Journal Description
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on geo-information. The journal is owned by the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) and is published monthly online by MDPI.
- Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
- High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), GeoRef, PubAg, dblp, Astrophysics Data System, Inspec, and other databases.
- Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Remote Sensing) / CiteScore - Q1 (Geography, Planning and Development)
- Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 35.8 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.2 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2024).
- Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor:
2.8 (2023);
5-Year Impact Factor:
3.0 (2023)
Latest Articles
Geospatial Framework for Assessing the Suitability and Demand for Agricultural Digital Solutions in Europe: A Tool for Informed Decision-Making
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050185 - 25 Apr 2025
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This study introduces a geospatial comprehensive methodological system aimed at evaluating the suitability and need for agricultural digital solutions (ADSs) across Europe. This system integrates a diverse range of factors, including geophysical characteristics, climate patterns, and socioeconomic conditions, evaluated at regional- and farm-specific
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This study introduces a geospatial comprehensive methodological system aimed at evaluating the suitability and need for agricultural digital solutions (ADSs) across Europe. This system integrates a diverse range of factors, including geophysical characteristics, climate patterns, and socioeconomic conditions, evaluated at regional- and farm-specific levels. By leveraging open-source Earth observations and socioeconomic data, we develop multiple performance, environmental, and socioeconomic similarity indexes that compare regions based on shared characteristics, such as soil quality, climate, and socioeconomic factors. Using advanced statistical and multi-criteria analysis tools, these indexes are tailored to different stages of agricultural production, enabling region-specific assessments that identify and prioritize the needs for digital solutions across Europe. The results indicate that the developed indexes effectively categorize regions based on comparable characteristics, facilitating the targeted recommendation of ADSs. Additionally, a connectivity performance index is created to assess the local deployment model of agricultural digital solutions (cloud, edge, or mixed), ensuring that the recommendations for technological implementation are feasible and effective given the local connectivity conditions.
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Park Development, Potential Measurement, and Site Selection Study Based on Interpretable Machine Learning—A Case Study of Shenzhen City, China
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Haihong Li and Li He
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 184; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050184 - 24 Apr 2025
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Scientific site selection for urban parks is an important way to increase urban resilience and safeguard people’s well-being. Aiming at the lack of systematic consideration in the traditional park siting research, this study utilizes geographically weighted regression to explore the various characteristic factors
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Scientific site selection for urban parks is an important way to increase urban resilience and safeguard people’s well-being. Aiming at the lack of systematic consideration in the traditional park siting research, this study utilizes geographically weighted regression to explore the various characteristic factors affecting the spatial distribution of parks, and based on this, combines the random forest model and the interpretable model to accurately assess the potential of parks on urban land in Shenzhen and provide the basis for site selection. The study indicates that: ① Shenzhen’s parks exhibit complex differentiation characteristics in terms of natural landscape elements and the intensity of economic activities; ② The geographically weighted random forest (GWRF) model has better learning and generalization capabilities compared to the random forest (RF) model, and the average accuracy of the GWRF model is improved by 0.04 compared to the traditional RF model; ③ The park’s development potential is divided according to the results of the GWRF model, with 52.01% denoted as the potential incubation zone, 21.15% the potential accumulation zone, 8.25% the potential growth zone, and 18.59% the potential core zone; ④ Through interpretability analysis, it is identified that vegetation coverage, the density of tourist attractions or points of interest (POI), slope, elevation, and nighttime light intensity are the most significant factors affecting park development potential, while the distance to roads and the distance to bodies of water are the least influential factors. The research systematically explores a quantitative evaluation framework for the development potential of Shenzhen’s parks, opening new theoretical pathways and practical paradigms for the sustainable development planning of Shenzhen under the “Park City” concept.
