attracts tourists, both foreign tourists and domestic tourists. The use of the website as a medium to promote tourism in the area was very much needed. With the existence of a WebGIS-based tourism information system, it was expected to be able to increase the number of tourists visiting the location. The Web-based tourism information system application method in Sibolangit sub-district aimed to abtain a mapping of tourist sites in the form of a geographic information system. This was not without reason, because tourists needed location information, entrance fees, facilities and the natural beauty on offer. Mapping locations and providing information related to tourism can provide a high effort for easy access to spatial data and detailed information needed. The main target in implementing community service activities was to assist tourism managers to increase the number of local and foreign tourists through the use of WebGIS.

A Geomatic Approach to the Preservation and 3D Communication of Urban Cultural Heritage for the History of the City: The Journey of Napoleon in Venice

The use of historical maps in a digital environment can give considerable support to the study of the history of cities. It allows you to combine information from different sources, processed according to different geomatic techniques, to provide a reconstruction of urban configurations of the past and their comparison with iconographic and textual documentation of the same period. The aim of the research is to try to make the knowledge of a historical event easily accessible by converging within a simple model the various sources on which the reconstruction itself is based. This paper deals with the reconstruction of the ephemeral architecture created for Napoleon’s visit to Venice through the generation of 3D virtual models. The reconstruction was approached through a rigorous method, inserting these models into the context for which they were conceived. The generation of the historical city model, taking advantage of the algorithms of structure from motion applied to photogrammetry, made it possible to compare it with what was shown by the old paintings depicting the event. Virtual models processed within the GIS environment have been uploaded online thanks to the use of WebGIS. We chose to share the research results on the internet to allow users to avail themselves of a space that no longer exists from within it, going beyond the pictorial images of the past, overcoming communication through rendering and videos. The simultaneous application of methods and techniques related to the various components of geomatics within the digital environment has enabled the operation of a faithful reconstruction of reality, bringing to light past urban scenarios that no longer exist and are only known through paintings.

The Use of Webgis as an Implementation of Smart Sustainable Cities Concept in Parepare City, South Sulawesi

The New Urban Agenda will focus on Smart Cities and Sustainable Cities. The smart city is a smart city concept designed to support various community activities and provide easy access to information for the public. Under the smart city agenda, presently, many government agencies are attempting to engineer an urban transformation to tackle urban prosperity, live ability, and sustainability issues mostly through the means of technology solutions. This study aims to formulate a website on land use. The method used in this study begins with a study of the literature to find indicators for Smart City. After determining the indicators and benchmarks for the smart city of Parepare City, the survey of the required data is carried out, the processing of survey data and the analysis and evaluation of current conditions. After learning about the current state of the city of Parepare, the website-gis formulations were carried out as one of the instruments of the smart city. Smart City is one of the new city development and management strategies. This WEBGIS displays the distribution of land use. This model should be a tool used by the Municipality of Parepare to develop land use policies.

WebGIS for Geography Education: Towards a GeoCapabilities Approach

Recent developments in webGIS are transforming how geospatial information can be used in schools. Smart mapping, mobile applications, editable feature services (EFS), and web map services (WMS) are all now more freely available. These have made prior technological, cost and access challenges for teachers largely redundant but are only part of ensuring that geospatial information is used to its full educational potential in geography education. This paper argues that drawing on a GeoCapabilities approach can enhance teacher’s use of webGIS in deepening their students’ abilities to think and reason with geographical knowledge and ideas. To illustrate this line of argument, a geography curriculum artefact constructed in ArcGIS Online is presented and analysed. The discussion identifies a range of specific educational benefits of geography teachers adopting a GeoCapabilities approach to using webGIS including how powerful disciplinary knowledge (PDK) can be constructed. The discussion also identifies a number of significant implications for teacher education of adopting such a methodology. The paper concludes with recommendations for the future use of webGIS in schools and geography teacher education.

