GISRUK 2007 Proceedings

GISRUK 2007


Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference


National Centre for Geocomputation
National University of Ireland Maynooth
11th-13th April 2007

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
COMPLETE PROCEEDINGS
Individual Papers
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
The Disappearing GIS Mike Worboys
Representation and Computation of Geographic Dynamics Michael Goodchild
Charting a course for network research: GEOIDE's research directions Nicholas R. Chrisman
Building a Spatial Data Infrastructure for Europe: the many research questions for which we need answers. Max Craglia and Alessandro Annoni
Section 1A: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Towards a post-colonial GIS Kate Moore  
Educational Planning in Palestine: the role of PPGIS Khitam Shraim & Richard Kingston
Examining the potential of Internet-based Geographical Information Systems for promoting public participation in wind farm planning in the UK Robert Berry, Gary Higgs, David Kidner and Mitch Langford
Developing and Applying a User-friendly Web-based GIS for Participative Environmental Assessment A. Gonzalez, A. Gilmer, R. Foley, J. Sweeney & J. Fry
Section 1B: EDUCATION
Modifying the 2001 Census Output Area Classification (OAC) for applications in Higher Education. A. Singleton, P. Longley.
Avalanche education with mLearning Christoph Suter, Ross S. Purves and Stephan Harvey
Towards a Framework for Supporting GIS Competencies in Local Government Ann Hockey
Using GIS data in a m:n-ACk cellular automaton to perform an avalanche simulation Pau Fonseca i Casas, Santiago Rodríguez Fontoba
Section 1C: DATA CAPTURE
A GIS tool for the digitisation and visualisation of footpath hazards John R. Tullis
Inertial Navigation Sensor and GPS integrated for Mobile mapping Stephen Foy, Catherine Deegan, Ciara Mulvihill, Conor Fitzgerald, Charles Markham, Simon McLoughlin.
A Model for the Representation of Evolving Road Features Alex Lohfink
Section 2A: META-DATA AND ONTOLOGY
Implementing ISO-compliant Feature Metadata James K Batcheller, Femke Reitsma, Bruce M Gittings
Approaches for providing user relevant metadata and data quality assessments A.J. Comber, P.F. Fisher, R.A. Wadsworth
Relating Land Use to the Landscape Character: Toward an Ontological Inference Tool M. K. Thomson, R. Béra
Spatial Concepts in a Topographic Ontology Framework K. Kovacs, C. Dolbear and J. Goodwin
Using Structured English to Author a Topographic Hydrology Ontology Glen Hart, Catherine Dolbear, Katalin Kovacs, John Goodwin, Sheng Zhou
Section 2B: ENVIRONMENT
GIS data capture of glacier change in western Canada Roger Wheate, Nancy Alexander  and Brian Menounos
Application of GIS and logistic regression to fossil pollen data in modelling present and past spatial distribution of the Colombian savanna. S.G.A. Flantua, J.H. van Boxel, H. Hooghiemstra, J. van Smaalen
Developing a Seabed Resurvey Strategy: A GIS approach to modelling seabed changes and resurvey risk A. M. Bakare, J. Morley, R. Simons
Extracting Dynamics of Multiple Indicators for Spatial recognition of Ecoclimatic zones in Circum-Saharan Africa Didier Leibovici, Gilbert Quilevere
Understanding Risk on Volcanic Islands:  a Research Agenda C. J. Lowe, M. Haklay, P. Longley, W. J. McGuire