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The Urban–Rural Education Divide: A GIS-Based Assessment of the Spatial Accessibility of High Schools in Romania
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Angelo Andi Petre, Liliana Dumitrache, Alina Mareci and Alexandra Cioclu
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 183; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050183 - 24 Apr 2025
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Educational achievement plays a significant role in the labour market, benefiting individuals and society. Graduating from high school is a key step towards better employment opportunities and a prerequisite for higher education attainment. In 2023, only 22.5% of the Romanian population graduated tertiary
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Educational achievement plays a significant role in the labour market, benefiting individuals and society. Graduating from high school is a key step towards better employment opportunities and a prerequisite for higher education attainment. In 2023, only 22.5% of the Romanian population graduated tertiary education, while 16.6% left education or training early. The Romanian public high school network comprises 1558 units, mostly located in urban areas. The high school enrolment rate is 83.5% in urban areas, and it drops to less than 60% in rural areas, with the country registering the highest out-of-school rate in the EU for the 15-year-old population. Spatial accessibility may influence enrolment in high schools, particularly for students living in rural or remote areas, who often face financial challenges fuelled by long distances and limited transportation options. Hence, travel distance may represent a potential barrier to completing the educational process or may determine inequalities in educational opportunities and outcomes. This paper aims to assess the spatial accessibility of the public high school network in Romania by using distance data provided by the Open Street Map API (Application Programming Interface). We examine variations in spatial accessibility based on the distribution of high school units and road network characteristics considering three variables: travel distance to the nearest high school, the average distance to three different categories of high schools, and the number of high schools located within a 20 km buffer zone. The results highlight a significant urban–rural divide in the availability of public high school facilities, with 84.1% (n = 1311) located in urban areas while 49.1% of the high school-aged population lives in rural areas. Many rural communities lack adequate educational facilities, often having limited options for high school education. The findings also show that 32% of the high school-aged population has to travel more than 10 km to the nearest high school, and 7% has no high school options within a 20 km buffer zone. This study provides insights into the educational landscape in Romania, pointing out areas with limited access to high schools, which contributes to further inequalities in educational attainment. The findings may serve as a basis for developing policies and practices to bridge the urban–rural divide in educational opportunities and foster a more equitable and inclusive education system.
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Hybrid Learning Model of Global–Local Graph Attention Network and XGBoost for Inferring Origin–Destination Flows
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Zhenyu Shan, Fei Yang, Xingzi Shi and Yaping Cui
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050182 - 24 Apr 2025
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Origin–destination (OD) flows are essential for urban studies, yet their acquisition is often hampered by high costs and privacy constraints. Prevailing inference methodologies inadequately address latent spatial dependencies between non-contiguous and distant areas, which are useful for understanding modern transportation systems with expanding
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Origin–destination (OD) flows are essential for urban studies, yet their acquisition is often hampered by high costs and privacy constraints. Prevailing inference methodologies inadequately address latent spatial dependencies between non-contiguous and distant areas, which are useful for understanding modern transportation systems with expanding regional interactions. To address these challenges, this paper propose a hybrid learning model with the Global–Local Graph Attention Network and XGBoost (GLGAT-XG) to infer OD flows from both global and local geographic contextual information. First, we represent the study area as an undirected weighted graph. Second, we design the GLGAT to encode spatial correlation and urban feature information into the embeddings within a multitask setup. Specifically, the GLGAT employs a graph transformer to capture global spatial correlations and a graph attention network to extract local spatial correlations followed by weighted fusion to ensure validity. Finally, OD flow inference is performed by XGBoost based on the GLGAT-generated embeddings. The experimental results of multiple real-world datasets demonstrate an 8% improvement in RMSE, 7% in MAE, and 10% in CPC over baselines. Additionally, we produce a multi-scale OD dataset in Xian, China, to further reveal spatial-scale effects. This research builds on existing OD flow inference methodologies and offers significant practical implications for urban planning and sustainable development.
