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Tecim, Vahap. "A geographical information systems based decision support system for tourism planning and development." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387436.
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Zillinger, Malin. "Guided tourism : the role of guidebooks in German tourist behaviour in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Östersund : Umeå : European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) ; Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1436.
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Pumphrey, Clinton R. "From Sagebrush to Subdivisions: Visualizing Tourist Development in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1967-2002." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/393.
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Historians have long recognized the tendency of communities to embrace tourism when extractive practices like agriculture, mining, and ranching fail as a dominant economic strategy. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a prime example of this phenomenon in the American West. From its origins as a Mormon farming community in the late-nineteenth century, the valley evolved into an extensively developed tourist mecca by the end of the next. While this industry was initially supported by hotel-dwelling auto tourists, by the 1960s wealthy second-home buyers began to descend on Jackson Hole, buying up scenic property and constructing vacation homes. Over the next few decades these neo-natives moved to the valley by the hundreds, initiating dramatic economic, physical, and social consequences which were a direct product of the pace, pattern, and location of development. This thesis explores that relationship, making extensive use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify spatial themes of development in an effort to enlighten historical themes of Jackson Hole's rapidly changing landscape. On a basic level, this process presents a local history of tourist development in Jackson Hole between 1967 and 2002, documenting where development occurred and the consequences and controversy that resulted. Its greater contribution, however, is methodological. The use of GIS as a tool of historical research is still in its infancy, and this project suggests another application of the technique involving the spatial integration of historical and contemporary data. Together, these contributions create an informative and inventive examination of Jackson Hole tourism that expands the potential of historical research.
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Hashmi, Mir Mahammed Hussain. "Explore Hyderabad : An Interactive Web-based GIS Application Prototype." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6616.
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<p>Products are displayed in a shelf to market and sell to the public. It creates an interest and attracts people towards it. Likewise, any country or city can showcase itself by using Web over the internet which will attract the tourists from around the world. This example can be used for the city of Hyderabad. Hyderabad has truly become an international city and there are many multinational companies establishing themselves. It is rapidly becoming a hot spot for tourists from around the world because of its exotic locations and facilities provided by the government. The city has been famous for historical monuments and culture, but in the recent years it has developed into a world class IT destination for many multinational IT companies and due to this it has attained world recognition on the global scenario. The time is to reap the benefits of this image and promote the city’s tourist sector by globally marketing the tourist attractions, facilities and services in an innovative and better way so that tourists from around the world visit the city and thereby contribute to the country’s economy with the foreign currency.</p><p>This research deals with developing a Web-based GIS application that can promote the city’s tourist activities and also provide the users with an innovative way to access the spatial content of the city. GIS content forms the core component of this application as it provides the users with the spatial information about the place that is very close to reality. It supports the human tendency of “What you see is what you believe” by displaying the spatial information on the map. The application has been developed with the latest mapping server technology provided by Environmental Science Research Institute’s ArcIMS 9.1. This server software provides simple and easy methods to launch a Web-based GIS application over the Internet.</p>
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Linde, Azanne. "A spatially integrated approach for tourism planning and marketing in rural mountainous areas : the Montagu region." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52135.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to identify marketable tourism products in rural mountainous
regions, specifically the Montagu region. These products could stimulate economic
growth, because it would provide the means for integrated regional tourism planning and
improved marketing strategies. An integrated approach was adopted, implying that
environmental, economic and entrepreneurial components were considered in the
research. The environmental component refers to the identification and spatial location
of existing and potential tourism resources. The economic component involves the
selection and combination of resources for the construction of specific tourism packages.
The entrepreneurial component refers to consideration of the opinions of the local
community.
The gathering of environmental data involved the identification of potential tourism
resources in rural mountainous regions. Economic data was collected through a
questionnaire survey among tour operators, tour brokers and marketers to determine
which resources should be grouped together to create marketable tourism products. Data
selection on entrepreneurial matters involved a survey among farm owners to determine
their perceptions with regards to agri-tourism.
Analysis of the data encompassed the creation of a spatial data base by using the raster
capabilities of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Each thematic layer in the data
base represented the approximate location of a specific tourism resource in the Montagu
region. Values were then allocated to different layers according to the importance of
each resource within a specific tourism package (average rating as determined by tour
operators, brokers and marketers). This enabled the creation of a map for each type of
tourism package, as well as a regional map showing the spatial location and concentration
of highly rated tourism resources.
It was found that, by following this process, the spatial representation of resource
preferences for specific packages did not reveal as much variability as would be expected. This was due to the tendency that certain resources were consistently rated
highly important for inclusion, notwithstanding the type of package. It was also due to
the fact that a number of resources, irrespective of its rating, sometimes occurred in areas
with close proximity. However, these maps still provided a good spatial representation of
important resources, making it useful for the production of marketing brochures on
specific packages. The regional map is useful for tourism planning and marketing in the
region as a whole. It gives a spatial interpretation of the geographical concentration of
important tourism resource areas in the region. It also facilitates the identification of
specific areas where highly rated tourism resources occur, but where tourism has not yet
been developed to its full potential.
The collection and analysis of environmental, economic and entrepreneurial data made it
possible to determine which resources are required to construct marketable tourism
products. Ultimately, important tourism resource areas in a specific rural mountainous
region were identified through a scientific process of quantification and map production.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsmg was om bemarkbare toerismeprodukte in landelike,
bergagtige streke te identifiseer, meer spesifiek die Montagustreek. Hierdie produkte kan
ekonomiese groei stimuleer, want die ontwikkeling daarvan kan 'n wyse voorsien om
geintegreerde toerismebeplanning en verbeterde bemarkingstrategiee op streeksvlak te
verseker. 'n Meer holistiese benadering is gevolg, waarmee bedoel word dat omgewingsekonomiese
en ondernemingskwessies tydens die navorsing in ag geneem is. Die
omgewingskomponent verwys na die identifisering en ruimtelike ligging van bestaande en
potensiele toerismehulpbronne. Die ekonomiese komponent behels die seleksie en
kombinering van hulpbronne vir die konstruksie van spesifieke toerismepakkette. Die
ondernemingskomponent verwys na die oorweging van die persepsies van die plaaslike
gemeenskap.
Die insameling van omgewingsdata het die identifikasie van potensiele
toerismehulpbronne in landelike, bergagtige streke behels. Ekonomiese data is met
behulp van 'n vraelysopname onder toeroperateurs, toermakelaars en bemarkers verkry
om te bepaal watter hulpbronne saamgegroepeer moet word om bemarkbare
toerismeprodukte te skep. Die insameling van data oor ondernemingskwessies het 'n
opname onder plaaseienaars behels om sodoende hulle persepsies ten opsigte van agritoerisme
te bepaal.
Analisering van data het die skep van 'n ruimtelike databasis behels waar van die
roosterfunksies van Geografiese Inligtingstelsels (GIS) gebruik gemaak IS. Elke
tematiese laag III die databasis het die benaderde ligging van 'n spesifieke
toerismehulpbron in die Montagustreek voorgestel. Die waardes wat aan verskillende
vlakke toegeken is, was in ooreenstemming met die belangrikheid van elke hulpbron
binne 'n spesifieke pakket (gemiddelde gewig soos bepaal deur toeroperateurs, makelaars
en bemarkers). Sodoende is 'n kaart vir elke tipe toerismepakket geskep, sowel as 'n
streekskaart wat die ruimtelike ligging en konsentrasie van toerismehulpbronne wat hoog
aangeslaan is, aandui.