Bringing Digital Urban Models into the Classroom – Potentials and Constraints for Web GIS and Collaborative Learning

In the context of a competency-oriented teaching and learning culture, a cooperative learning environment is created in which learners construct a common digital, multi-layered city model in Google My Maps. The aim is that students should gain an advanced understanding of urban models and urban structure and acquire methodological skills in the use of Web GIS. This urban model focusses on the spatial distribution of urban soil sealing (imperviousness), urban green spaces, and the spatial distribution of population, facilities and workplaces, rather than land use and the layout of a city.

Web GIS to enhance relational capital: the case of general merchandise retailers

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of information and communication technologies in organizations to capture and manage intellectual capital. The paper focuses particularly on the use of Web-based geographical information systems (Web GIS) to increase relational capital. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes in detail the Web sites of 143 general merchandise retailers, which have been grouped according to their dominant operational format. Menus and search tools have been used to find out about the way in which these retailers provide information to the customers about their stores, with special attention to the use of Web GIS. Findings The results obtained show that most of the companies analyzed use Web GIS to provide information about the location and other characteristics of the stores. The findings in this paper also suggest that the quantity and quality of the information provided by is somewhat related to the company size. Research limitations/implications The limitations of this study come from the difficulty of predicting whether small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will generalize the use of Web GIS in the future. Practical implications The findings of the paper suggest that large retail firms have adopted Web GIS to provide information to the customers and for other geomarketing purposes. Moreover, SMEs should use Web GIS to improve their relationship with customers. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, no paper has analyzed in detail the use of Web GIS by companies with the aim of enhancing relational capital.

Design and Implementation of E-Government Platform Based on Web GIS and Cloud Computing

E-government presents a tremendous opportunity to provide higher quality, and cost-effective government services as well as creating a better relationship between citizens and government. The use of Web GIS makes the sharing and applying traditional GIS being possible. Web GIS provides integrated geo-spatial information and services to users and decision support for the government's macro decision-making. However, the current condition of huge initial capital investment in ICT equipment and IT labor does not change. As Cloud Computing enables sharing of resources and costs across a large pool of users while providing on-demand services with dynamic scalability. E-government with cloud computing raises the utilization rate of resource and reduces the budget. In addition, if e-government system is moved to cloud computing environment, cloud computing can construct the system into a service platform which takes service as its core, realizing the transition of government function and promoting the upgrading of local industry and developing low carbon economy. For this reason this research aims to develop a comprehensive framework of support e-government platform, with a specific focus on the e-government system based on Web GIS and private cloud computing based on OpenStack.

The Study of Traffic Simulation System Based on B/S Pattern

Traffic simulation is now widely accepted as one of the most appropriate analytical methods for understanding traffic capacity and for assessing the effectiveness of traffic amends. This paper studied the architecture of several pieces of popular simulation software, compared the stand-alone pattern with B/S (Browser/Server) pattern, analysed the increasing need to improve traffic simulation software by changing the stand-alone pattern, then presented a suitable architecture to realize B/S pattern for traffic simulation software, and had successfully built the Traffic Simulation WebGIS System which was based on WebGIS technology and .Net Framework. This system makes full use of WebGIS and traffic simulation technologies which can best meet traffic management needs. Users can visit the system and use the traffic simulation functions offered by remote servers through the Internet by browsers anywhere without having to install any special software on their compter or mobile machines.

Portable 3D Lidar Measurement and Use of Web-GIS for Farmland and Water-use Facility

Portable 3D Lidar Measurement and Use of Web-GIS for Farmland and Water-use Facility

A Participatory Virtual Studio for Environmental Planning

Public participation is a progress of “consensus building” about particular decision-making. Because of some intrinsic blemish, traditional public participation method always diminishes the range of public involvement. Rapidly growth of the Internet makes it one of the most massing accessed public media. Internet has an additional interactive mechanism rather than traditional public medias. Meanwhile Web GIS has developed into a mature Internet mapping and spatial analysis toolkit. Internet together with Web GIS launch a channel to get mass participation in a spatial referenced decision-making. This paper explores the use of Web GIS and other technologies to overcome the interactive information access barriers to secure a participatory process in the environmental planning. A Web GIS based Virtual Studio system is developed to demonstrate the concept.

How can local people make use of Web-GIS for regional management?

How can local people make use of Web-GIS for regional management?