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Development of a model for Mosul alternative airport site using the analytic hierarchy process and GIS 利用层次分析法和地理信息系统开发摩苏尔备选机场选址模型

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00647-1

Ayman A. Abdulmawjoud, Moshrq Ahmed Gazal

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Novel gross and actual density insights for density pattern classification in spatial point datasets 空间点数据集中密度模式分类的新总体和实际密度见解

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00646-2

Shazad Jamal Jalal

{"title":"Novel gross and actual density insights for density pattern classification in spatial point datasets","authors":"Shazad Jamal Jalal","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00646-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00646-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An essential aspect of spatial science is determining and classifying density patterns in spatial point data. This process includes determining the point coverage ratio (PCR) across the entire geographical area, which is crucial for analysing various spatial science-related topics. Nevertheless, the point and the empty area positions in a whole area are usually not considered in the common density value of points. Therefore, this study introduced novel concepts and formulas for calculating the gross and actual densities (<i>D</i><sub><i>g</i></sub> and <i>D</i><sub><i>a</i></sub>) using the minimum distance between points to determine the PCR for individuals and multiple entire areas. The methodology was implemented on a hypothetical dataset comprising 10 scenarios and two distinct datasets, including 45,443 rural settlement clusters across Region1 (the eastern and southern states) and Region 2 (northern and western states, which includes the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja) of Nigeria. Consequently, the 10 and five-scale density patterns could quantitatively characterise the actual density utilising the PCR. This contribution assists in better analysing single or multiple spatial point datasets quantitatively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"791 - 802"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073752","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}

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Indoor navigation app of healthcare facilities using machine learning algorithms 使用机器学习算法的医疗机构室内导航应用程序

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00648-0

Maysa Alsaaideh, Omar Al-Bayari, Bayan Alsaaidah

{"title":"Indoor navigation app of healthcare facilities using machine learning algorithms","authors":"Maysa Alsaaideh, Omar Al-Bayari, Bayan Alsaaidah","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00648-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00648-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rapid population growth in Jordan due to migration trends has placed significant pressure on the country’s healthcare infrastructure, further strained by the emergence of new diseases. To address the challenge of indoor navigation within hospitals, this research leverages Location-Based Services (LBS) to develop an intelligent navigation application. The study focuses on optimizing pathfinding within the first floor of Al-Istishari Hospital in Amman using Deep Q-Learning (DQL) models to enhance accessibility and efficiency in hospital environments. The indoor navigation system was developed using Python’s Tkinter library and features a custom HospitalGrid environment. OpenAI Gym was integrated to simulate agent-environment interactions, enabling reinforcement learning agents to navigate hospital layouts efficiently while avoiding obstacles. A comparative analysis with Dueling Deep Q-Network (Dueling-DQN) was conducted under consistent hyperparameter settings. Results show that DQL provides more stable performance in structured environments, while Dueling-DQN offers improved learning efficiency in complex layouts due to its separation of state value and action advantage estimations. Although further optimization is needed in terms of Mean Squared Error (MSE) and return values, the proposed system demonstrates strong potential for hospital navigation and provides a foundation for future real-time healthcare applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"771 - 789"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073846","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}

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Mobile GIS application for retaining wall data collection and risk management 用于挡土墙数据收集和风险管理的移动GIS应用程序

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00645-3

Ameur Gharbi

{"title":"Mobile GIS application for retaining wall data collection and risk management","authors":"Ameur Gharbi","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00645-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00645-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper describes the development and implementation of a mobile Geographic Information System (GIS) to improve the traditional method of retaining wall data collection and risk management in Algeria. This mobile GIS application is designed to help assess the condition of retaining walls and identify high-risk retaining walls. A risk assessment method based on retaining wall condition class and inventory data was developed to calculate a composite risk score for each retaining wall. Therefore, this system assists the quick creation of retaining wall condition maps by collecting information about the various defects of the retaining wall (influence zone defects, equipment defects, drainage defects, structure defects) using open-source GIS technologies such as QGIS, IntraMaps Roam, Spatialite, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, etc. In addition, this mobile GIS can be used in online and offline mode during field work in order to work in all network access conditions. To show the contribution of this system in the retaining wall data collection and risk management, an evaluation of the state of a sample of four retaining walls distributed over the Djelfa town (Algeria) was performed by the mobile GIS. A retaining wall risk score mapping was also performed. The evaluation showed that mobile GIS allows reliable data to be collected and recorded more uniformly and efficiently. It allows real-time visualization on the desktop of the updates made in the field. Therefore, mobile GIS can improve the quality and speed of retaining wall data collection and increase the effectiveness of retaining wall risk management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"749 - 769"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073808","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}

