scholarly journals Development of a Geographic Information System-Based Decision Support Tool for Evaluating Windfarm Sitings in Great Lakes Aquatic Habitats

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin E. Wehrly ◽  
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Edward S. Rutherford ◽  
Lizhu Wang ◽  
Jason Breck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Aquatic Habitats ◽  
Support Tool

scholarly journals Realization of a Geographic Information System for aid decision-making for forest management

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 175-180
Author(s):  
Djelloul Benatiallah ◽  
Halima Hidaoui ◽  
Bahous Nasri ◽  
Kada Bouchouicha ◽  
Ali Benatiallah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Dialogue Process ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Aid Decision

This work aims to create a decision support and geographic information system aimed at optimizing the management of forest capital in the Adrar region. Through this awareness, we question the place of geographic information in the dialogue process and the approach to sustainable development. Cadastral data, satellite images, cartographic and photographic data will be presented. Data processing and data integration will be discussed. The expected results must provide knowledge beyond reach without these tools. They clarify the importance of satellite images and the spatial component of geographic information. In the current context of sustainable development, geographic information appears necessary for decision-making.

Geographic information system (GIS) based decision support for neighbourhood traffic calming

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd A Randall ◽  
Cameron J Churchill ◽  
Brian W Baetz
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Automobile Dependence ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Transportation Modes

In suburban areas, traffic issues are generally related to elevated speeds and volumes and a perceived reduction in personal safety. In response, traffic engineers have designed and implemented a variety of traffic calming measures for local and collector streets, with significant speed reductions and other benefits. Less common are measures to address traffic issues on arterials which (if implemented) might reduce speeds, thereby encouraging more sustainable transportation modes and lessening automobile dependence. A geographic information system (GIS) based tool has been developed to provide decision support for the development of neighbourhood traffic calming plans for all street types. This tool is potentially useful because of the increased use of traffic calming measures and the growing public desire for safer streets. Decision support (provided by the tool) is dependent upon measured or perceived problems, roadway type, and user objectives, as well as the potential impacts and current installation costs of traffic calming measures. An application to suburban Hamilton demonstrates the functionality of this tool.Key words: traffic calming, suburban retrofitting, urban sustainability, decision support system.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Industry’s Accidents and their Demonstration with GIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273
Author(s):  
András Tóth
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Management Decision Support

AbstractFrom its beginning until today the Hungarian hydrocarbon industry has suffered more than seventy bigger accidents where intervention of the fire service and thorough examination was required. In the article the author presents the short analysis of accidents that were collected, systemized, and entered into database during the research, and their integration into the Geographic Information System (GIS). Based on the finished database, with the extended list of the locations’ GPS coordinates, the accidents will be entered into the ArcMap application. The publication of the accidents will be done with the help of Arcgis Viewer for Flex – Application Builder program. Following the GIS placement of accidents, testing, drawing conclusions and summarization are the main goals. The next step will be the preparation for assigning the database to the Disaster Management Decision Support Geographic Information System. Following the international publication, the long-term goal is the connection of each country’s files of dangerous industrial activities that were collected by researchers into one common database.

scholarly journals ARSPivot, A Sensor-Based Decision Support Software for Variable-Rate Irrigation Center Pivot Systems: Part B. Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 1535-1547
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Andrade ◽  
Susan A. O’Shaughnessy ◽  
Steven R. Evett
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Variable Rate ◽  
Center Pivot ◽  
Water Sensing

HighlightsThe ARSPivot software facilitates variable-rate irrigation management of a center pivot irrigation system.The software embodies a system capable of generating site-specific prescription maps based on weather, plant, and soil water information.ARSPivot’s graphical user interface (GUI) incorporates easy-to-use geographic information system (GIS) tools that help its users to make irrigation management decisions.Abstract. The ARSPivot software was developed for the seamless operation of a complex network consisting of a variable-rate irrigation (VRI) center pivot system and an Irrigation Scheduling Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (ISSCADA) system that interfaces with weather, plant, and soil water sensing systems. ARSPivot’s graphical user interface (GUI) incorporates a built-in geographic information system (GIS) that maps a center pivot system and facilitates the analysis of data relevant to its operation. The GIS was developed following a minimalistic approach with the objective of making its geospatial data analysis tools accessible to a wide range of users (farmers, irrigation consultants, and researchers). The post-harvest analyses of two experiments carried out in the Texas High Plains during the summers of 2016 and 2017 using a three-span VRI center pivot are presented to illustrate the advantages of using ARSPivot as a decision support tool and how its GIS tools help its users make better informed decisions regarding irrigation management. In these experiments, the north-northwest (NNW) portion of a field planted with corn (Zea mays L.) was irrigated using VRI zone control, and the south-southeast (SSE) portion was irrigated using VRI speed control. Experimental plots in the NNW portion were assigned one of three irrigation levels (80%, 50%, or 30% replenishment of soil water depletion to field capacity in the top 1.5 m), and their irrigation was scheduled using either a plant stress-based algorithm implemented in the ARSPivot software or manual weekly neutron probe (NP) readings. Plots in the SSE portion were assigned a single irrigation level of 80%, and their irrigation was scheduled using either the plant stress method or a two-step hybrid approach in which soil water sensing was combined with the plant stress method to determine irrigation depths. Soil water sensing data for the ISSCADA system were provided by NP readings during the 2016 season and by sets of time-domain reflectometers (TDRs) installed at depths of 15, 30, and 45 cm during the 2017 season. No significant differences were found during either season in terms of mean dry grain yield and crop water productivity (CWP) obtained from plots irrigated at the 80% level in both sides of the field, regardless of the irrigation scheduling method or the type of VRI application method used for irrigation. No significant differences were found during either season between mean dry grain yield and CWP of plots in the NNW portion irrigated using the plant stress-based method and NP readings at the 80% irrigation level. The lack of significant differences documented the potential of the ARSPivot system as a plant and soil water sensing-based decision support software for site-specific irrigation management of corn using a VRI center pivot system. Keywords: Center pivot irrigation, Decision support system, Geographic information system, Precision agriculture, Software.

scholarly journals Geographic information system-based decision support for soil conservation planning in Tajikistan

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buhlmann ◽  
B. Wolfgramm ◽  
D. Maselli ◽  
H. Hurni ◽  
S. R. Sanginov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Geographic Information

ELECTRONIC DESKTOP MAPPING: ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY ATLASES OF THE GREAT LAKES

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 855A-855
Author(s):  
Philip Baker ◽  
Christine Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Lake Superior ◽  
Lake Ontario ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Lake Huron ◽  
Environmental Sensitivity ◽  
Common Basis

ABSTRACT Environmental sensitivity atlases of the Canadian shorelines of Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, and Lake Huron have been completed in digital (desktop geographic information system) and paper formats for use in responses to spills of oil and other hazardous materials. These atlases allow responders to work from a common basis to rapidly identify the resources at risk during a spill and their relative priorities for protection and cleanup.

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