Section 2C: TRANSPORT
A Framework for Network-based Vehicle Navigation Systems Qingquan Li, Lin Xu, Bijun Li, Bisheng Yang
The application of Inter-Vehicle Communication system to ITS Lei Yan, Maria Kihl, Yuefeng Liu, Lina He
A GIS based approach to Predicting Road Surface Temperatures Richard Fry, Lionel Slade, George Taylor and Ian Davy
Burning Algorithm for Route Planning of Multi-Mode Public Transport Networks Zheng Jianghua, Liu Zhihui and Zhang Xin
GIS Support for Sustainable Regional Transport System Jianquan Cheng, Frank le Clercq, Luca Bertolini, Loek Kapoen
Section 3A: GEODEMOGRAPHICS
Putting geography back into geodemographics Martin Callingham
Health Applications for Open Geodemographics J. Petersen, D. Ashby and P. Atkinson
TravelStyle: Berlin's First Geodemographic Profiling Tool T. Duckenfield, S.Quan, N. Rudolf
Assessing Population Surface Models using the Northern Ireland Census Grid Square Resource C. D. Lloyd, D. J. Martin, I. G. Shuttleworth
Section 3B: REMOTE SENSING
Synthesis and Modification of Remotely Sensed Imagery Stephen Brooks
Satellite Image Data Service - Providing New Geodata Services and Satellite Imagery  G. R. Millin, K. Kitmitto
Segmentation Evaluation for Object Based Remotely Sensed Image Analysis Padraig Corcoran & Adam Winstanley
Automatic computation of river channel bifurcation angles Jonathan Hasthorpe and Nick Mount
Section 3C: VISUALISATION
Geographically weighted visualization - interactive graphics for scale-varying exploratory analysis  Chris Brunsdon, Jason Dykes
Understanding geovisualization users and their requirements - a user-centred approach David Lloyd and Jason Dykes
Towards a Comprehensive Multilayer Hybrid Display for GIS Data Stephen Brooks and Jacqueline L. Whalley
Marine GIS: 3D Graphics Applied to Maritime Safety R. I. Goralski, C. M. Gold
Section 4A: LOCATION-BASED SERVICES
Urban Location Based Services using Mobile Clients: the ICiNG approach Eoin Kilfeather, James Carswell, Keith Gardener, Seamus Rooney
Ask the expert: The potential for location-based support in the fire service Jim Nixon, Sarah Sharples, Mike Jackson
A Synchronised Virtual Environment for Developing Location-Aware Mobile Applications Gary Priestnall, Gemma Polmear
Section 4B: DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS
A Dual-frequency GPS survey to test medium-scale DTM data quality and to generate precise DTM data for sea-level rise prediction in protected habitat areas. Seamus Coveney, Stewart Fotheringham, Martin Charlton, John Sweeney
Accuracy Assessment of Digital Elevation Models XiaoHang Liu, Peng Hu
A tool for assessing error in digital elevation models from a user's perspective A. R. Darnell, N. J. Tate, and C. Brunsdon
Section 5A: CATCHMENTS AND MOBILITY
Commuting in Northern Ireland: Exploring Spatial Variations through Spatial Interaction Modelling C. D. Lloyd, I. G. Shuttleworth, G. Catney
Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility Kamalasudhan Achuthan, Helena Titheridge and Roger Mackett    
Kernel Density Estimation and Percent Volume Contours in General Practice Catchment Area Analysis in Urban Areas Maurizio Gibin, Paul Longley, Phil Atkinson
Modelling Commuting Catchments in Ireland: A Hierarchical Approach using GIS. Meredith, D., Charlton, M., Foley, R., and Walsh, J.