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The Integration of Geospatial Data for the BIM-Based Inventory of a Skatepark—A Case Study
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Przemysław Klapa and Maciej Małek
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 181; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050181 - 24 Apr 2025
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Sports facilities encompass diverse spaces tailored to various sports disciplines, each characterized by unique shapes and sizes. Skateparks, renowned for their avant-garde designs, are meticulously crafted to exude distinctiveness, featuring an array of constructions, surfaces, and intricate shapes. Traditional measurement methods often struggle
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Sports facilities encompass diverse spaces tailored to various sports disciplines, each characterized by unique shapes and sizes. Skateparks, renowned for their avant-garde designs, are meticulously crafted to exude distinctiveness, featuring an array of constructions, surfaces, and intricate shapes. Traditional measurement methods often struggle to capture the spatial, structural, and architectural diversity of these facilities. Constructing 3D models, particularly with Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, faces inherent challenges due to the complex and individualistic nature of skateparks. The crux lies in acquiring credible and comprehensive spatial and construction-related information. Geospatial data emerges as a viable solution, effectively addressing the skatepark’s myriad forms while upholding information accuracy and reliability. By gathering, processing, and integrating Terrestrial Laser Scanning and drone-based photogrammetry point cloud data, a precise spatial foundation is established for BIM model generation. Leveraging the integrated point cloud and photographic data aids in identifying elements and construction materials, facilitating the creation of detailed technical documentation and life-like visualizations. This not only supports condition assessment and maintenance planning, but also assists in strategically planning facility expansions, renovations, or component replacements. Moreover, BIM technology streamlines facility information management by preserving vital object-related data in a structured database, enhancing overall efficiency and effectiveness.
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Georeferencing Building Information Models for BIM/GIS Integration: A Review of Methods and Tools
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Peyman Azari, Songnian Li, Ahmed Shaker and Shahram Sattar
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(5), 180; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050180 - 22 Apr 2025
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With the rise of urban digital twins and smart cities, the integration of building information modeling (BIM) and geospatial information systems (GISs) have captured the interest of researchers. Although significant advancements have been achieved in this field, challenges persist in the georeferencing of
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With the rise of urban digital twins and smart cities, the integration of building information modeling (BIM) and geospatial information systems (GISs) have captured the interest of researchers. Although significant advancements have been achieved in this field, challenges persist in the georeferencing of BIM models, which is one of the fundamental challenges in integrating BIM and GIS models. These challenges stem from dissimilarities between the BIM and GIS domains, including different georeferencing definitions, different coordinate systems utilization, and a lack of correspondence between the engineering system of BIM and the project’s geographical location. This review critically examines the significance of georeferencing within this integration, outlines and compares various methods for georeferencing BIM data in detail, and surveys existing software tools that facilitate this process. The findings underscore the need for increased attention to georeferencing issues from both domains, aiming to enhance the seamless integration of BIM and GIS.
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Simulating Co-Evolution and Knowledge Transfer in Logistic Clusters Using a Multi-Agent-Based Approach
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Aitor Salas-Peña and Juan Carlos García-Palomares
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040179 - 20 Apr 2025
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Some complex social networks are driven by adaptive and co-evolutionary patterns. However, these can be difficult to detect and analyse since the links between actors are circumstantial and often not revealed. This paper employs a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrated multi-agent-based approach to
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Some complex social networks are driven by adaptive and co-evolutionary patterns. However, these can be difficult to detect and analyse since the links between actors are circumstantial and often not revealed. This paper employs a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrated multi-agent-based approach to simulate co-evolution in a complex social network. A case study is proposed for the modelling of contractual relationships between road freight transport companies. The model employs empirical data from a survey of transport companies located in the Basque Country (Spain) and utilises the DBSCAN community detection algorithm to simulate the effect of cluster size in the network. Additionally, a local spatial association indicator is employed to identify potentially favourable environments. The model enables the evolution of the network, leading to more complex collaborative structures. By means of iterative simulations, the study demonstrates how collaborative networks self-organise by distributing activity and knowledge and evolving into complex polarised systems. Furthermore, the simulations with different minimum cluster sizes indicate that clusters benefit the agents that are part of them, although they are not a determining factor in the network participation of other non-clustered agents.
