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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…
Yaw A. Twumasi, Edmund C. Merem, John B. Namwamba, Ronald Okwemba, Tomas Ayala-Silva, Kamran Abdollahi, Onyumbe E. Ben Lukongo, Joshua Tate, Kellyn La Cour-Conant, Caroline O. Akinrinwoye
The primary objective of this paper was to identify flood-prone areas in Southeast of Louisiana to help decision-makers to develop appropriate adaptation strategies and flood prediction, and mitigation of the effects on the community. In doing so, the paper u…
Marcus Vinicius de Melo Oliveira, Antonio Manoel dos Santos Oliveira, Augusto Francener Nogueira Gonzaga, Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira, Anderson Targino da Silva Ferreira
This work focused on the prediction modeling of Cerrado occurrences in the Atlantic Rainforest predominance in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR), the fourth largest urban area, in the city of Guarulhos, southeastern Brazil. The methodology was bas…
Abderrahim El Boukhari, Mohamed Chikhaoui, Hicham Mharzi-Alaoui, Mustapha Naimi
The Moroccan annual dam silting corresponds to a loss in storage capacity of the reservoirs of about 75 million m 3 per year. Land use metamorphosis and the ongoing climate changes are likely to accelerate the process of soil degradation and erosion. In this…
Yixiao Li, Zhaoxin Dai
Approximately in the late-December of 2019, the coronavirus disease outbreak took place in China. COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is contagious and detrimental to the human body, which can even lead to death. As a result, the understanding of COVID-19 has…
Elin Henningsson, Elisha Ibanga, Victor Anguiano
The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) has pursued the creation of One World Terrain (OWT), which aims to provide a set of 3D global terrain capabilities and services that can replicate the coverage and complexities of the operational environment. Rese…
Vivian Da Silva Celestino Reginato, Samuel Abati
The Drovers’ Paths are remnants of important land access roads from Rio Grande do Sul to São Paulo at the time of Colonial Brazil. They were built and used between the 18th and 20th centuries, particularly in the region of Coxilha Rica. The main objectiv…
John Carter, Emanuel Vasquez, Allison Jones
This case study addresses the Forest Service reauthorization for grazing of domestic sheep in Utah’s High Uintas Wilderness, USA. It provides an approach using spatial analysis and aerial imagery to evaluate the lands capable of being grazed based on Forest S…
Márcia Macedo, Maria Maia, Emilia Kohlman Rabbani, Oswaldo Lima Neto
One of the principal difficulties related to road safety management in Brazil is the lack of data on road projects, especially those on rural roads, which makes it difficult to use road safety studies and models from other countries as a reference. Updating r…
Emmanuel T. Umaru, Adeniyi Adedokun
River flooding has become a widely distributed and devastating natural disaster that has caused significant damages both economically and socially in Nigeria. Although, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) are always on time to provide flood warnings pri…
Bissegue Jean-Claude, Tchameni Rigobert, Etouna Joachim, Fosso Tchuente Périclex, Danra Moh Guela Guy Basile
The Batouri area is located in the Adamawa-Yade domain in East Cameroon region, and has a high geological potential as a host for gold deposits. It is covered by thick forest where outcrops are sometime scarce. The purpose of this study is to generate and com…
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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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