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McKechnie, Jennifer Joan. "'n GIS ondersoek na die kultuurtoerisme-potenisaal van Mechelen, België en die rol van kulturele toerisme in stedelike hernuwing." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51842.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Tourism is a global growth industry. Large cities are prominent tourist
destinations and are therefore the focus of tourism studies. Because cultural
tourism can act as a lever for the urban economy, cities are increasingly
investigating historical heritage as a resource in developing cultural tourism.
Furthermore, many opportunities for development exist as these tourism
products are characterised by adaptability, flexibility and a wide-ranging
nature.
Development of the historical heritage of tourist attractions is especially noted
in Europe. The rich historical heritage and unique cultural activities of these
cities can be used to attract visitors.
This study utilises the geographical information system (GIS) programmes
TransCAD, ArcView and ARC/INFO to investigate the cultural tourism
potential of Mechelen in Belgium. GIS is particulary well suited for spatial
analyses in tourism studies.
It was assumed that two factors - location and function - will influence the
tourism potential of historical buildings. In investigating the morphological
location of buildings, the grouping of buildings around pre-selected marker
buildings in Mechelen was considered. Functional analyses considered the
current function of historical buildings and the attractiveness of the respective
functions to tourists.
Concurrent analyses of these two factors resulted in deductions regarding the
tourism potential of the individual historical buildings. Furthermore, areas with
high development potential were identified. The identification of such areas
contributes to effective development planning and sustainable development.
By targeting development visitors are attracted which supports optimal
utilisation of tourist resources by residents. Well planned, targeted
development thus increases the contribution that cultural tourism can make
towards the urban economy.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Toerisme is 'n wêreldwye groei-industrie. Omdat groot stede die belangrikste
toerisme-bestemmings is, geniet hulle baie aandag in toerisme-studies. Die
historiese erfenis van stede word toenemend as hulpbron vir die ontwikkeling
van kulturele toerisme ondersoek omdat dit as 'n hefboom vir die bevordering
van die stedelike ekonomie kan dien. Daarbenewens is daar talle
moontlikhede vir ontginning, omdat die kulturele toerisme-produk gekenmerk
word deur aanpasbaarheid, buigsaamheid en 'n wyd omvattende aard.
Die ontwikkeling van die historiese erfenis van toeriste-aantreklikhede word
veral in Europa waargeneem. Die meeste Europese stede is ryk aan
historiese erfenis en unieke kulturele aktiwiteite wat gebruik kan word om
besoekers te trek.
In dié studie word die geografiese inligtingstelsel (GIS) programme
TransCAD, ArcView en ARC/INFO ingespan om die kulturele toerismepotensiaal
van Mechelen, België, te ondersoek. GIS is besonder geskik vir
die doen van ruimtelike analises in toerismestudies.
Daar is van die uitgangspunt uitgegaan dat twee faktore die toerismepotensiaal
van historiese geboue beïnvloed, naamlik ligging en funksie. Wat
die morfologiese ligging betref, word gekyk na die groepering van historiese
geboue rondom sekere vooraf geselekteerde beeldbepalergeboue. In die
funksionaliteitsanalises word daar gelet op die huidige funksies van die
individuele historiese geboue en die aantreklikheid van die onderskeie
funksies vir toeriste.
Deur gelyktydig na dié twee faktore te kyk, is afleidings gemaak oor die
toerisme-potensiaal van die individuele historiese geboue. Gebiede met 'n
hoë potensiaal vir ontwikkeling is geïdentifiseer. Die identifisering van
gebiede wat meer gunstig vir toerisme-ontwikkeling is, dra by tot beter
,ontwikkelingsbeplanning en volhoubare ontwikkeling. Geteikende ontwikkeling
maak die stad meer aantreklik vir besoekers en dra daartoe by dat die inwoners van die stad optimaal voordeel kan trek uit die besoekende
toeriste. Goed beplande, geteikende ontwikkeling vergroot ook die bydrae wat
kulturele toerisme in die stimulering van die stad se ekonomie kan speel.
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Knight, Jonathan E. "The geography of nature access opportunities." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13664.
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Master of Regional and Community Planning<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning<br>Katie Kingery-Page<br>Experiences in natural environments are perceived as a human necessity. Additionally, prior studies show that nature access has emotional, cognitive, and psychological benefits for children. Nature is defined as a space comprised mostly of vegetation that allows an individual to escape common surroundings. Access is defined as the ability to interact with high-quality nature by walking or biking in close proximity to one’s place of residence. This geospatial analysis employs Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and site analysis to assess whether or not socioeconomic factors, and their relationship to housing choice, affect a child’s access to nature. The study includes measures of socioeconomic status and how these factors influence a child’s access to nature within parks and school facilities. The results show that including qualitative factors enhances the traditional model of measuring “distance as access.” There was no inequality in access found in the study area when qualitative factors are included. The project implication is that communities can focus public resources and planning efforts in areas lacking access to nature for children. This leads to geographically less segregated neighborhoods and improved equity in nature access across a community.
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Mudička, Štefan. "Cykloturistický GIS Moravských vinařských stezek." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-227103.
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The objective of diploma thesis is composition of operational geographic information system of Moravian Wine Trails. This paper includes description of data collection process, data processing in ArcGIS software and map server Marushka. Data presentation was performed by demonstration of most popular export opportunities.
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De, Witt Emile Emile Adriaan). "Ruimtelike verwantskappe tussen kultuurtoerisme en kleinhandel in Leuven, België : 'n GIS-toepassing." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51903.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: European cities offer a variety of attractions, activities and facilities to tourists.
One component of tourism in this urban context is cultural tourism which is a high
potential growth sector within the tourism industry. Cultural tourists travel to cities
mainly to see the most important and well known cultural attractions, to take part
in cultural festivities, to view the cultural treasures of the cities and to attend
performances and exhibitions. Other functions and activities such as retail
functions and types also occur in the vicinity of the important cultural attractions
of a city. Amongst these activities and functions are shops, cafés and
restaurants. In an area of a city where cultural attractions and retail types coexist,
the possibility exits that a spatial relationship between cultural tourism and
retailing may occur in the sense that the tourists who visit these attractions may
support the retail establishments in the vicinity of cultural attractions.
The city of Leuven in Belgium is a typical West European city with a variety of
cultural tourist attractions as well as functions which can be supportive of cultural
tourism. These functions include shops, cafés and restaurants. An investigation
was conducted to establish whether a spatial relationship exists between cultural
tourism and retail activities in the part of Leuven known as the Ring. The
geographical information systems TransCad, Arc/Info en ArcView were used for
the processing and analysis of retail and cultural tourism data gathered in the
Ring of Leuven. Three analytical procedures were performed separately for
shops, cafés and restaurants. These procedures comprised (a) the
determination of the numbers and types of supportive functions around the most
important cultural-historical tourist attractions, (b) the determination of the
numbers and types of supportive functions along the routes to cultural-historical
sites from tourist points of origin, and (c) the determination of the numbers and
types of supportive functions along guided-walk routes in the city. The analysis
results show that a (spatial) relationship does exist between retail and cultural tourism in the Ring of Leuven. On average 44% of the retail functions (shops,
cafés and restaurants) are located within a distance of up to saam from the six
most important cultural building attractions in Leuven (procedure 1). Retail
functions on guided-walk routes totalled 48% with cafés and restaurants being
the most abundant (procedure 3). Only 19% of retail functions are located
between points of origin and cultural building attractions (procedure 2). A more
detailed study should be conducted to establish the exact nature of the spatial
relationship which exists between retail and cultural tourism in the Ring of
Leuven.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Europese stede bied 'n reeks attraksies, aktiwiteite en fasiliteite vir toeriste. Een
komponent van die breër term toerisme in hierdie stedelike konteks is kulturele
toerisme wat 'n baie sterk groeisektor binne die toerismemark is. Kulturele
toeriste besoek stede hoofsaaklik met die doelom die belangrikste en bekendste
kulturele attraksies te besigtig, om aan kulturele feeste deel te neem, die
kunsskatte van stede te betrag en om teateropvoerings en tentoonstellings by te
woon. In die nabyheid van die belangrikste kulturele attraksies van 'n stad kom
ook ander funksies en aktiwiteite soos kleinhandelsfunksies en -tipes voor.
