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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…
Ivan Bamweyana, Daniel A. Okello, Ronald Ssengendo, Allan Mazimwe, Patrick Ojirot, Fahad Mubiru, Laban Ndungo, Consolate N. Kiyingi, Alex Ndyabakira, Sheila Bamweyana, Flavia Zabali
COVID-19 has presented itself with an extreme impact on the resources of its epi-centres. In Uganda, there is uncertainty about what will happen especially in the main urban hub, the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA). Consequently, public health profes…
Koki Iwao, Yoshiharu Nishioka, Kaoru Kitao
We have developed a web-based processing system that can simulate positive and negative sea level changes globally by selecting the best Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for a target region from multiple DEMs. A PNG elevation tile format is used as the DEM forma…
Li Fan, Yusheng Gong, Ting Duan, Jiayu Wang
In this paper, Land at 8 OLI image data from 2013 to 2017 was interpreted by visual interpretation combined with supervised classification to extract the information of land use distribution in the Yellow River Delta in China. The characteristics of Land Use…
Koichiro Tani, Kayoko Yamamoto
The present study aims to propose a method to search for the most appropriate evacuation routes that take calorie consumption required for evacuees to reach evacuation sites into consideration, by focusing on disasters caused by heavy rainfall, and using gene…
Yimeng Shi, Hongli Song, Ming Shang, Mingchao Shao, Haimei Lei
With the rapid economic development and urbanization process in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, land use and landscape pattern have been changed. In order to reveal the temporal and spatial changes and provide scientific basis for the local land use planning an…
Dimitris Stavrakoudis, Thomas Katagis, Chara Minakou, Ioannis Z. Gitas
The Sentinel-2 satellites are providing an unparalleled wealth of high-resolution remotely sensed information with a short revisit cycle, which is ideal for mapping burned areas both accurately and timely. However, the high detail and volume of information pr…
Jian Zheng, Guoguang Wang, Hua Wang
The research purpose is to accurately reveal the temporal and spatial law of the urban expansion of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, one of the seven major urban agglomeration areas in China, and provide decision-making basis for the future urban construction land…
Tran Thai Binh, Ho Lam Truong, Do Thanh Long
Ben Tre , located in the Mekong Delta, is one of the most places affected by climate change, especially in sea level rise and salinity intrusion. For the seven provinces bordering the East Sea, the need for monitoring water resources is critical. This paper r…
Xiaoxia Han
Most GIS databases contain data errors. The quality of the data sources such as traditional paper maps or more recent remote sensing data determines spatial data quality. In the past several decades, different statistical measures have been developed to evalu…
Marcel Ghannem, Atef Belhaj Ali
The determination of geoid models with great precision (centimeter) was always at the center of interest in geodesy research [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. One of the most used methods to calculate the geoid model is the method called Remove-Compute-Restore (R-C-R). This metho…
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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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