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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…
Gustavo Moran, Pedro Paolini Cuadra, John-Paul Arp, Paul A. Arp
This article demonstrates how currently available digital elevation (NASA SRTM; 30 m resolution) and hourly global precipitation data (rain, snow; 5 and 10 km resolution) can be used to hydrographically quantify the regional watershed management context acros…
Keisho Satoh, Koya Tsukahara, Kayoko Yamamoto
In recent Japan, as there has been an increase of dual-income households and the demand for childcare facilities has especially increased especially in urban areas, childcare facilities and workers are lacking and it leads to the serious issue of children on…
Benoît Guillot, Jonathan Musereau, Bruno Dalaine, Joseph Morel
Coastal dunes are among the most complex interfaces to study in the world. Improving the knowledge of their morphodynamics is essential to better understand the present evolutions and try to anticipate future. The recent use of the new vectors that are drones…
Le Van Trung, Dao Minh Tam
In recent years, Web GIS has been widely applied in mapping and sharing spatial data. This paper introduces a Web GIS solution has been applied to establishing “The Mekong Delta Geographic Information Systems—MGIS”. The development and implementation of a web…
Chengming Li, Xuewang Yuan, Wei Sun, Xiaoli Liu
With the deepening application of geographic information web services, as a significant part, geographic information directory service sets up a service transaction platform between the service providers and the service requestors, providing one-stop registra…
Aoudou Doua Sylvain, Narke Jean Cyrille, Mayen Ndiong Bertille
This study focuses on the assessment of “the advancement of the mining front (gold panning) in and around protected areas”. The aim of this article is to evaluate, using geomatics tools, the recent advance of the mining front (gold panning) in Benue National…
Christopher N. Muhwanga, John P. O. Obiero, Faith N. Karanja
Groundwater prospecting in Kenya has been haphazard and expensive due to lack of information on the appropriate areas for hydrogeological exploration and drilling of boreholes. Drilling in areas without prior knowledge about their groundwater potential has be…
Odeny Dickens, Karanja Faith, Mwachala Geoffrey, Pellikka Petri, Marchant Rob, 1 1
Mount Kilimanjaro and the Taita Hills are adjacent montane areas that experience similar climate and agricultural activity, but which differ in their geologic history, nature of elevation gradients and cultures. We assessed differences in cropland above groun…
M. E. Awuh, M. C. Officha, A. O. Okolie, I. C. Enete
This paper assessed the dynamics in the land use/land cover (LULC) within patterns of the land use/land cover (LULC) in Calabar metropolis. The thermal imageries for 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 were obtained and processed using remote sensing…
Emeka Chukwusa, Alexis Comber
The research examines the impact of residential and non-residential demand on facility location planning by comparing results from two location models: travel-to-work (TTW) and Residential model. The TTW model considers short-term changes in the state of the…
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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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