Hieronder ressorteer onder andere winkels, cafés en restaurante. In die
gedeelte van 'n stad waar kulturele attraksies en kleinhandelstipes naby mekaar
voorkom, kan die moontlikheid bestaan van 'n ruimtelike verwantskap tussen
kulturele toerisme en kleinhandel, in dié sin dat toeriste wat die attraksies
besoek, moontlik ook die kleinhandelstipes wat in die nabyheid van die kulturele
attraksies voorkom, salondersteun.
Die stad Leuven in België is 'n tipiese voorbeeld van 'n Wes-Europese stad met
'n verskeidenheid kulturele toeriste-attraksies asook funksies wat kulturele
toerisme ondersteun. Hierdie ondersteunende funksies sluit winkels, cafés en
restaurante in. In die deel van Leuven wat as die Ring bekend staan, is
ondersoek ingestel na die voorkoms, al dan nie, van 'n ruimtelike verwantskap
tussen kulturele toerisme en kleinhandel. Die geografiese inligtingstelsels
TransCad, Arc/Info en ArcView is ingespan vir die verwerking en analise van
data oor kleinhandel en kulturele toerisme in die Ring van Leuven. Drie
ontledingsprosedures is afsonderlk uitgevoer vir winkels, cafés en restaurante.
Hierdie prosedures behels (a) die bepaling van die aantal en tipes
ondersteunende funksies rondom die belangrikste kultuurhistoriese toeristeattraksies;
(b) die bepaling van die aantal en tipe ondersteunende funksies langs
die roetes tussen die toeriste-oorsprongpunte en die belangrikste kultuurhistoriese toeriste-attraksies; en (c) die bepaling van die aantal en tipe
ondersteunende funksies langs begeleide stadswandelroetes. Die
analiseresultate wys dat 'n verwantskap tussen kleinhandel en kulturele
toerisme, ruimtelik-gesproke, wel in die Ring van Leuven bestaan. Só is
gemiddeld 44% van die kleinhandelsfunksies (winkels, cafés en restaurante) tot
op In afstand van SOOmvanaf die ses belangrikste kulturele gebou-attraksies in
Leuven geleë (prosedure 1). Ook kom 48% van die kleinhandelsfunksies langs
die roetes van begeleide stadswandelinge voor. Hier is dit egter die cafés en
restaurante wat die grootste proporsies uitmaak (prosedure 3). 'n Gemiddelde
proporsie van slegs 19% van die kleinhandelsfunksies kom tussen
oorsprongpunte en die belangrikste kulturele gebou-attraksies voor. 'n Meer
omvattende studie moet onderneem word om vas te stel watter tipe ruimtelike
verwantskap tussen kleinhandel en kulturele toerisme binne Leuven se Ring
voorkom.
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Valin, Mariana Mello. "Uso de softwares livres para o desenvolvimento de SIG Web de acessibilidade a atrativos turisticos : estudo de caso da cidade de Campinas, SP." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257711.
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Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: Embasado nos conceitos sobre inclusão social, desenho universal e acessibilidade, este trabalho visou o desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica para Web (SIG Web) baseado em softwares livres. O SIG Web intitulado "Acessibilidade aos Atrativos Turísticos de Campinas" traz informações sobre acessibilidade aos atrativos turísticos culturais e naturais do município de Campinas, enfocando a possibilidade de acesso das pessoas com deficiência física ou com mobilidade reduzida a tais locais realizado por meio de transportes público urbano e particular. A verificação da existência ou falta de equipamentos de acessibilidade existentes nos pontos de ônibus e nos estacionamentos próximos aos atrativos turísticos apoiou-se na legislação vigente que embasa o direito de acesso das pessoas com deficiência ao transporte e aos locais de cultura e lazer. Com o uso dos softwares livres Quantum GIS 1.0.2, Apache 2.2.4, Mapserver 5.0.2, I3Geo 4.0, PostgreSQL 8.3 e PostGIS 1.3.5 buscou-se desenvolver um aplicativo com baixo custo de operação e alto desempenho, capaz de articular a união entre gestão do espaço turístico e a promoção da informação sobre dispositivos que conferem acessibilidade aos locais reconhecidos como pontos de interesse turístico pela Prefeitura Municipal de Campinas.<br>Abstract: Based on the concepts upon social inclusion, universal design and accessibility, this study speaks about the development of Geographic Information Systems for internet (Web GIS) based on free software. The Web GIS entitled "Acessibilidade aos Atrativos Turísticos de Campinas" brings information on accessibility of cultural and natural tourist attractions of the municipality of Campinas, focusing on the possibility of access for handicapped people or people with restricted mobility to such places done through urban public and private transportation.. The verification of the existence or lack of accessibility equipment existing at the bus stops and parking lots next to the tourist attractive was supported by the current legislation that set bases to the access of the handicapped to transport a also to culture and leisure places. Using the free software Quantum GIS 1.0.2, Apache 2.2.4, Mapserver 5.0.2, I3Geo 4,0, 8,3 PostgreSQL and PostGIS 1.3.5 one searched for developing an application at low cost and high performance, able to articulate the liaison between the management of the touristic space and the information diffusion on the devices wish give accessibility to place acknowledged as points of touristic interest to the City Hall of Campinas.<br>Universidade Estadual de Campi<br>Transportes<br>Mestre em Engenharia Civil
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Karam, Roula. "Multi-providers location based services for mobile-tourism : a use case for location and cartographic integrations on mobile devices." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00694476.