Exploring the effect of a new railway on trips and travel as a component of personal mobility in rural West Yorkshire, 1840-1900 Susan Major
Modelling school catchments for segregation studies R. Harris, R. Johnston, S. Burgess, D. Wilson
Section 5B: GI SYSTEMS AND ANALYSIS
EuroSDR a multi-level network linking European Geoinformation production with Research and Development Kevin Mooney
Representing Spatial Geographical Data via variations of Volume and Tempo in Sound Nick Bearman and Nicholas J. Tate
Analysing mouse movements to infer spatial interests E. Mac Aoidh, M. Bertolotto
A comparison of morphometric and web prominence of mountain features Ian Greatbatch, Jo Wood, Peter Fisher
A Classification of Spatial Processes Based on PDEs Barbara Hofer
A Comparison between using OS Landline™ and Mastermap™ Products as a Means for identifying Socio-environmental Areas in an Urban-Rural Mosaic Nigel Walford and Richard Armitage
The use of Kohonen mapping for the elucidation of space-time trajectories of multiple parameters: potential applications in fluvial geomorphology. Dan Weaver and Nick Mount
Section 6A: DATA AND INFORMATION CAPTURE
Automatic identification of Hills and Ranges using Morphometric Analysis Omair Chaudhry and William Mackaness
Classifying Buildings Automatically: A Methodology Masroor Hussain; Chris Daves; Robert Barr
Empirical experiments on the nature of Swiss mountains Curdin Derungs and Ross S. Purves
Extending Irregular Cellular Automata with Geometric Proportional Analogies Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue, Emma-Claire Mullally
Section 6B: DATA MODELLING
Quantifying Urban Visibility Using 3D Space Syntax C. Schroder, W. Mackaness, F.. Reitsma
Confidence and Groundwater Flood Mapping AA Mckenzie, JP Bloomfield, A Hulbert and HK Rutter
Spatiotemporal Data Model for Managing Volumetric Surface Movement Data in Virtual Geographical Information Systems M.R.M. Shafry, M.S.A. Rashid, M. Shattri, M.A. Rodzi, D. Daut
A First Step Towards the Automated Production of Incident Demarcation Zones: The Need for An Intelligent Hybrid Modelling Approach V. Karasová, R. Abrahart, M. Jackson, G. Priestnall,
Section 7A: GENERALISATION
Morphing Polygonal Lines: A Step Towards Continuous Generalization D. Merrick, M. Nöllenburg, A. Wolff, M. Benkert
Comparison of region approximation techniques based on Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams Michael Barclay and Antony Galton
Representing Forested Regions at Small Scales: Automatic Derivation from the Very Large Scale. W. Mackaness, S. Perikleous, O. Chaudhry
Automated schematic map production using Simulated Annealing and Gradient Descent approaches Suchith Anand, Silvania Avelar, J. Mark Ware, Mike Jackson
Characterising Linear Point Patterns J.A. Downs and M.W. Horner
Section 7B: SPATIAL STATISTICS
Fuel Poverty in Scotland: refining spatial resolution in the Scottish Fuel Poverty Indicator using a GIS based multiple risk index Colin Morrison and Niamh K Shortt
Housing stock surveys in GIS systems using pattern recognition S. C. Lannon, D. K. Alexander, P. J. Jones
Spatial Trends of unpaid caregiving in Ireland Stamatis Kalogirou,  Ronan Foley
The Spatial Disaggregation of GB and European Agricultural Land Use Statistics Colin J. McClean
A combined pycnophylactic-dasymetric method for disaggregating spatial data: the example of agricultural land use Alexis Comber, Chris Proctor, Steve Anthony
POSTERS
A New Technique about Selecting Base Points of the Territorial Sea Based on the Principle of Convex Hull Creating R.C. Peng, J.Y.Wang, Z. Tian, L.X.Guo, G.H. Liu, Y.D. Zheng
Spatio-temporal Personalised Web Search A.N. Alazzawi, A.I. Abdelmoty, and C.B. Jones
LIDAR for Flood Defence Niamh O'Hagan
Water Quality Analysis of Aksu-Tarim River Based on Remote Sensing Data Ding Jianli   Tashpolat·Tiyip   Hamit·Yimit  Zheng Jianghua
RS & GIS Based Analysis of Snow distribution & Change in Emin River Basin, Xinjiang, China LIU Zhihui, PEI Huan, FANG Shifeng, JIANG Hong, ZHENG Jianghua, ZHAO Qiudong, LU Zhi, LI Min
Updating Road Network Databases: Road Segment Grouping Using Snap-Drift Neural Network  Frank Ekpenyong, Allan Brimicombe, Dominic Palmer-Brown
The generation of river channel skeletons from binary images using raster thinning algorithms. Jonathan Hasthorpe and Nick Mount
Multiscale analysis of hillslope height for geomorphometry Ross S. Purves and Oliver Korup
A Computer-aided Method for Paper Chart Correction R.C. Peng, Y. Chen, L.X. Guo, Z. Tian, Y.D. Zheng, G.H. Liu