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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…
Jia Qiu, Ruisheng Wang, Wenjing Li
In this paper, we applied the rough sets to the point cluster and river network selection. In order to meet the requirements of rough sets, first, we structuralize and quantify the spatial information of objects by convex hull, triangulated irregular network…
Peter G. Oduor, Michael Armstrong, Larry Kotchman, Michael Kangas, Buddhika Maddurapperuma, Kelsey Forward, Pubudu Wijeyaratne, Xiana Santos, Akiko Nakamura, Krystal Leidholm
Geographic and Geospatial information systems (GISs) have especially benefited from increased development of their inherent capabilities and improved deployment. These systems offer a wide range of services, for example, user-friendly forms that interact with…
Diane C. Cowper Ripley, Eric R. Litt, Huanguang Jia, Walter Bruce Vogel, Xinping Wang, Lauren K. Wilson, Michael S. Phipps, Jo Ann Harner, Glenn D. Graham
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) manages the largest healthcare system under a single management structure in the United States. Providing access to high quality healthcare to the VA’s nearly 9 million enrollees is a mission priority for the Veterans H…
Subah Rais, Akram Javed
The present study is an attempt to prepare a water resource development action plan for Manchi basin in Eastern Rajasthan (India) using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Satellite data have proven to be very useful for surface study, especially in the prepar…
M. Ajmi, M. H. Hamza, M. Labiadh, M. Yermani, N. Ben Khatra, A. S. Al-Thubaiti, I. A. Moharrem, A. El Arrim
Environmental monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are indispensable tools for sustainable land management, especially in dry and fragile ecosystems. The reporting and dissemination of its products and indicators are the key roles to perform their missions…
Simon Foteck Fonji, Michael Larrivee, Gregory N. Taff
Giant Hogweed is a poisonous invasive weed in Latvia that poses significant threat to biodiversity and human health. Local residents are afraid and have very special concerns about the safety of their children because the plant causes phytophotodermatitis (se…
Rami Al-Ruzouq, Samih Al Rawashdeh
Mining activities often cause dramatic changes in landscapes, particularly in the dump sites and its surrounding environment. Land rehabilitation is the process of renovating damaged land to some extent of its original shape and aims to minimize and mitigate…
Omar Bachir Alami, Hatim Lechgar, Mohamed El Imame Malaainine, Fatima Bardellile
The quality control of geographic data, especially from a topological and semantic perspective, is a must for its good management and use. However, while updating spatial data, some sorts of anomalies are affecting it, due to negligence or non-respect of busi…
Tingyan Xing, Shang Zhang, Fan Zhang
Geographical Information System (GIS) always plays an integral role in LBS systems. But it comes with technology problems, such as less flexible, low efficiency, no redundancy of existing geographic information of application configuration which has high entr…
Koko Lwin, Misao Hashimoto, Yuji Murayama
The development of the Global Navigation System and wireless networking technologies have changed the way we live, communicate, share information and even the collection of geospatial data in the field. Along with wireless networking technologies, the improve…
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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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