W. Ji, Nanjing Zeng, Yunbao Wang, P. Gong, Bing Xu, S. Bao
{"title":"Analysis on the Waterbirds Community Survey of Poyang Lake in Winter","authors":"W. Ji, Nanjing Zeng, Yunbao Wang, P. Gong, Bing Xu, S. Bao","doi":"10.1080/10824000709480632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000709480632","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Poyang Lake provides wintering sites for several hundred thousands water birds every year. There are historical records of 310 species of birds in Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve (Abbr. in PYNNR), belonging to 17 orders, 63 families, and 158 genus, and including 125 water birds species belonging to 6 orders, 19 families, and 60 genus. The most amount of waterbirds in Poyang Lake are geese and swans, the second most are shorebirds. Dominant species of bird communities are whistling swan, swan goose and white-fronted goose. There are 19 species listed as threatened by IUCN. The Siberian crane is the most well-known wintering species in Poyang Lake. The number of Siberian cranes stablized in recent years. There are 18 species whose numbers are more than 1% of the total number of their global or migrant route's populations according to three separate of surveys. PYNNR is the most concentrated area for rare waterbird and precious species; at the same time, Nanhu and other adjacent areas to PYNNR such as the middle and south branch of the Gan River are also important habitats for rare waterbirds, and need more attention and conservation actions.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"85 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114340889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuisen Chen, Xiaobo Su, Ligang Fang, Liangfu Chen
{"title":"Carex Dynamics as an Environmental Indicator in the Poyang Lake Wetland Area: Remote Sensing Mapping and GIS Analysis","authors":"Shuisen Chen, Xiaobo Su, Ligang Fang, Liangfu Chen","doi":"10.1080/10824000709480631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000709480631","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract It is of considerable importance to analyze the changes in Carex distribution and environmental elements in order to protect and exploit the wetland resources of the Poyang Lake wetland area, one of the most important wetlands in the world. Employing multitemporal remote sensing images acquired on October 31st, 2005 and December 10th, 1999, the authors determined the dynamic distribution of Carex by combining spectral angle mapping technologies. Then, for the first time, Arc View GIS-based statistical analysis was performed on the Carex dynamics. Finally, the relationship between the Carex dynamics and delta change, and the landscape fragmentation index of Carex were further analyzed. It was found that: (1) the extent of Carex in the Gan River delta, particularly in the north distributary of the river, was directly correlated to lake sedimentation and regional drought in the same year; (2) the distribution of migratory birds is influenced by factors additional to the distribution of Carex; and (3) the wetland landscape ecology of the Poyang Lake wetland area is facing threats from human disturbance and needs further attention if it is to retain its status as an important bird habitat.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123289275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Lai, Jing Chen, Yinwen Liu, Yu Fang, Meijuan Luo
{"title":"Integration of Coupled Hydro-ecological Modeling in Poyang Lake Watershed Based on Digital Watershed Platform","authors":"G. Lai, Jing Chen, Yinwen Liu, Yu Fang, Meijuan Luo","doi":"10.1080/10824000709480628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000709480628","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In order to study complex environmental and ecological problems of Poyang Lake it is necessary to integrate or modify various existing models including hydrological, biological, social economic and other models with GIS techniques. This paper firstly discuses the construction of digital watershed platform for Poyang Lake, which is an integrated GIS environment for spatial data pre-processing and post-processing as well as an important foundation of hydro-ecological simulation, and then presents the integrated framework of coupled hydro-ecological modeling for Poyang Lake watershed (CHEMPLW) and its main functional components. CHEMPLW includes three parts: basic geodatabase, watershed data processing tools, and hydro-ecological models, while hydro-ecological models consist of four subsystems which are socio-human subsystem, land use/cover subsystem, watershed environment subsystem and river-lake/biological subsystem. Finally the integration method using ArcObject and Visual Basic is given.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126484119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Roth, A. Zhu, Eric Holbus, J. Papež, Jeremy Quan
{"title":"An Automated Approach to Site Selection for Ecological Restoration in Fragmented Landscapes","authors":"R. Roth, A. Zhu, Eric Holbus, J. Papež, Jeremy Quan","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480623","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Reducing fragmentation and increasing interior area of habitat patches are major goals of restoration programs. Most strategies to correct these issues are qualitative based on visual interpretation, rather than quantitative based on the spatial characteristics of patches. To circumvent this, we developed an approach that integrates domain knowledge into an objective and geometric analysis of the spatial characteristics of patches. A prioritization grid is then generated from this approach and used to evaluate prospective ecological restoration sites based on their capability to decrease fragmentation and increase interior area. An application of the method indicated a 25% improvement of the compactness ratio and overall saving of investment in restoration efforts.