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Evaluating the absolute accuracy of UAV RTK photogrammetry and LiDAR for 3D cultural heritage documentation: a comparative study of DJI zenmuse P1 and L1 systems 评估无人机RTK摄影测量和激光雷达用于三维文化遗产记录的绝对精度：大疆zenmuse P1和L1系统的比较研究

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00642-6

Lovre Panđa, Ante Šiljeg, Fran Domazetović, Ivan Marić, Mladen Jurišić, Dorijan Radočaj, Rina Milošević

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Full size cave 3D modelling using close range photogrammetry and comparison with laser scanning 全尺寸洞穴三维建模使用近距离摄影测量和比较与激光扫描

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00643-5

Gael Cazes, Philippe Vernant, François Baleux, Carla Giuliani, Johan Jouves, Jean-Philip Brugal

{"title":"Full size cave 3D modelling using close range photogrammetry and comparison with laser scanning","authors":"Gael Cazes, Philippe Vernant, François Baleux, Carla Giuliani, Johan Jouves, Jean-Philip Brugal","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00643-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00643-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although underground topography methods have significantly evolved in the past two decades, it is still challenging and often costly to create comprehensive 3D models of caves or artificial cavities. Modern methods used by speleologists, involving the generation of a topographic ‘skeleton’ through laser pointer measurements, enable surveying extensive developments but suffer from a lack of resolution. Conversely, the use of LiDAR technologies, while capable of obtaining sub-millimeter scans, implies the use of expensive equipment and precision electronics often unsuitable for this harsh underground environment. In this study, we propose to test the use of low-cost cameras (action-cam type) for the complete 3D modeling of a cave through photogrammetry aiming to compare the results with a static LiDAR survey based on a series of topographic markers precisely measured with a total station. Our findings indicate that photogrammetry is an approach significantly faster and more adaptable in the field, leading to a substantial reduction in artifacts and shadows compared to static LiDAR usage. Although post-processing involving image correlation is more computationally intensive for photogrammetry, we explore various strategies to reduce the calculation times. Ultimately, we demonstrate that the residual positioning errors on the topographic markers are of similar centimetric magnitude to those of LiDAR. Recent advancements in computing capabilities now make it feasible to consider the use of photogrammetry for extended underground developments, presenting a promising alternative to the more conventionally employed LiDAR in such contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"733 - 747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073579","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}

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BIM-GIS application for documenting and promoting archaeological heritage BIM-GIS应用于考古遗产的记录和推广

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00644-4

Rafael Fernandes Dionizio, Crislandy Kaline Barreiro Marques, Eloisa Dezen-Kempter

{"title":"BIM-GIS application for documenting and promoting archaeological heritage","authors":"Rafael Fernandes Dionizio, Crislandy Kaline Barreiro Marques, Eloisa Dezen-Kempter","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00644-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00644-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The management of cultural landscapes, which encompasses historic buildings and archaeological heritage, faces complex challenges due to the unique nature of these structures and their vastness. An innovative approach to addressing these challenges involves integrating semantically enriched 3D modeling, such as Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM), with Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS). This integration allows for a comprehensive understanding of historical structures at different scales and levels of knowledge, from individual components to territorial contexts and their history. We conducted an innovative study based on the application of HBIM-HGIS for multi-scale digital documentation of architectural heritage, focusing on archaeological heritage, such as the former 20th-century prisons located on Anchieta Island, São Paulo, Brazil. We proceeded in two stages. In the first stage, we collected, georeferenced, and vectorized historical data, adding descriptive information. In the second stage, we modeled the structures in detailed three-dimensional using terrestrial and aerial scanning techniques, integrated HBIM data into a geographic database, and created a 3D WebGIS for data visualization and management. The results demonstrated significant innovation in HBIM-HGIS integration, providing deeper understanding and precise analysis to support the preservation of historical complexes and cultural landscapes. Our approach contributes to more effective and comprehensive management of cultural heritage at various scales, from landscapes to specific details of historic buildings.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"693 - 710"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073549","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}

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Glacier internal structure revealed by automatic image processing-powered classification of radar images 冰川内部结构由自动图像处理驱动的雷达图像分类揭示