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Les services géolocalisés (LBS) sont destinés à délivrer de l'information adéquate aux utilisateurs quelque soit le temps et l'endroit et ceci en se basant sur leur profil, contexte et position géographique. A travers n'importe quelle application dans ce domaine, par exemple m-tourisme, les utilisateurs souhaitent toujours recevoir une réponse rapide et précise en se déplaçant. Cependant, la qualité de service proposée par les fournisseurs cartographiques actuels (i.e. Google Maps, Bing, Yahoo Maps, Mappy ou Via Michelin) dépend de leurs données géographiques. En général, ces données sont stockées de plusieurs bases de données géographiques (BDG) dans le monde entier. D'autre part, le nombre croissant des différentes BDG couvrant la même zone géographique et la récupération des données/métadonnées non erronées pour un service quelconque, impliquent de nombreux raisonnements et de contrôles d'accès aux BDG afin de résoudre les ambiguïtés dues à la présence des objets homologues dupliqués sur l'écran mobile. Mon travail consiste à permettre cette intégration cartographique pour les applications mtourisme et ceci en récupérant les informations spatiales/non-spatiales (noms, positions géographiques, catégorie du service, détails sémantiques et symboles cartographiques) de plusieurs fournisseurs. Cependant, ceci peut conduire à visualiser des objets dupliqués pour le même point d'intérêt et causer des difficultés au niveau de la gestion des données. En outre, l'utilisateur sera dérouté par la présence de résultats multiples pour un même point. Donc, mon but ultime sera de générer automatiquement une carte unique intégrant plusieurs interfaces des fournisseurs sur laquelle les objets homologues seront intégrés avant de les visualiser sur l'écran mobile. Nos nouveaux concepts, basés sur certains algorithmes de fusion, sur l'ontologie pour assurer l'intégration au niveau sémantique et cartographique, sur l'orchestration des géo web services, sont implémentés dans des prototypes modulaires et évalués.
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Berjawi, Bilal. "Integration of heterogeneous data from multiple location-based services providers : A use case on tourist points of interest." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEI072/document.
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Les fournisseurs de services géo-localisés (LBS) offrent des données textuelles et spatiales complémentaires, parfois incohérentes et imprécises, représentant les différents points d’intérêt (POI) sur un territoire donné. Ainsi, une même requête lancée auprès de divers fournisseurs de services touristiques peut donner des résultats différents et parfois incohérents, pour les attributs terminologiques et/ou les attributs spatiaux. De plus, chaque fournisseur utilise sa propre convention graphique pour représenter les POIs. L’intégration de ces données spatiales hétérogènes dans un contexte dynamique, large échelle, utilisant des sources incomplètes et de qualités variables est actuellement un verrou technologique. Dans ce travail de thèse, nous cherchons une solution à cette intégration aussi bien au niveau des données que de leur représentation<br>Location Based Services (LBS) had been involved to deliver relevant geospatial information based on a geographic position or address. The amount of geospatial data is constantly increasing, making it a valuable source of information for enriching LBS applications. However, these geospatial data are highly inconsistent and contradictory from one source to another. We assume that integrating geospatial data from several sources may improve the quality of information offered to users. In this thesis, we specifically focus on data representing Points of Interest (POIs) that tourists can get through LBS. Retrieving, matching and merging such geospatial entities lead to several challenges. We mainly focus on three main challenges including (i) detecting and merging corresponding entities across multiple sources and (ii) considering the uncertainty of integrated entities and their representation in LBS applications
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Alvarez, Elma L. "Semantic geographic information system." FIU Digital Commons, 1996. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1262.
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This thesis research describes the design and implementation of a Semantic Geographic Information System (GIS) and the creation of its spatial database. The database schema is designed and created, and all textual and spatial data are loaded into the database with the help of the Semantic DBMS's Binary Database Interface currently being developed at the FIU's High Performance Database Research Center (HPDRC). A friendly graphical user interface is created together with the other main system's areas: displaying process, data animation, and data retrieval. All these components are tightly integrated to form a novel and practical semantic GIS that has facilitated the interpretation, manipulation, analysis, and display of spatial data like: Ocean Temperature, Ozone(TOMS), and simulated SeaWiFS data. At the same time, this system has played a major role in the testing process of the HPDRC's high performance and efficient parallel Semantic DBMS.
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Brunt, Matthew. "Analysis of Mammoth Cave Pre-Park Communities." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/132.
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Before the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park, this area was home to numerous communities, each with a sense of identity. To prepare for the creation of the National Park, all residents living within these communities were relocated, and many of these communities were lost to the passage of time. Today, public memory of these lost communities is being fostered by the descendents of the pre-park area.
Through the use of a Historical Geographic Information System, 1920 Edmonson County manuscript census data, and statistical analysis, the demographic composition of these lost communities was explored. This project not only brought to light a past that is not well known, but also built interest in sustaining public memory of the Mammoth Cave pre-park area through the use of historical GIS and public participation.
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Alameh, Nadine Sami. "Internet-based collaborative geographic information system." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50305.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-131).<br>by Nadine Sami Alameh.<br>M.S.<br>M.C.P.
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Dos-Santos, Sasha. "A geographic information system for dynamic ridematching." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001046.
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Basnet, Badri Bahadur. "Geographic Information System based manure application planning." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, 2002. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00001410/.
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[Abstract]: The disposal of animal waste has become a problem in many parts of the world due to the rapid growth in the number and the size of intensive animal industries. Safe waste disposal sites are rarely available and the relocation and/or treatment of animal waste is seldom economically viable. The reuse of animal waste for energy recovery and re-feeding is also not popular. Animal waste is a valuable source of plant nutrients and a very good soil conditioner, and has been commonly applied as fertiliser to agricultural fields. However, due to the increasing oversupply of animal waste in recent years, it has often been applied in excess to the agricultural fields. Excessive application of animal waste, without due consideration of its implications, is a serious concern. The run-off and leaching losses of nutrients from the fields fertilised with animal waste have contributed significantly to the eutrophication and toxic blue-green algae blooms in surface water systems and nitrification of ground water systems. It has also led to nutrient imbalances in the soils and odour pollution to the surrounding communities. The animal waste, which is a valuable source of plant nutrients, has thus become both an economic and environmental burden, and there is a need to develop a strategy for its sensible use as a fertiliser in agricultural fields. Sensible use of animal waste involves the consideration of all the agricultural, environmental, social, and economical limitations. A rational method of achieving this is to restrict the use of animal waste to sites suitable for such uses, identify areas where it can be relocated and applied economically, limit the application rates to a safe level, and observe appropriate manure management practices. This study addressed each of these components by developing a comprehensive manure application plan (MAP) for the site-specific use of animal waste as fertiliser in agricultural fields. Various geographic information systems (GIS) based techniques, including a weighted linear combination model and map algebra based cartographic modelling, were employed to achieve the goal. The appropriateness of the existing techniques and procedures were evaluated and modified to meet the current input requirements. New methods of analysis were devised as necessary. The Westbrook sub-catchment of the Condamine River catchment in south-east Queensland was selected as the study area. The sub-catchment covers 24,903 hectares and contains 39 intensive animal industries. The catchment is also a part of the Murray-Darling Basin, which has been suffering from toxic blue green algae blooms recurrently since 1991. This study identified that only about one-fifth of the sub-catchment area is suitable for animal waste application. Depending on the method of site suitability analysis and the number of input factors used the suitable area ranged between 16 and 22 percent. This comparatively small area is mainly due to the presence of a large proportion of non-agricultural areas in the sub-catchment. The suitable areas were also found to have various degrees of suitability for waste application. However, the degree of site suitability was affected by the number of input factors used in the analysis, the weighting of the factors, and the method of factor attribute standardisation. Conventional methods of weighting input factors were found to be cumbersome and not particularly suitable. Hence, this study developed a new ‘objective oriented comparison’ method of factor weighting. Standardisation of input factors using a continuous, rather than discrete, classification (ie fuzzy set) method was found to be more consistent in degree of suitability determination. The discrete classification of factor attributes into classes of different numbers and sizes, and the weighting of classes to a sum of one, were identified as a limitation in using this standardisation method. A new ‘weight adjustment’ method was devised and demonstrated to reduce factor-weighting biases. The suitable sites, degree of site suitability, and other relevant spatial and non-spatial information were processed within a GIS framework to develop a comprehensive manure application plan. The inherently high presence of available phosphorus in the soils of the study area was recognised and the P2O5 content in the manure was used as the basis for determining manure application rates. A complimentary nitrogen supply map was also generated. Manure management practices applicable to the areas with a lower degree of suitability were also suggested.