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(This article belongs to the Topic Spatial Decision Support Systems for Urban Sustainability)
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Spatial Analysis of Urban Expansion and Energy Consumption Using Nighttime Light Data: A Comparative Study of Google Earth Engine and Traditional Methods for Improved Living Spaces
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Thidapath Anucharn, Phongsakorn Hongpradit, Niti Iamchuen and Supattra Puttinaovarat
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040178 - 18 Apr 2025
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This study employs a dual methodological approach, integrating Google Earth Engine (GEE) and unsupervised classification (UNSUP) to analyze urban expansion patterns in Chiang Mai province using nighttime light imagery. The research utilizes Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite data from 2014 to
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This study employs a dual methodological approach, integrating Google Earth Engine (GEE) and unsupervised classification (UNSUP) to analyze urban expansion patterns in Chiang Mai province using nighttime light imagery. The research utilizes Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite data from 2014 to 2023 to assess urban growth dynamics. The primary objectives are to (1) evaluate the performance of GEE and UNSUP in nighttime light data processing, (2) validate urban area classification accuracy using multiple assessment metrics, and (3) examine the relationship between nighttime light intensity and electricity consumption through Pearson’s correlation analysis, thereby establishing urban growth patterns. The methodological framework incorporates a dual-threshold classification mechanism in GEE and K-means clustering in traditional geospatial software. Accuracy assessment is conducted using 256 stratified random sampling points, complemented by land use and land cover (LULC) data for ground truth validation. The results indicate that GEE consistently outperforms UNSUP, achieving overall accuracy values between 0.80 and 0.82, compared to 0.73 and 0.76 for UNSUP. The Kappa coefficient for GEE ranges from 0.60 to 0.65, whereas UNSUP demonstrates lower agreement with ground truth data (0.44–0.52). Furthermore, both approaches reveal a significant correlation between electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity, with R2 = 0.9744 for GEE and R2 = 0.9759 for UNSUP, confirming the efficacy of nocturnal illumination data in urban expansion monitoring. The findings indicate that urban areas in Chiang Mai have expanded by approximately 70% over the study period. This research contributes to the field by demonstrating the effectiveness of integrated geospatial methodologies in urban development analysis. The findings offer urban planners and policymakers critical insights for sustainable urban growth management and decision-making.
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(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Information for Improved Living Spaces)
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A Study of the Non-Linear Relationship Between Urban Morphology and Vitality in Heritage Areas Based on Multi-Source Data and Machine Learning: A Case Study of Dalian
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He Li and Li Miao
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 177; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040177 - 18 Apr 2025
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The preservation of historic heritage not only fosters cultural significance and socio-economic development, but also enhances urban competitiveness. Investigating the vitality of historic urban areas is crucial for measuring their developmental attractiveness, contributing to more effective preservation and planning. However, existing research primarily
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The preservation of historic heritage not only fosters cultural significance and socio-economic development, but also enhances urban competitiveness. Investigating the vitality of historic urban areas is crucial for measuring their developmental attractiveness, contributing to more effective preservation and planning. However, existing research primarily focuses on urban areas, leaving the applicability of urban form elements to heritage sites and their influence mechanisms unclear. This study employs XGBoost and SHAP, utilizing geographic big data and deep learning techniques, to determine whether the urban form elements impacting the vitality of heritage and urban areas are the same or exhibit different spatial distributions and diurnal variations. Empirical analysis of Dalian reveals significant diurnal variations in the factors affecting vitality, along with distinct key elements for both heritage and urban areas. This study is innovative in being the first to apply deep learning methods to analyze the factors influencing the vitality of Dalian’s heritage areas at the district scale, providing theoretical support for enhancing vitality and promoting urban development.
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Static–Dynamic Analytical Framework for Urban Health Resilience Evaluation and Influencing Factor Exploration from the Perspective of Public Health Emergencies—Case Study of 61 Cities in Mainland China
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Meijie Chen, Mingjun Peng, Bowen Li, Zhongliang Cai and Rui Li
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040176 - 17 Apr 2025
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With the acceleration of urbanization, citizens are facing more pandemic challenges. A deeper understanding of constructing more resilient cities can help citizens be better prepared for potential future pandemics or disasters. In this study, a static–dynamic analytical framework for urban health resilience evaluation
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With the acceleration of urbanization, citizens are facing more pandemic challenges. A deeper understanding of constructing more resilient cities can help citizens be better prepared for potential future pandemics or disasters. In this study, a static–dynamic analytical framework for urban health resilience evaluation and influencing factor exploration was proposed, which helped not only to analyze the basic static urban health resilience (SUHRI) under normal conditions but also to evaluate the dynamic urban health resilience (DURHI) under an external epidemic shock. The epidemic dynamic model could reasonably simulate the epidemic change trend and quantitatively evaluate resistance and recovery capacity, and the proposed influencing factor exploration model improved the model fitness by filtering out the influence of population flow autocorrelation existing in the residuals. SUHRI and DUHRI, and their corresponding key influencing factors, were compared and discussed. The results of the static–dynamic integration and difference score showed that 60.6% cities within the study area had a similar performance on SUHRI and DUHRI, but there was also a typical difference: some regional hubs exhibited high SUHRI but had only mid-level DUHRI, which was attributed to stronger external disturbances such as higher population mobility. The key influencing factors for static and dynamic urban health resilience also vary. Hospital capacity and income had the strongest influence on static urban health resilience but a relatively weaker or even non-significant correlation with dynamic urban health resilience sub-indices. The extracted population flow eigenvector collection had the strongest influence on dynamic urban health resilience, as it represents the population flow connection among cities, which could reflect the information of policy response, such as policy stringency and support intensity. We hope that our study will shed some light on constructing more resilient urban systems and being prepared for future public health emergencies.