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00635-5

Kamil Kachniarz, Mariusz Grabiec, Krzysztof Wróbel, Dariusz Ignatiuk

{"title":"Glacier internal structure revealed by automatic image processing-powered classification of radar images","authors":"Kamil Kachniarz, Mariusz Grabiec, Krzysztof Wróbel, Dariusz Ignatiuk","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00635-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00635-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evolution of glaciers’ internal structure, primarily driven by their thermal state, reflects ongoing climate change. Understanding the thermal structure is essential for studying glacier dynamics, mass balance, and hydrological system. Radio-echo sounding enabled the indirect identification of water-saturated temperate ice (W-STI) and water-free ice (W-FI). A novel automatic image processing method has been applied to eliminate the subjectivity and the time consumption of manual determining layer boundaries. The technique based on local binarization was used to assess the internal state and changes of the Arctic glacier Hansbreen from 2007 to 2021, revealing its evolution from a two-layer to a nearly homogeneous structure containing only temperate ice. The average difference between manual and automatic structure recognition results is 1.8 percentage points. The primary mechanisms of the disappearance of the W-FI layer are surface ablation, reducing the W-FI thickness, and the expansion of drainage zones, diminishing the range of W-FI.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"677 - 692"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12518-025-00635-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Quantifying the magnitude and trend of land use/land cover changes in gilgel gibe catchment, southwest Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚西南部gilgel gibe流域土地利用/土地覆盖变化幅度和趋势的量化

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00639-1

Zewde Alemayehu Tilahun, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen

{"title":"Quantifying the magnitude and trend of land use/land cover changes in gilgel gibe catchment, southwest Ethiopia","authors":"Zewde Alemayehu Tilahun, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh, Abren Gelaw Mekonnen","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00639-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00639-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Analysis of land use/land cover changes is vital to hydrologists, planners and watershed management decision makers to design appropriate response strategies to tackle the undesirable effects of the changes. This study was aimed at analyzing the land use/cover changes of Gilgel Gibe Catchment in 1991 – 2021. LULC data of 1991–2021 were derived from multispectral Landsat images. Data were also gathered using field observations and key informant interview. Data of LULC classes (1991–2021) were generated using supervised classification with maximum likelihood algorithm of ENVI 5.1 and ArcGIS 10.5. Change detection analysis and accuracy assessment were done where accuracy levels all the study periods were > 85%, and the overall Kappa statistics of the periods were > 0.89. Cultivated land and built-up area of the catchment are increasing with increasing magnitude of change; whereas, while forest cover and water body of the catchment are shrinking with declining magnitudes of change, grazing land and shrubland covers are declining with increasing magnitude of change in the catchment. The net increase in degraded land is a reflection of the increasing degradation of natural resources in the catchment. Rapid population growth and the subsequent raising demand for farmland and forest and shrub (e.g. fuel-wood and construction) products, decline yield, unemployment and lack of alternative income source, and open access and limited conservation of resources are the main causes for the dramatic shrinkages of forest, grazing, water body and shrubland resources. Thus, concerned bodies should take rehabilitation measures to restore degraded lands, improve production and yield of farmland by increasing improved farm-inputs and irrigation, and create employment and alternative income sources for the youth, women and the poor so as to ensure sustainable rural livelihoods and to curb the impacts on forest, shrubland and other resources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"655 - 675"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073687","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}

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Stability of road cut slopes along NH-44 in the Kashmir Himalayas: a study using slope mass rating and kinematic analysis 克什米尔喜马拉雅地区NH-44路堑边坡的稳定性：利用边坡质量评级和运动学分析的研究

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Applied Geomatics Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s12518-025-00637-3

Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Zahid Habib, Kainat Aziz

{"title":"Stability of road cut slopes along NH-44 in the Kashmir Himalayas: a study using slope mass rating and kinematic analysis","authors":"Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Zahid Habib, Kainat Aziz","doi":"10.1007/s12518-025-00637-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12518-025-00637-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study assesses the slope stability of various road cut slopes along National Highway (NH-44), which runs from Jawahar Tunnel Banihal to Ramban in the Kashmir Himalaya, India. Frequent landslides along NH-44 disrupt infrastructure, transportation, and the region’s development and economy. Ongoing road widening, tunneling activities, and heavy rainfall during the monsoon season lead to regular slope failures and blockages of NH-44. A comprehensive field survey was conducted to collect lithological and structural data for rock mass characterization, kinematic analysis, and slope stability evaluation. A total of 27 road cut slopes were analyzed for Rock Mass Rating (RMR) and Slope Mass Rating (SMR), while 48 sites were assessed for kinematic analysis. The area was divided into four domains (D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4) based on major structural discontinuities for detailed study and analysis. The RMR values ranged from 8 to 82 (Very Poor to Very Good), while SMR values ranged from 7 to 82 (Very Bad to Very Good). Kinematic analysis identified that most failures are due to planar and wedge failures, with some toppling failures. The slopes, ranging from moderately stable to unstable, are prone to instability and collapse, especially due to changes in slope morphometry and frequent rainfall. The region lies within a tectonically active zone, making the slopes inherently unstable. This study’s integrated approach provides valuable insights into hazard mitigation, highlighting critical failure-prone areas and supporting better planning for infrastructure and sustainable development in the Himalayan region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46286,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geomatics","volume":"17 4","pages":"627 - 654"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073937","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}

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