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Finniear, Lee John. "An intelligent Geographic Information System for design." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/32546.
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Recent advances in geographic information systems (GIS) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been summarised, concentrating on the theoretical aspects of their construction and use. Existing projects combining AI and GIS have also been discussed, with attention paid to the interfacing methods used and problems uncovered by the approaches. AI and GIS have been combined in this research to create an intelligent GIS for design. This has been applied to off-shore pipeline route design. The system was tested using data from a real pipeline design project.
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Bengtsson, Jonas, and Mikael Grönkvist. "Performing Geographic Information System Analyses on Building Information Management Models." Thesis, KTH, Geodesi och satellitpositionering, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-208922.
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As the usage of both BIM (Building Information Modelling) and 3D-GIS (Three-Dimensional Geographic Information Systems) has increased within the field of urban development and construction, so has the interest in connecting these two tools. One possibility of integration is the potential of visualising BIM models together with other spatial data in 3D. Another is to be able to perform spatial 3D analyses on the models. Both of these can be achieved through use of GIS software. This study explores how integration of BIM and GIS could look. The goal was to perform typical GIS analyses in 3D on BIM models. Previous research points towards some success within the field through use of the indicated standard format for each tool – IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) for BIM and CityGML (City Geographic Markup Language) for GIS. Transformation between the formats took place through use of the BIM software Revit, the transformation tool FME and the GIS software ArcGIS. A couple of reviewed applications of GIS analyses were chosen for testing on the converted models – indoor network analysis, visibility analysis and spatial analysis for 3D buildings. The input data in the study was several BIM models, both models created for real-life usage and others that only function as sample data within the different software. From the results of the practical work it can be concluded that a simple, automated and full-scale integration does not seem to be within reach quite yet. Most transformations between IFC and CityGML failed to some extent, especially the more detailed and complex ones. In some test cases, the file could not be imported into ArcGIS and in others geometries were missing or existing even though they should not. There were also examples where geometries had been moved during the process. As a consequence of these problems, most analyses failed or did not give meaningful results. A few of the original analyses did give positive results. Combining (flawed) CityGML models with other spatial data for visualisation purposes worked rather well. Both the shadow volume and sightline analyses did also get reasonable results which indicates that there might be a future for those applications. The obstacles for a full-scale integration identified during the work were divided into four different categories. The first is BIM usage and routines where created models need to be of high quality if the final results are to be correct. The second are problems concerning the level of detail, especially the lack of common definitions for the amount of details and information. The third category concerns the connection between local and global coordinate systems where a solution in form of updates to IFC might already be in place. The fourth, and largest, category contains those surrounding the different formats and software used. Here, focus should lie on the transformation between IFC and CityGML. There are plenty of possible, future, work concerning these different problems. There is also potential in developing own tools for integration or performing different analyses than those chosen for this thesis.<br>I takt med den ökade användningen av både BIM och 3D-GIS inom samhällsbyggnadsprocessen har även intresset för att sammanföra de två verktygen blivit större. En möjlighet med integration är potentialen att visualisera BIM-modeller tillsammans med andra geografiska data i 3D. En annan är att kunna genomföra rumsliga 3D-analyser på modellerna. Båda dessa går att utföra med hjälp av GIS-programvara. Denna studie utforskar hur en integration mellan BIM och GIS kan se ut. Målet är att genomföra typiska GIS-analyser i 3D på BIM-modeller. Tidigare forskning pekar mot vissa framgångar inom området genom att arbeta med det utpekade standardformatet för respektive verktyg – IFC för BIM och CityGML för GIS. Transformation mellan formaten skedde med hjälp av programvarorna Revit, FME och ArcGIS. Ett par framhållna tillämpningar av GIS-analyser valdes ut för tester på de konverterade modellerna – nätverksanalyser inomhus, siktanalyser och rumsliga analyser för 3D-byggnader. Som indata användes flera olika BIM-modeller, både sådana som tillverkats för faktisk användning och modeller som skapats för att användas som exempeldata inom programvarorna. Utifrån resultaten från det praktiska arbetet kan konstateras att en enkel, automatiserad och fullskalig integration mellan verktygen verkar ligga en bit in i framtiden. De flesta transformationerna mellan IFC och CityGML misslyckades i någon aspekt, speciellt de mer detaljerade och komplexa. I vissa testfall kunde filen inte importeras i ArcGIS, i andra saknas eller existerar oväntade geometrier även om importen lyckats. Det finns också exempel där geometrier förflyttats. Som en konsekvens av dessa problem kunde de flesta 3D-analyser inte genomföras alls eller lyckades inte ge betydelsefulla resultat. Ett fåtal av de ursprungliga analyserna gav dock positiv utdelning. Att kombinera (felaktiga) CityGML-modeller med annan rumslig data fungerade förhållandevis väl ur ett visualiseringssyfte. Både skuggvolymsanalysen och framtagandet av siktlinjer från byggnaderna gav någorlunda korrekta resultat vilket indikerar att det kan finnas en framtid gällande de tillämpningarna. Hindren för en fullskalig integration som identifierades genom arbetet delades upp i fyra olika kategorier. Den första är BIM-användning där hög kvalitet på de skapade modellerna är viktigt för korrekta slutresultat. Den andra är detaljeringsgraden där avsaknaden av gemensamma definitioner för detaljeringsgraderna ställer till problem. Den tredje kategorin är koordinat- och referenssystem där en lösning på kopplingen mellan lokala och globala system redan kan finnas på plats i en av de senare utgåvorna av IFC-formatet. Den sista och största kategorin är problematiken kring just format och programvaror där mer arbete på översättningen mellan IFC och CityGML kommer att krävas. I framtiden finns det gott om arbete att göra med dessa olika problem. Det finns också potential att utveckla egna verktyg för integrationen eller att ägna sig åt att göra andra analyser än de som valdes ut i den här studien.
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Zhu, Bin, and Hsinchun Chen. "Validating a Geographic Image Retrieval System." Wiley Periodicals, Inc, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105934.
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Artificial Intelligence Lab, Department of MIS, University of Arizona<br>This paper summarizes a prototype geographical image
retrieval system that demonstrates how to integrate image
processing and information analysis techniques to
support large-scale content-based image retrieval. By
using an image as its interface, the prototype system
addresses a troublesome aspect of traditional retrieval
models, which require users to have complete knowledge
of the low-level features of an image. In addition
we describe an experiment to validate the performance
of this image retrieval system against that of human
subjects in an effort to address the scarcity of research
evaluating performance of an algorithm against that of
human beings. The results of the experiment indicate
that the system could do as well as human subjects in
accomplishing the tasks of similarity analysis and image
categorization. We also found that under some circumstances
texture features of an image are insufficient to
represent a geographic image. We believe, however,
that our image retrieval system provides a promising
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Fontanella, Shaun. "Indexing Geographic Information Using the Domain Name System." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1345531139.
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Hu, You-Heng Surveying & Spatial Information Systems Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Development, evaluation and application of a geographic information retrieval system." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Surveying & Spatial Information Systems, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41754.