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Three-Dimensional Outdoor Pedestrian Road Network Map Construction Based on Crowdsourced Trajectory Data
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Jianbo Tang, Tianyu Zhang, Junjie Ding, Ke Tao, Chen Yang, Jianbing Xiang and Xia Ning
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 175; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040175 - 17 Apr 2025
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Due to the complexity of outdoor environments, we still face challenges in collecting up-to-date outdoor road network maps because of high data collection costs, resulting in a lack of navigation road network maps in outdoor scenarios. Existing road network extraction methods are mainly
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Due to the complexity of outdoor environments, we still face challenges in collecting up-to-date outdoor road network maps because of high data collection costs, resulting in a lack of navigation road network maps in outdoor scenarios. Existing road network extraction methods are mainly divided into trajectory data-based and remote sensing image-based methods. Due to factors such as tree occlusion, methods based on remote sensing images struggle to extract complete road information in outdoor environments. The methods based on trajectory data mainly use vehicle trajectories to extract two-dimensional roads, lacking three-dimensional (3D) road information such as elevation and slope, which are important for navigation path planning in outdoor scenarios. Given this, this paper proposes a hierarchical map construction method for extracting the three-dimensional outdoor pedestrian road network based on crowdsourced trajectory data. This method models the pedestrian road network as a graph composed of pedestrian areas, intersections, and road segments connecting these areas. Three-dimensional roads within and between the intersection areas are generated hierarchically. Experiments and comparative analyses were conducted using real-world outdoor trajectory datasets. Results show that the proposed method has higher accuracy in extracting 3D road information than existing methods.
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Geospatial Analysis of Regional Disparities in Non-Grain Cultivation: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Mechanisms in Jiangsu, China
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Yingxi Chen, Yan Xu and Nannan Ye
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 174; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040174 - 17 Apr 2025
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Balancing regional disparities in non-grainization is vital for stable grain production and sustainable urbanization. This study employs geospatial analysis to examine the spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of non-grainization in Jiangsu Province from 2001 to 2020. By integrating geospatial data from 77 county-level
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Balancing regional disparities in non-grainization is vital for stable grain production and sustainable urbanization. This study employs geospatial analysis to examine the spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of non-grainization in Jiangsu Province from 2001 to 2020. By integrating geospatial data from 77 county-level units and employing spatial autocorrelation analysis, multiple linear regression, and mixed geographically weighted regression (MGWR), this study reveals the spatial heterogeneity and key driving factors of non-grainization. The results indicate strong spatial dependence, with persistent high–high clusters in economically developed southern/coastal areas and low–low clusters in northern regions. Furthermore, the driving mechanism shifted significantly over the two decades. Early constraints from natural endowments (e.g., elevation’s positive impact significantly weakened post 2010) and individual economics diminished with technological progress, while macroeconomic development became dominant, influencing both scale and structure. Infrastructure improvements (reflected by rural electricity use) consistently limited non-grainization; some factors showed phased effects, and annual mean precipitation emerged as a significant influence in 2020. MGWR revealed substantial, dynamic spatial heterogeneity in these drivers’ impacts across different periods. These findings highlight the importance of geoinformation tools in managing regional disparities. Integrating spatial and socio-economic analysis offers practical insights for policymakers to develop targeted strategies that balance food security with agricultural diversification.
