Listar 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science por título

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    • openAccess   ELF GeoLocator Service 

      Latvala, Pekka; Lehto, Lassi; Kähkönen, Jaakko AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      This paper describes the implementation of a gazetteer service, GeoLocator, developed in the project ‘European Location Framework’ (ELF). The GeoLocator service contains data from the INSPIRE/ELF themes Geographical Names, ...

    • openAccess   Enhancing the role of Citizen Sensors in Mapping: COST Action TD1202 

      Foody, Giles; Fritz, Steffen; See, Linda; Kerle, Norman; Hart, Glen; Fonte, Cidália C. AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      This article introduces a strategic initiative, COST Action TD1202, focused on the role of citizen sensors in mapping. It outlines the Action’s scope, aims and current status. In particular, the article outlines the potential ...

    • openAccess   Error propagation in a fuzzy logic spatial multi-criteria evaluation 

      Bingham, Lisa; Karssenberg, Derek AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Quantifying errors in results of spatial multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) techniques is essential to improve the credibility of MCE in planning and decision-making. We present an error propagation procedure using Monte Carlo ...

    • openAccess   Estimating Moving Regions out of Point Data – from Excavation Sites in the Amazon region to Areas of Influence of Prehistoric Cultures 

      Groote-Bidlingmaier, Carolin von; Timpf, Sabine; Hilbert, Klaus AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      How can we derive the changing area of influence of specific cultures from only a few excavation sites in the Amazon region? The approach used for calculating areas of influence for several time intervals strongly depends ...

    • openAccess   Evaluation of subjective preferences regarding indoor maps: comparison of schematic maps and floor plans 

      Delazari, Luciene Stamato; Anand, Suchith; Morley, Jeremy AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      In this study, we investigate subjective preferences regarding floor plans and schematic maps in the use of a map in an indoor environment. To achieve this, we performed a qualitative experiment with a random user sample; ...

    • openAccess   Exploring the market potential for geo-ICT companies in relation to INSPIRE 

      Vancauwenberghe, Glenn; Cipriano, Piergiorgio; Craglia, Max AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      The implementation of INSPIRE can bring new and interesting business opportunities to European geo-ICT companies. Until now, little information has been available on the participation of geo-ICT companies in the implementation ...

    • openAccess   Exploring twitter georeferenced data related to flood events: an initial approach 

      Brovelli, Maria Antonia; Zamboni, Giorgio; Arias Muñoz, Carolina; Bonetti, Alexander AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      The purpose of this research-in-progress paper is to present an initial data exploration of twitter georeferenced data related to flood events, in order to determine the potential of these type of data in flood damage ...

    • openAccess   FOODIE: Farm‐Oriented Open Data in Europe 

      Esbrí, Miguel Ángel AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      The agriculture sector is a unique sector due to its strategic importance for both European citizens (consumers) and European economy (regional and global) which, ideally, should make the whole sector a network of interacting ...

    • openAccess   Fuzzy viewshed, probable viewshed, and their use in the analysis of prehistoric monuments placement in Western Slovakia 

      Rášová, Alexandra AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Viewshed analysis is used in many fields (e.g. landscape architecture, military, or archaeology) to determinate locations visible from one or more observation points in order to examine suitability of the placement of ...

    • openAccess   Geo-Information Visualizations of Linked Data 

      Lemmens, Rob; Kessler, Carsten AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Linked Data provides an ever-growing source of geographically referenced data for application development. In this paper, we analyse the workflow behind the development of such an application. Using two examples based ...

    • openAccess   Geographic Information Technologies for analysing the digital footprint of tourists 

      Hernández, Toni; Sitjar, Josep; Olivella, Rosa; Vicens, Lluís AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      As part of a study on the use of the city by visitors, this paper discusses the technical solution adopted in order to analyse and exploit the geo-digital footprint generated by the said visitors using GPS devices.

    • openAccess   GEOSUD SDI: accessing Earth Observation data collections with semantic-based services 

      Kazmierski, Mathieu; Desconnets, Jean-Christophe; Guerrero, Bertrand; Briand, Dominique AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Ecosystems and territories are complex systems involving multidisciplinary approaches on different time scales and different locations. Yet, mastering the spatial information on these systems is critical to lead a relevant ...

    • openAccess   How Earth Observation, Crop Modeling, and ICT can help rice cultivation: the ERMES project 

      Casteleyn, Sven; Granell, Carlos; Trilles, Sergio; Huerta, Joaquin; BOSCHETTI, MIRCO; Busetto, Lorenzo; Pepe, Monica; Katsantonis, Dimitrios; Confalonieri, Roberto; Holecz, Francesco; García Haro, Javier; Gitas, Ioannis AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Due to pressure of food demand, increased price competition and demand for sustainable farming practices, it’s increasingly important to optimize agricultural practices. The European FP7 project ERMES focuses specifically ...

    • openAccess   How to visualize the geography of Swiss history 

      Bruggmann, André; Fabrikant, Sara I. AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Efficient and effective access to and knowledge construction from massively growing spatial and non-spatial databases available online today have become major bottlenecks for the rapidly evolving information society at ...

    • openAccess   IDE-OTALEX C. The big challenge of the first Crossborder SDI between Spain and Portugal 

      Batista, Teresa; Caballero, Carmen; Ceballos, Fernando; Carriço, Cristina; Vivas White, Pedro; Cabezas, José; Ferdández, Luis; Pinto-Gomes, Carlos AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      The SDI implementation is an average difficult work. There should be an understanding between political and scientific interests, technological advances and it is also quite recommended to meet the needs of citizens. A ...

    • openAccess   Improving equity of public transportation planning. The case of Palma de Mallorca (Spain) 

      Ruiz Pérez, Maurici; Seguí Pons, Joana Maria; Mateu Lladó, Jaume; Martínez Reynés, María Rosa AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Public transport planning requires consideration of equity in access of the population to the transport service. This paper presents a methodology for the analysis of public transport in the city of Palma and its evaluation ...

    • openAccess   Influence of point cloud density on the results of automated Object-Based building extraction from ALS data 

      Tomljenovic, Ivan; Rousell, Adam AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Nowadays there is a plethora of approaches dealing with object extraction from remote sensing data. Airborne Laser scanning (ALS) has become a new method for timely and accurate collection of spatial data in the form of ...

    • openAccess   Is this Twitter event a disaster? 

      Dittrich, André; Lucas, Christian AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      Social media services such as Twitter have become an important channel for reporting real-world events. For example, they can describe the current situation during a disaster. The decisions in crises management are based ...

    • openAccess   It’s GIrls’ Day! What sketch maps show about girls’ spatial knowledge 

      Anacta, Vanessa Joy A.; Bartoschek, Thomas AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      This paper describes the analysis of sketch maps from girls who participated in the Girls’ Day annual event in Germany. The event caters to girls from Grades 7 – 10 as an opportunity to experience various jobs that might ...

    • openAccess   Latest Developments and activities in the Spanish NSDI 

      Rodríguez, Antonio AGILE Digital Editions (2014-06)
      The Spanish NSDI Geoportal was opened on June 2004 and has evolving continuously with the support of a healthy collaborative community composed by public and private sector, academia and citizens. INSPIRE Directive has ...