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Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) systems provide users with functionalities of representation, storage, organisation of and access to various types of electronic information resources based on their textual and geographic context. This thesis explores various aspects of the development, evaluation and application of GIR systems. The first study focuses upon the extraction and grounding of geographic information entities. My approach for this study consists of a hierarchical structure-based geographic relationship model that is used to describe connections between geographic information entities, and a supervised machine learning algorithm that is used to resolve ambiguities. The proposed approach has been evaluated on a toponym disambiguation task using a large collection of news articles. The second study details the development and validation of a GIR ranking mechanism. The proposed approach takes advantage of the power of the Genetic Programming (GP) paradigm with the aim of finding an optimal functional form that integrates both textual and geographic similarities between retrieved documents and a given user query. My approach has been validated by applying it to a large collection of geographic metadata documents. The third study addresses the problem of modelling the GIR retrieval process that takes into account both thematic and geographic criteria. Based on the Spreading Activation Network (SAN), the proposed model consists a two-layer associative network that is used to construct a structured search space; a constrained spreading activation algorithm that is used to retrieve and to rank relevant documents; and a geographic knowledge base that is used to provide necessary domain knowledge for network. The retrieval performance of my model has been evaluated using the GeoCLEF 2006 tasks. The fourth study discusses the publishing, browsing and navigation of geographic information on the World Wide Web. Key challenges in designing and implementing of a GIR user interface through which online content can be systematically organised based on their geospatial characteristics, and can be efficiently accessed and interrelated, are addressed. The effectiveness and the usefulness of the system are shown by applying it to a large collection of geo-tagged web pages.
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Kleene, J. Wesley. "Watershed nonpoint source management system : a geographic information system approach /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02272007-092409/.
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Alawer, Ali. "The role of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in archaeological tourism assessment and development in Najran, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2018. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/425924/.
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To date, GIS has been rarely used as a planning tool to support archaeological tourism, despite the widespread archaeological application of GIS more generally. Archaeological tourism can be defined as travel to experience places, activities and artefacts that authentically present stories and peoples of the past. This study examines the role of GIS in archaeological heritage tourism and planning using, as a case study, Najran region in Saudi Arabia. As well as being an important historic trading hub, Najran includes significant archaeological sites, therefore it has the potential to be an alternative for tourists who might be looking at Yemen as a tourist destination especially when Saudi Arabia starts issuing tourist visas. As an initial step, governmental archaeological records were combined with information from a literature review and fieldwork to develop a geospatial archaeological heritage database for Najran. Simultaneously, data on tourism accommodation and facilities were collated through a mixture of field surveys, Internet sources such as OpenStreetMap, and local tourism-promotion materials. Sieve analysis of the resulting spatial databases suggest that there are six archaeological tourist sites with high potential based on archaeology, accessibility and site characteristics. With the city of Najran dominating the provision of tourism accommodation and facilities, the most appropriate role for GIS is likely to be in combining knowledge of the spatial distribution of archaeological sites with tourism and amenities. The next step was to conduct a consumer survey to evaluate selected archaeological tourist sites, where the results indicate that those sites located outdoors are more likely to be visited in the future. The final step was to characterise the landscapes around the potential archaeological tourist sites in the Najran region, e.g. mountains, vegetation, wadis etc. This thesis provides a GIS-based management tool for the development of tourism in Najran Province in line with the rapidly developing national tourism policy.
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Shesham, Sriharsha. "Integrating Expert System and Geographic Information System for Spatial Decision Making." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1216.
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Spatial decision making is a process of providing an effective solution for a problem that encompasses semi-structured spatial data. It is a challenging task which involves various factors to consider. For example, in order to build a new industry, an appropriate site must be selected for which several factors have to be taken into consideration. Some of the factors, which can affect the decision in this particular case, are air pollution, noise pollution, and distance from living areas, which makes the decision difficult. The geographic information systems (GIS) and the expert systems (ES) have many advantages in solving problems in their prospective areas. Integrating these two systems will benefit in solving spatial decision making problems. In the past, many researchers have proposed integrating systems which extracts the data from the GIS and saves it in the database for decision making. Most of the frameworks which have been developed were system dependent and are not properly structured. So it is difficult to search the data. This thesis proposes a framework which extracts the GIS data and processes it with the help of ES decision making capabilities to solve the spatial decision making problem. This framework is named GeoFilter. This research classifies various types of mechanisms that can be used to integrate these two systems.
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Kirkby, S. D. "Managing dryland salinisation with an integrated expert system/geographic information system /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phk593.pdf.
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Kumar, Krishnasamy Satish. "A Usability Engineeringfor UTÖ Tourism Information System." Thesis, KTH, Geodesi och satellitpositionering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-199861.
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Tourism Information System of UTÖ was developed in ARCGIS9.0 by KARToTEKTeknikutbildarna AB. This information system helps people who visit this island by providinginformation on various tourist spots, hotels, restaurants etc. This system has a menu drivenGUI (Graphical user interface) which includes a map of the island, various tools, menus andsubmenus that can be used to find information about different places in this island. Thissystem is taken care by the tourist office which can be used by tourists who want to get moreinformation about the island.Since many tourists visit this island every year it is necessary to modify UTÖ touristinformation system more user friendly. To improve UTÖ tourist information system varioususability tests were conducted with this system which was setup in a lab and test users weregiven some tasks to solve using this system. Test users were interviewed about how theysolved the tasks and also asked to give their own view to improve the system. As a touristwhat are additional features that are necessary in the system to improve the user friendliness.Currently UTÖ Tourism Information System is a standalone system which is not linked to anyweb based application. According to usability test conducted for UTÖ tourist informationsystem, the future system can be developed as follows: The system should be developed into aweb based application. So information can be accessed any where in the world.There should be some pictures in the popup information window screen and the menustructure of system has to be modified. North arrow symbol, over all view of image whichshows near by surrounding island should be added. Legend of the map should be added forbetter understanding of information conveyed by colors that are displayed in the map. Thedisplay structure of distance measurement tools needs to be changed. Proper symbols formany submenus need to be changed for better understanding of information conveyed by thesymbols.Main challenge of this usability test of TURGIS (is the name given to the GUI (Graphical userinterface) of the of UTÖ tourist information system) is this system should be modular andcapable to be used by wide range of people without any guidance of others. Usability testingis important for developing effective design of systems by which users can interacteffectively.
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Sun, Yunli Catherine. "Clustering strategies in an object-relational geographic information system." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24508.pdf.
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Didan, Kamel. "Prototype geographic information system for agricultural water quality management." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://ezproxy.library.arizona.edu/login?url=.
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Deaton, Scott Lowrey. "Site investigation quality analysis using a geographic information system." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21252.
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McCombs, John Wayland II. "Geographic Information System Topographic Factor Maps for Wildlife Management." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36865.