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Redundancies of Construction Land in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region (2000–2020)
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Ting Zhang, Rui Shen, Yongqing Xie, Haowen Gao and Weitong Lv
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 173; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040173 - 16 Apr 2025
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Excessive redundancy of construction land in county-level units within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has become a significant obstacle to achieving high-quality development. The objective of this study is to discover the spatial and temporal patterns of redundancy of construction land, with a view to
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Excessive redundancy of construction land in county-level units within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has become a significant obstacle to achieving high-quality development. The objective of this study is to discover the spatial and temporal patterns of redundancy of construction land, with a view to providing insights for promoting efficient land use. The study employs the SBM-DEA model, Markov transfer probability matrix analysis, and multiple regression analysis to analyze the spatial change characteristics, spatial differentiation, and influencing factors of construction land redundancy in this Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei county unit during the period of 2000–2020. The study shows that the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei county unit has a serious oversupply of land and, combined with the reasons for redundancy in each sub-region, the degree of spatial redundancy has already formed a spatial lock-in effect. The degree of redundancy of construction land is affected by a variety of factors such as location, scale, economy, and facilities. Furthermore, the study puts forward suggestions for improving land use efficiency in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei county units by adjusting the construction land supply and demand relationship, mechanisms to facilitate the flow of development factors, and strengthening land use supervision. These measures aim to reduce redundancy of construction land and support sustainable high-quality development in the region.
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Generating Large-Scale Origin–Destination Matrix via Progressive Growing Generative Adversarial Networks Model
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Zehao Yuan, Xuanyan Chen, Biyu Chen, Yubo Luo, Yu Zhang, Wenxin Teng and Chao Zhang
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040172 - 14 Apr 2025
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The origin–destination (OD) matrix describes traffic flow information between regions. It is a critical input for intelligent transportation systems (ITS). However, obtaining the OD matrix remains challenging due to high costs and privacy concerns. Synthetic data, which have the same statistical distribution of
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The origin–destination (OD) matrix describes traffic flow information between regions. It is a critical input for intelligent transportation systems (ITS). However, obtaining the OD matrix remains challenging due to high costs and privacy concerns. Synthetic data, which have the same statistical distribution of real data, help address privacy issues and data scarcity. Based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), OD matrix generation models, which can effectively generate a synthetic OD matrix, help to address the challenge of obtaining OD matrix data in ITS research. However, existing OD matrix generation methods can only handle with tens of nodes. To address this challenge, this study proposes the Origin–Destination Progressive Growing Generative Adversarial Networks (OD-PGGAN) for large-scale OD matrix generation task which adapt the PGGAN architecture. OD-PGGAN adopts a progressive learning strategy to gradually learn the structure of the OD matrix from a coarse to fine scale. OD-PGGAN utilizes multi-scale generators and discriminators to perform generation and discrimination tasks at different spatial resolutions. OD-PGGAN introduces a geography-based upsampling and downsampling algorithm to maintain the geographical significance of the OD matrix during spatial resolution transformations. The results demonstrate that the proposed OD-PGGAN can generate a large-scale synthetic OD matrix with 1024 nodes that have the same distribution as the real sample and outperforms two classical methods. The OD-PGGAN can effectively provide reliable synthetic data for transportation applications.
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Innovation and Research to Support Policies on Sustainable Development Goals: An Integrated ICT Platform for the Definition and Monitoring of Programs in Puglia Region, Italy
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Antonella Lerario, Michele Chieco, Maria Silvia Binetti, Vito Felice Uricchio, Massimo Clemente and Carmine Massarelli
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 171; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040171 - 14 Apr 2025
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by the international community, represents a global strategic guide with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 interconnected targets, aimed at promoting equitable economic, social and environmental development. In this context, innovation and research can play
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by the international community, represents a global strategic guide with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 interconnected targets, aimed at promoting equitable economic, social and environmental development. In this context, innovation and research can play a crucial role in supporting policies for the achievement of SDGs, especially at local and regional levels. This article reports what was developed in the Puglia Region according to a double action. On the one hand, the creation of an IT platform to improve collaboration between legislative institutions and research centres facilitates the collection and transfer of data as best practices to support political decisions. On the other hand, practical experimentation on issues related to regional development is conducted, with particular attention to sustainability-oriented partnerships, legislative needs, and knowledge of the territory. The new information system, based on a geo-database and developed entirely with open source software, collects regional regulatory data on SDGs, cooperation projects, and technical and scientific documents contributing to the knowledge of the application of plans and programmes applied to the territory. This tool, in addition to mapping relevant projects, represents an important resource for monitoring progress and supporting sustainable development policies, facilitating the sharing of information between local, national, and European actors.
