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Description Through the results of a developed case study of information system for low temperature geothermal energy, GIS to Support Cost-effective Decisions on Renewable Sources addresses the issue of the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in evaluating cost-effectiveness of renewable resource exploitation …
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Description In GIS-Technologie wird der Einsatz digitaler Methoden zur Verwaltung, Darstellung und Auswertung ortsbezogener Informationen beschrieben. Es wird ein Konzept vorgestellt, das einerseits die Anforderungen eines Katasters an Detailreichtum und Punktgenauigkeit erf?llt, andererseits die gro?r?umige …
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Description This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'95, held near Vienna, Austria, in September 1995.Spatial Information Theory brings together three fields of research of paramount importance for geographic information systems technology, …
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Description “As the world becomes more integrated through the trade of goods and services and capital flows, it has become easier for diseases to spread through states, over borders and across oceans — and to do serious damage to vulnerable human and animal populations. ” American RadioWorks and NPR News, 2001 The …
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Description This book covers fundamental aspects of spatial data modelling specifically on the aspect of three-dimensional (3D) modelling and structuring. Realisation of "true" 3D GIS spatial system needs a lot of efforts, and the process is taking place in various research centres and universities in some …
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Description Wie Unfälle immer wieder beweisen, sind Gefahrguttransporte mit einem erheblichen Schadenpotenzial verbunden. Dennoch werden viele Entscheidungen im Rahmen der Gefahrgutbeförderung ohne ausreichende risikopolitische Fundierung getroffen. Auf einem geografischen Informationssystem (GIS) basierende …
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Description The book focuses on the development of advanced functions for field-based temporal geographical information systems (TGIS). These fields describe natural, epidemiological, economical, and social phenomena distributed across space and time. The book is organized around four main themes: "Concepts, …
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Description The Encyclopedia of GIS features a comprehensive, authoritative treatment of this subject matter, with a simple A-Z format providing easy access to the field. Authored and peer-reviewed by world experts, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational …
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Description In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber extraction, has attracted little attention and gained some notoriety. The overall aim of the present paper was to examine how environmental micro-variation in …
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Description This book presents a unified approach for modeling hydrologic processes distributed in space and time using geographic information systems (GIS). This Third Edition focuses on the principles of implementing a distributed model using geospatial data to simulate hydrologic processes in urban, rural and …
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