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A geographic information system (GIS) was used to create landform measurements and maps for elevation, slope, aspect, landform index, relative phenologic change, and slope position for 3 topographic quadrangles in Virginia. A set of known observation points of the Northern dusky flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) was used to build 3 models to delineate sites with landform characteristics equivalent to those known points. All models were built using squirrel observation points from 2 topographic quadrangles. The first model, called "exclusionary", excluded those pixels with landform characteristics different from the known squirrel pixels based on histogram analyses. Logistic regression was used to create the other 2 models. Each model resulted in an image of pixels considered equivalent to the known squirrel pixels. Each model excluded approximately 65% of the Highland study area, but the exclusionary model excluded the fewest known squirrel pixels (12.62%). Both logistic regression models excluded approximately 10% more known squirrel pixels than the exclusionary approach. The models were tested in the area of a third quadrangle with points known to be occupied by squirrels. After the model was applied to the third topographic quadrangle, the exclusionary model excluded the least amount of full-area pixels (79.30%) and only 14.81% of the known squirrel pixels. The second logistic regression excluded 81.16 % of the full area and no known squirrel pixels. All models proved useful in quickly delineating pixels equivalent to areas where wildlife were known to occur.<br>Master of Science
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Wilde, Bryn. "A geographic information system approach to distributed hydrological modelling." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327722.
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McNinch, Michael D. "Geographic Information System Applications for Water Distribution Asset Management." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1254859492.
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Vasconcelos, Maria 1963. "Simulation of fire behavior with a geographic information system." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558097.
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Germain, Richard James. "Drought management using a geographical information system." Ohio : Ohio University, 1996. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1178651687.
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Wurtz, Joshua. "A geographic information system application to visualize and manage data." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19126.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Computing and Information Sciences<br>Scott A. DeLoach<br>A geographic information system (GIS) allows an individual to map, model, query, and analyze large quantities of data from a database according to their spatial locations. This project uses the ArcGis Java software Development Kit (SDK) to visualize, manipulate, and comprehend large amounts of publicly available information relevant to a spatial location.
The application developed uses a graphical user interface to examine the public data of Riley County, Kansas. The user is able to load shapefiles through the interface and then examine the many spatial locations. By examining a spatial location the user is able to view the associated attribute information, manipulate it, and add additional attributes. Beyond viewing information at selected geometric locations, a user can also query the layer(s) to return the spatial locations that fit the query. These abilities can allow a user to understand and visualize patterns that they would not have been able to easily see from looking at the raw data. Increasing users' understanding of the environment they are working with improves their likelihood of success in their desired objectives.
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Perrow, Gabriel. "A Mathematical Model for Simplifying Representations of Objects in a Geographic Information System." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/PerrowGM2003.pdf.
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Lucas, Cesário Pinho. "E-tourism information system for a specific region." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/3702.
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Mestrado em Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações<br>No Turismo e concretamente para os Destinos Turísticos, o desenvolvimento de uma estratégia de E-Business permite reduzir a dependência de intermediários para a distribuição de produtos turísticos. Neste âmbito, oconceito de sistemas de gestão de destinos tem sido utilizado nos últimos anospara descrever a infra-estrutura em termos de tecnologias de informação e comunicação de uma organização de gestão de destinos.
Por sua vez, a integração da Internet, Turismo e das Tecnologias de Informaçãoe Comunicação associadas ao comércio provocaram alterações no comportamento e na atitude do turista, uma vez que vieram permitir aosmesmos construírem a sua própria viagem, à sua medida, abandonando ospacotes tradicionais
Tendo isto em vista, um Sistema de Informação de Suporte ao E-Business no turismo de uma região deverá permitir duma forma concisa divulgarinformação turística relativa a uma dada área de interesse. Efectuar reservas e contratualizar actividades tais como alojamento, transportes e animação devemser temas centrais. Permitir que o e-turista elabore o seu próprio pacote dinâmico com diferentes componentes à escolha e com apresentação do preçoem tempo real é uma mais-valia preciosa.
No âmbito deste trabalho, pretende-se numa primeira fase estudar os conceitos ligados às diversas áreas de interesse e enquadrar o projecto nestas áreas. Numa segunda fase, é esperada a modelação dum sistema que responda às questões colocadas acima de modo integrado e que permita conhecer as basesde um sistema inovador de suporte ao E-Turismo. A implementação dum protótipo exploratório deverá validar os conceitos desenvolvidos.<br>In Tourism and specifically for Tourism Destinations, the development of an E-Business strategy allows the reduction of the intermediary dependency for thedistribution of tourism products. Following this, the concept of DestinationManagement System has been used to describe an infrastructure in terms of information and communication technology for a Destination Management Organization.
The integration of Internet, Tourism and Information and CommunicationTechnologies associated with business brought changes in the behavior andattitude of tourists, thanks to the possibility for them to create their own trip,based on their likings, in contrast with the traditional static packages.
Having this in mind, an E-Business Information System for supporting Tourism in a region should be able to provide touristic information about aselect area of interest. Making reservations and booking activities such aslodging, transports and cultural events should be fundamental procedures. Allowing the e-tourist to build his own dynamic package with differentcomponents while the price is automatically updated is a valuable bonus.
In a first phase of this project, a general study of concepts linked to the variousareas of interest is expected along with the insertion of these concepts in the general objectives. In a second phase, the modulation of a system that respondsto these objectives in an innovative and functional manner is highly desired.The implementation of an exploratory prototype should enable the validationof the concepts developed.
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Villeneuve, Julie. "Delineating wetlands using geographic information system and remote sensing technologies." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3135.
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During the last century wetlands have considerably decreased. The principal cause
is urbanization, especially in large urban regions such as the Houston area. In order
to protect the remaining wetlands, they have to be monitored carefully. However
monitoring wetland is a difficult and time-demanding task because it has to be done
repetitively on large areas to be effective. This study was conducted to determine if
Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing technologies would allow
accurate monitoring of wetland as a less time-consuming method. With this idea,
a suitability model was developed to delineate wetlands in the Houston area. This
model combined GIS and remote sensing technologies. The data used for this study
were as high spatial resolution as possible and were generally easy to obtain. This
suitability model consisted of four submodels: hydrology, soil, vegetation and multi-
attribute. Each submodel generated a Wetland Suitability Index (WSI). Those WSI
were summed to obtain a general WSI. The suitability model was calibrated using
half of the study area. During calibration, the general model was evaluated as well as
each individual index. Generally, the model showed a lack of sensitivity to changes.
However, the model was slightly modified to improve the delineation of upland wet-
lands by increasing the weight of the soil submodel. This model was validated using
the second half of the study area. The validation results improved a bit compared to
the calibration results; however they remained weak. It was demonstrated that the
model does not favor riverine wetlands over upland wetlands, nor large size wetlands. The model ground truth data were evaluated and were suffciently proven to be up to
date. Those results indicated that the weakness of the model must come from inac-
curacy in the input data. Therefore, the study showed that while existing computing
capacity supports remote delineation, spatial accuracy is still insuffcient to perform
correct wetland delineation using remote sensing and GIS technologies.
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Hammerle, Roland Johann. "The design of a Web-based distributed Geographic Information System." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0003/MQ46254.pdf.
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Shi, Xun, and 施迅. "Integrating case-based reasoning and geographic information system forurban planning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31221592.
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Hepburn, Robert Cameron. "Environmental epidemiology in primary care using a geographic information system." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268876.
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Shrestha, Joseph, and H. David Jeong. "Automated Spatial Visualization of Bid Data Using Geographic Information System." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5477.
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Regan, John J., Donald F. Post, and Roy S. Rauschkolb. "Mapping the Maricopa Agricultural Center Using a Geographic Information System." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/296440.
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From the Proceedings of the 1989 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Association and the Hydrology Section - Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science - April 15, 1989, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Tesar, Jennifer E. "The Impact of a Geographic Information System on Middle School Students' Geographic Literacy and Historical Empathy." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1282139171.