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Text Geolocation Prediction via Self-Supervised Learning
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Yuxing Wu, Zhuang Zeng, Kaiyue Liu, Zhouzheng Xu, Yaqin Ye, Shunping Zhou, Huangbao Yao and Shengwen Li
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040170 - 12 Apr 2025
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Text geolocation prediction aims to infer the geographic location of text with text semantics, serving as a fundamental task for various geographic applications. As the mainstream approach, the deep learning-based methods follow the supervised learning paradigms, which rely heavily on a large amount
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Text geolocation prediction aims to infer the geographic location of text with text semantics, serving as a fundamental task for various geographic applications. As the mainstream approach, the deep learning-based methods follow the supervised learning paradigms, which rely heavily on a large amount of labeled samples to train model parameters. To address this limitation, this paper presents a method for text geolocation prediction without labeled samples, namely GeoSG (Geographic Self-Supervised Geolocation) model, which leverages self-supervised learning to improve text geolocation prediction in situations where labeled samples are unavailable. Specifically, GeoSG integrates spatial distance and hierarchical constraints to characterize the interactions of POIs and text in a geographic relationship graph. And it designs two self-supervised tasks to train a shared network to learn the relationships among POIs and texts. Finally, the text geolocations are inferred based on the trained shared network. Experimental results on two datasets show that the proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art baselines and is robust. This study provides a methodological reference for geolocating various text documents and offers a solution for numerous geographic intelligence tasks that lack labeled samples.
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MVCF-TMI: A Travel Mode Identification Framework via Contrastive Fusion of Multi-View Trajectory Representations
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Yutian Lei, Xuefeng Guan and Huayi Wu
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040169 - 11 Apr 2025
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Travel mode identification (TMI) plays a crucial role in intelligent transportation systems by accurately identifying travel modes from Global Positioning System (GPS) trajectory data. Given that trajectory data inherently exhibit spatial and kinematic patterns that complement each other, recent TMI methods generally combine
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Travel mode identification (TMI) plays a crucial role in intelligent transportation systems by accurately identifying travel modes from Global Positioning System (GPS) trajectory data. Given that trajectory data inherently exhibit spatial and kinematic patterns that complement each other, recent TMI methods generally combine these characteristics through image-based projections or direct concatenation. However, such approaches achieve only shallow fusion of these two types of features and cannot effectively align them into a shared latent space. To overcome this limitation, we introduce multi-view contrastive fusion (MVCF)-TMI, a novel TMI framework that enhances identification accuracy and model generalizability by aligning spatial and kinematic views through multi-view contrastive learning. Our framework employs multi-view learning to separately extract spatial and kinematic features, followed by an inter-view contrastive loss to optimize feature alignment in a shared subspace. This approach enables cross-view semantic understanding and better captures complementary information across different trajectory representations. Extensive experiments show that MVCF-TMI outperforms baseline methods, achieving 86.45% accuracy on the GeoLife dataset. The model also demonstrates strong generalization by transferring knowledge from pretraining on the large-scale GeoLife dataset to the smaller SHL dataset.
