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Journal of Geographic Information System (JGIS) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geographic information system. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. The journal publishes the h…
Evaldo Araújo de Oliveira, Augusto José Pereira Filho
Texture analysis methods have been used in a variety of applications, for instance in remote sensing. Though widely used in electrical engineering, its application in atmospheric sciences is still limited. This paper reviews some concepts of digital texture a…
Lucrêncio Silvestre Macarringue, Édson Luis Bolfe, Paulo Roberto Mendes Pereira
Studies on land use and land cover changes (LULCC) have been a great concern due to their contribution to the policies formulation and strategic plans in different areas and at different scales. The LULCC when intense and on a global scale can be catastrophic…
Denis Magnus Ken Amara, Sayyadsaheb A. Nadaf, Daniel Hindogbe Saidu, Osman S. Vonu, Raymond Morie Musa, Philip Jimia Kamanda, Patrick A. Sawyerr, Joseph Christian Adamu Mboma, Saidu Deggy Mansaray, Mohammed Azim Sannoh
Land suitability analysis is a prerequisite to achieving optimum utilization of available land resources. Hence, a study on land resource inventory for agricultural land use planning was conducted in the Northern Transition Zone of India to determine land cap…
Atef Belhaj Ali, Abdulmohseen Al Shareef, Oussamma Jastania
Saudi Arabia is attempting to develop a long-term tourism business that respects Islamic ideals, heritage, and traditions. In accordance with the “Vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030”, significant emphasis has been placed on developing and promoting cu…
Mansouri Karim, Noamen Rebai, Sonya Gannouni, Slimene Sedrette, Imed Riadh Farah
In this study, filters are used to extract directional tectonic lineaments and, thus, to reveal the presence of faults or fractures in the satellite images. The extraction process consists first in eliminating other different types of lineaments (e.g. the lit…
Peter O. Hongo, Galcano C. Mulaku
Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s Rift Valley Lakes and lies within the Lake Nakuru National Park. As a key habitat for flamingos and other water birds, the lake is a major tourist attraction. Lake Nakuru National Park covers an area of approximately 188 km 2 and…
Elizon Dias Nunes, Patrícia De Araújo Romão, Maurício Martines Sales, Marta Pereira Da Luz, 1 1
The knowledge of the hydrological regime contributes to the prediction of periods of higher or lower water supply as a function of the frequency and volume of rainfall in relation to the pedological, land cover, and land use conditions. This work aims at eval…
Lahcen Mostakim, Fadoua El Qorchi, Fatima Zahra Guennoun, Soumia Moutaouakil, Elisabeth Berger, Mohamed Ghamizi
The abundance or scarcity of surface water in a watershed is related to environmental factors including its morphology, substrate type, rainfall, slope, and exposure to moist air masses. The combination of these characteristics explains the hydrological behav…
Chukwunonso Emmanuel Ozim, Anita Odionyenfe Nweke, Salamatu Abraham Ekpo, Olufemi Stephen Oladeinde, Haruna Kuje Ayuba, Udochukwu Michael Mbanaso
There has been an increasing global and local interest in developing renewable, clean, and cheap energy towards achieving Goal number 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). However, decisions involving suitable and sustainable locations for renewable e…
Abdel-Aziz Adam Mahamat, Adeeba Al-Hurban, Nehaya Saied
The Lake Chad located in the west-central Africa in the Sahel region at the edge of the Sahara experienced severe drought during 1970s and 1980s and overexploitation (unintegrated and unsustainable use), which is a result of variant land uses and water manage…
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Journal of Geographic Information System (JGIS) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geographic information system. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. The journal publishes the h… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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