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Liao, Jhao-Han, and 廖釗漢. "A Study of Tourism Open Announcement Information and Geographic Information System Development." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42027866958373135457.
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碩士<br>明新科技大學<br>服務事業管理研究所<br>102<br>Geographic information systems have become the Land Surveying and Mapping reused, that spatial information on surface properties and geographical information in the form of a rich and full sound of yet, so the data will be able to tour the open dissemination of information and GIS building.
The Institute will collect Bureau statistical charts, sightseeing statistical monthly reports, annual reports, socio-economic, and other information, will be itemized analysis Excel spreadsheet file format conversion into images and web links for subsequent applications of adding points coordinate system, Taiwan elevation, the undulating shape of the surface to form the class map Google Earth and the surface is formed in the space of the presentation and can roughly predict the relative distance.
Build research showing the location of the various attractions join point coordinate location information to locate and solve the system's primary function is no alternative charts, graphs, and combining these technologies and production, to complete this tour and opening presents preliminary data released Geographic Information Systems .
Keywords: Tourism information dissemination, socio-economic, Coordinate System
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Vaz, Eric Moreira de Noronha. "Regional change in the Algarve: A Geographic Information System approach." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8217.
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Thesis submitted to the Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação da Universidade Nova de Lisboa in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Information Management – Geographic Information Systems<br>The debate on sustainable development has led to an increasing interest covering the effects of the human beings on the natural environment. The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) allowed a better analysis of the drivers of environmental change. With the increase of ICT, especially related to monitoring of sustainable choices, methodologies for analysis of regional and local impact have made a significant contribution to the development of regional strategies at a policy level, but also contributed to the development of regional sciences. One of the main issues has been addressed by the analysis of carrying capacity and availability of scarce resources, resulting from a growing demand, leading to loss of vulnerable natural and historical areas. Much of the work of regional sciences has had a direct relation to space, due to the nature of socio-economic data. This thesis offers an integrated spatial assessment of the results of regional change brought by socio-economic growth. The Algarve region in Portugal is used as a laboratory to understand the current pressures and attempts to provide a framework for the future of socio-economic growth in the region and a systematic analysis of current pressures. While urban sprawl due to increasing tourist activity is an increasing concern, spatial analysis is used as an insightful tool for foresight of future change. Having considered that urban growth is a direct consequence of economic growth our research addresses the consequences of urban sprawl in the coastal region of the Algarve. By building up predictive tools for complex spatial system analysis, cellular automata are used to forecast future urban expansion in the region. The relationship of tourism to urban change is measured to assess what are true costs of tourism for the region. Tourism is then analysed within the duality of socio-economic pressures defining weak and strong sustainability. An integrated strategy considering the historical heritage of the Algarve is offered as a more interesting alternative to the current exploration of the marine environment. Thus, the dissertation expands on the usage of spatial analysis as tools to emphasize the importance of monitoring regional change in coastal environments from a socio-economic perspective. Geographic Information Systems are expressed as ubiquitous systems with unique properties to measure change and to offer relevant solutions for better decision making at local and regional level. An important asset of those tools in the context of information management is further explored in the capabilities of comparing results through spatial data manipulation and visualization of alternative futures for regional development.
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Weiting, Chen, and 陳威廷. "Travel in Taiwan through Literature－Mapping and Interpretating Taiwan Gastronomy Tourism Database using Geographic Information System." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73020329648250812990.
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碩士<br>靜宜大學<br>觀光事業學系<br>99<br>This study was designed to cut into the point of local marketing, analyze the food literature as the resource of database construction, and to use GIS to present gastronomy tourism map and interpreting, hoping to promote the attractiveness of local characteristics and Local food tourism exchange. First through Kolter’s Place Marketing theory and CCA’s "Arts Resources Operations Reference Manual,"(藝文資源調查作業參考手冊) the development of integrated tourism resources in literary food code and logic design were summarized, the database was built on the nine dimensions: "natural landscape", "history and celebrity," "cultural Landscape", "traditional settlements and traditional architecture", "festivals", "architecture, monuments and sculpture, "food products", "food store" and "specialties", based on the CCA publication, "Read Literary Landscape"(閱讀文學地景) as the analysis texts, Results showed that urban properties would affect the description of landscape and property, and the city properties would also change the description by factors of the "Time", "Environment", "Policy" and "Human History". Therefore, it is suggested local government take literature as the marketing tools, shaping the uniqueness or undeveloped attraction as a special teaching materials, and attracting people to acknowledge the land and travel.
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Chen, Meng-Chun, and 陳孟君. "Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology Analysis and Implementation—A Query System for Hakka Area Tourist Attraction of Southern Taiwan." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83277285236116482288.
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碩士<br>國立屏東科技大學<br>客家文化產業研究所<br>96<br>The Tourism Policy proposed by Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communication（MOTC）from 2002 to 2006 include：establishing a multi-dimensional traveling environment and developing the diversiform tourism activities of local ecosystem to promote our international competition；taking the local cultural ecosystem’s feature to be Taiwan’s tourist content and developing the diversiform tourism industry；designing the local Taiwan feature products based on the tourism industry to do marketing effectively, and integrating hakka and aboriginal resources, promoting special interest tours, planning new tour products with international appeal, and utilizing international promotional, advertising and marketing channels to achieve the annual visitor goals under the "Doubling Tourist Arrivals Plan".
The Council for Hakka Affairs (CHA) in the Executive Yuan was founded on 2001, and proposed “Planning hakka cultural and recreational industry to achieve the sharing of resources”- In response to joining the World Trade Organization, the CHA will assist transforming the hakka communities' agricultural economics, and developing them into delicate recreational and touring business and carrying out activities of implementing and promoting hakka communities and cultural industry. In addition, the CHA will set up web sites to provide services relevant to the cultural property and recreational resources to everyone.
Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communication（MOTC）and The Council for Hakka Affairs (CHA) are promoting tourist attraction resources of hakka areas actively, and they also expect the data can be shared through the Internet. Furthermore, Geographic Information Systems are not only a system to show geographic graphic but also the best database to save space data.
Nowadays, the applications of Geographic Information Systems in non-hakka areas are much more than in hakka areas, so this is value to advance. This research will investigate the tourist attraction resources of hakka area deeply, and establish a complete database with a query system through the Geographic Information Systems. Then it can supply for the tourists getting the traveling information and tourist attraction of hakka area fastly.
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Govindasamy, Kshetra. "Adventure tourism in the Kwazulu-Natal Province : identification of hotspots and mobile knowledge." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10012.
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This research focused on adventure tourism in KZN. The adventurer traveller is interested in remote pristine hotspots. A concern is that irresponsible behaviour on the adventurer’s part could lead to the destruction of the fragile natural environment, as well as negatively interfere with the local traditional cultural values.
Adventure hotspots were identified by using the functionalities of a GIS. These findings were validated by tourism practitioners in KZN.
The researcher also proposed a practical solution that could improve or enhance the behaviour of adventurers. Existing media were collated into information prompts. These information prompts were categorised in tables that could be linked to a mobile GIS environment.
The researcher then examined the framework requirements for a mobile GIS. This resulted in a set of seven criteria that brought together the core essentials required for the conceptual framework of a mobile GIS device dedicated to the adventurer in KZN.<br>Geography<br>M.A. (Geography)