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Unveiling the Spatial Inequality of Accessibility to High-Quality Healthcare Resources in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration of China: A Focus on the Impacts of Intercity Patient Mobility
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Yandi Wang, Lin Chen, Binglin Liu and Zhuolin Tao
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040168 - 11 Apr 2025
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The equality of accessibility to high-quality healthcare resources is an important issue in the development of urban agglomerations. However, comprehensive consideration of the impacts of intercity patient mobility and multilevel transportation networks is still lacking. This study develops a novel directional two-step floating
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The equality of accessibility to high-quality healthcare resources is an important issue in the development of urban agglomerations. However, comprehensive consideration of the impacts of intercity patient mobility and multilevel transportation networks is still lacking. This study develops a novel directional two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to high-quality hospitals in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration. This method emphasizes the direction of intercity patient mobility caused by the hierarchy of high-quality healthcare resource distributions. Empirical analyses were conducted based on subdistrict-level population census data in 2020, 3-A hospital data from healthcare commissions, and door-to-door travel time data via multilevel intercity transportation networks from online maps in 2023. The analyses revealed obvious spatial inequalities in accessibility to high-quality healthcare resources in the BTH urban agglomeration, which is primarily caused by intercity inequality. Intercity patient mobility, however, can significantly mitigate the spatial inequality of healthcare accessibility within the BTH urban agglomeration. Moreover, it was determined that intracity first-mile and last-mile transfer transportation is the major barrier to intercity healthcare seeking and accessibility. This study has valuable implications for the planning and management of high-quality healthcare resources and intercity patient mobility in the BTH urban agglomeration. The developed methods are useful for measuring healthcare accessibility and inequality at the urban agglomeration scale.
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(This article belongs to the Special Issue HealthScape: Intersections of Health, Environment, and GIS&T)
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Vitality and Its Drivers from a Human Mobility Perspective
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Youwan Wu, Chenxi Xie, Aiping Zhang, Tianhong Zhao and Jinzhou Cao
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040167 - 11 Apr 2025
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Urban vitality is a critical metric for assessing the development and appeal of urban areas, playing a pivotal role in urban planning and management. Traditionally, surveys and census data have been used to measure urban vitality; however, these methods are often time-consuming, resource-intensive,
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Urban vitality is a critical metric for assessing the development and appeal of urban areas, playing a pivotal role in urban planning and management. Traditionally, surveys and census data have been used to measure urban vitality; however, these methods are often time-consuming, resource-intensive, and limited in coverage. This study addresses these limitations by employing mobile phone signaling data to develop a model for quantifying urban vitality and exploring its spatiotemporal distribution patterns. By integrating socioeconomic, street view, and points-of-interest (POI) data, this study utilizes linear regression and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models to analyze the influence of various factors on urban vitality. The SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method is then applied to interpret model predictions and identify key determinants of urban vitality. Using Shenzhen as a case study, the results reveal pronounced spatial disparities in vitality. Among all variables, bus stop density, cultural services, and employment density consistently exhibit significant effects on urban vitality. The proposed urban vitality quantification framework enables high-resolution and wide-coverage monitoring of urban vitality, providing scientific support and decision-making guidance for understanding the dynamic characteristics of urban spaces and optimizing urban functional layouts.
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Design and Development of a Local-First Collaborative 3D WebGIS Application for Mapping
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Bohua Wang, Qiansheng Zhao, Di Zeng, Yibin Yao, Chunchun Hu and Nianxue Luo
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(4), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14040166 - 10 Apr 2025
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Real-time collaborative WebGIS represents a significant trend in the evolution of Geographic Information Systems. Current commercial collaborative WebGIS platforms, such as ArcGIS Online and Felt, rely on centralized servers for data storage and spatial analysis. However, this centralized architecture poses notable limitations: the
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Real-time collaborative WebGIS represents a significant trend in the evolution of Geographic Information Systems. Current commercial collaborative WebGIS platforms, such as ArcGIS Online and Felt, rely on centralized servers for data storage and spatial analysis. However, this centralized architecture poses notable limitations: the software becomes non-functional in the absence of a network connection or if the service is discontinued. Moreover, data ownership resides with the commercial providers, exposing users to potential data loss in the event of service disruptions. To address these challenges, this paper introduces the concept of local-first software into WebGIS. By leveraging Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) and advanced web technologies, we develop a user-friendly, interactive, and offline-capable local-first WebGIS application that supports real-time collaboration. The application enables multi-user collaborative editing, offline functionality, and efficient browser-based spatial analysis. This paper outlines the design methodology and system prototype for the local-first WebGIS application, utilizing open-source software and libraries throughout the development process. Practical examples are provided to demonstrate the application’s functionality. The proposed solution enhances real-time collaboration and data security in WebGIS, ultimately improving user productivity and collaborative experiences.
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