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115001555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Automatic Method for Matching 2D ADS40 Images onto a 3D Surface Model","authors":"Z. Liu, P. Gong, P. Shi, Houwu Chen, T. Sasagawa","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480622","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An automatic method is developed here to paste aerial images onto an urban 3D surface model for more realistic visualization. In this study we extracted different side views of urban constructions from an aerial image acquired with an airborne linear scanner sensor. We then matched those sideview images onto a 3D surface model according to the correspondence between the image and model. Side view feature extraction from images and matching those features to 3D models are two key steps in developing an automatic 3D image modelling technique. Here we present a new line-extraction approach using a multiple-level feature filter, which consists of the following: a Canny edge detector, an edge phase filter, an edge direction filter with fault tolerance, a Hough transformer, and a neighbouring line-segment fuser. We propose a base-line segmentation and parallelogram extraction algorithm based on perceptual organization. The algorithm employs uncertainty reasoning and is based on part forms for shape expression. It is computationally less intensive and noise free. Matching 2D images to 3D models requires finding a transformation matrix to minimize error. A lot of algorithms have been presented to solve the matching problem. However, there is still no good solution to the problem as it has too many unknown parameters. In this research, we first project images based on the camera model after a partial matching between the extracted parallelogram and the 3D model is carried out. Then, the Hausdorff distance is calculated between edges in the original image and the projected image, based on which sideview feature mapping is realized to obtain 3D virtual views based on a 3D surface model and a 2D image.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128059471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Great Wall of China can be Seen from Space","authors":"Gary Li, Guorong Wang","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480619","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Whether the Great Wall of China is visible from space by naked eye has become a space-based myth. Conflicting stories told by astronauts have been reported in various media. Several scholars also tried to give a much needed scientific answer to the question through their own research. Recently, Chinese scholars Dai et al. published their analysis based on visual acuity of point objects and concluded that astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space. However, our analysis based on the human's visual acuity of linear objects concludes that the Great Wall can be seen at the altitude up to about 500 km. Some environment conditions on the ground may dampen the chance of a successful observation.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121551733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PDEMR Modelling of Protea Species in the Population Size of 1 to 10, in Cape Floristic Region from 1992 to 2002, South Africa","authors":"D. Guo, R. Guo, G. Midgley, G. RebeloA.","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480620","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Global warming and climate changes can lead to the movement of plant species as they find their original habitats are no longer suitable to their needs. It is often an urgent task to establish a mathematical model to catch up the trajectories of the endangered species to effectively manage environmental protection under the inevitable biodiversity changes taking place. However, as it often happens with the environmental data, within the study area, some areas are well sampled, while other areas are not sampled. Even the collected data are often just species presence or categorical data. This makes very difficult to a spatial analysis, and impossible to do a kriging prediction map. In this paper, we use the partial differential equation motivated regression (PDEMR) model, to model Protea species in the population size of 1 to 10, in the Cape Floristic Region, from 1992 to 2002, in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"507 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123199457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Propagation of Uncertainty within the Affine Transformation Application on Contours","authors":"G. Achilleos","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480621","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper aims to investigate the propagation of horizontal errors, which are included in a digital contour file of a topographic map by applying the affine transformation of coordinates to this file. The application of the process increases existing horizontal errors, and therefore, these errors may have a direct proportionate impact on the elevation errors, which due to geometry, they co-exist within the digital file. This paper investigates the increase of these horizontal errors, as well as their effect on the respective elevation errors. The investigation applies to various usage cases of affine transformation of coordinates.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134434192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improved IBP for Super-resolving Remote Sensing Images","authors":"Feng Li, D. Fraser, X. Jia","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480624","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The research on super-resolution (SR) image recovery has been carried out in the last two decades. With the fast development of computer technology, more and more efficient algorithms have been put forward in recent years. The Iteration Back Projection (IBP) method is one of the popular methods with SR. In this paper, a modified IBP is proposed for remote sensing image processing. This improved IBP can efficiently deal with local affine transformations within images for SR. Experiments and results are presented using both a synthetic set of images generated from a single Landsat ETM+ channel and a set of Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) imagery.","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126186937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Power and Space on Foreign Diplomatic Presence in the United States: a Spatial Modeling Approach","authors":"Imam M. Xierali, Lin Liu","doi":"10.1080/10824000609480618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000609480618","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article explains the variations in foreign diplomatic presence in the U.S. from 1980 to 2000 as a function of the national capabilities of and spatial relationship among nations. We decompose spatial effect into three measures: spatial proximity, spatial dependence, and spatial heterogeneity. We found significant spatial dependence both in the diplomatic interaction and capabilities of nations. Spatial variation in foreign diplomatic presence was adequately explained by national capabilities of U.S. diplomatic partners from 1980 to 1992. However, after 1992, international power distribution alone could no longer fully explain the spatial variations in the foreign diplomatic presence in the U.S.. Spatial effect must be taken into account when explaining the variations in the foreign diplomatic presence in the U.S..","PeriodicalId":331860,"journal":{"name":"Geographic Information Sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117100501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}