Environmental Modelling and Monitoring

(including Geographical Information Science and Remote Sensing)

Overview of GIS Research

• An Overview of GIS Research at Edinburgh

Research Themes

Environmental Database Management

• Tephrabase: a database of volcanic ash layers
• The Scottish Palaeoecological Archive Database and its precursor, the Scottish Palaeoecological Site Index
• A demonstration of the utility of Local Environment Agency Plans on the Internet

Environmental Modelling

• Using GIS for Eagle Conservation
• The Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Survey and Mapping for Environmental Monitoring in Belize
• Creating landscape visualisations for Arthur's Seat - the Edinburgh Volcano

GIS Performance and Parallel Processing

• Our GIS Parallel Architectures Laboratory (GIS-PAL) acts as a focus for research in GIS Performance, parallel algorithm design and parallel database management.

Internetworking GIS

• The popular World-Wide Earthquake Locator
• The web demonstration of ScotLIS - Scotland's Land Information System
• The Gazetteer for Scotland Project
• Internetworked Maps of Volcanic Ash Layers (see also TephraBase above)
• Virtual Landscapes with Java
• The first Arc/Info - WWW Interface (of historical interest)

Map Generalisation

• Map Generalisation using Agent-based decision making (a multi-national collaborative project)

Other Research Projects

• Database of GIS Master's Student Research Projects

Information about GIS Research Groups & Units

• The GIS & Environmental Modelling Reading Group
• PDMS - Planning and Data Management Service
• Regional Research Laboratory for Scotland
• GISA - GIS Applications (software and consultancy)

More Information about GIS at Edinburgh

• The Edinburgh Masters Programme in GIS
• Training Programmes in GIS
• The Edinburgh GIS WWW Server