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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 7, Issue 4

April 2018 - 33 articles

Cover Story: This study explores the inconsistent findings regarding the associations between environmental exposures and leisure-time physical inactivity (LTPI). By comparing the correlations between LTPI and different environmental factors for all counties in the conterminous U.S., the results highlight the spatial non-stationarity of the associations. The existence of spatial non-stationarity that leads to biased estimators, which were often ignored in past research, may be another reason for the inconsistent findings in previous studies besides the modifiable areal unit problem and the uncertain geographic context problem. Thus, the research findings at one location may not be generalized and applied globally. From the perspective of health policy, an effective policy that helps to promote public health in one county may not be effective in another place due to spatial non-stationarity. View the paper here.
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Articles (33)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,114 Views
22 Pages

Use of DEMs Derived from TLS and HRSI Data for Landslide Feature Recognition

  • Maurizio Barbarella,
  • Alessandro Di Benedetto,
  • Margherita Fiani,
  • Domenico Guida and
  • Andrea Lugli

This paper addresses the problems arising from the use of data acquired with two different remote sensing techniques—high-resolution satellite imagery (HRSI) and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)—for the extraction of digital elevation mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,800 Views
21 Pages

Land Cover Mapping from Remotely Sensed and Auxiliary Data for Harmonized Official Statistics

  • Hugo Costa,
  • Diana Almeida,
  • Francisco Vala,
  • Filipe Marcelino and
  • Mário Caetano

This paper describes a general framework alternative to the traditional surveys that are commonly performed to estimate, for statistical purposes, the areal extent of predefined land cover classes across Europe. The framework has been funded by Euros...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,653 Views
20 Pages

Over the past decade, big data, including Global Positioning System (GPS) data, mobile phone tracking data and social media check-in data, have been widely used to analyse human movements and behaviours. Tourism management researchers have noted the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,753 Views
18 Pages

Existing spatial community detection algorithms are usually modularity based. Motivated by different applications, these algorithms build appropriate spatial null models to describe spatial effects on the connection of nodes. Then, by choosing certai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,292 Views
14 Pages

An Autonomous Ultra-Wide Band-Based Attitude and Position Determination Technique for Indoor Mobile Laser Scanning

  • Lawrence Lau,
  • Yiming Quan,
  • Jingjing Wan,
  • Ning Zhou,
  • Conghua Wen,
  • Nie Qian and
  • Faming Jing

Mobile laser scanning (MLS) has been widely used in three-dimensional (3D) city modelling data collection, such as Google cars for Google Map/Earth. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has recently emerged and become prominent. 3D models of building...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,266 Views
19 Pages

Adequate biomass feedstock supply is an important factor in evaluating the financial feasibility of alternative site locations for bioenergy facilities and for maintaining profitability once a facility is built. We used newly developed spatial analys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
223 Citations
17,347 Views
21 Pages

Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and Modeling of Urban Land Expansion by the Integration of Cellular Automata and Markov Chain

  • Bhagawat Rimal,
  • Lifu Zhang,
  • Hamidreza Keshtkar,
  • Barry N. Haack,
  • Sushila Rijal and
  • Peng Zhang

This study explored the past and present land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes and urban expansion pattern for the cities of the Kathmandu valley and their surroundings using Landsat satellite images from 1988 to 2016. For a better analysis, LULC change...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,857 Views
13 Pages

The virtual reality of the landscape environment supplies a high level of realism of the real environment, and may improve the public awareness and acceptance of wind park projects. The soundscape around wind parks could have a strong influence on th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,651 Views
14 Pages

The Implementation of Spatial Planning Objects in a 3D Cadastral Model

  • Jarosław Bydłosz,
  • Agnieszka Bieda and
  • Piotr Parzych

The paper concerns spatial planning in Poland and its connection with the cadastre. The Polish spatial planning system defines the set of colours, lines, hatches, etc. destined for the preparations of spatial plans, though this has so far not been fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,140 Views
22 Pages

Fusing Georeferenced and Stereoscopic Image Data for 3D Building Façade Reconstruction

  • Konstantinos Bacharidis,
  • Froso Sarri,
  • Vasilis Paravolidakis,
  • Lemonia Ragia and
  • Michalis Zervakis

3D building façade reconstruction has become a very popular topic in various applications related to restoration and preservation of architectural structures as well as urban planning. This paper deals with the reconstruction of realistic 3D m...

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ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. - ISSN 2220-9964