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Geosense an Open Publishing Platform for Visualization, Social Sharing, and Analysis of Geospatial Data
GeoSense An open publishing platform for visualization, social sharing, and analysis of geospatial data. ARCHNES Anthony DeVincenzi TT I T B.F.A. Visual Communication, Seattle Art Institute 2007 Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, Shlf A- hi dlI c, oo~ o rcecur an- annng11, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 2012 @ 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved Aut or Anthony DeVincenzi Program in Media Arts and Sciences May 11, 2012 Certified by Dr. Hiroshi Ishii Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Associate Director, MIT Media Lab Program in Media Arts and Sciences Accepted by Dr. Mitchel Resnick Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Graduate Students Program in Media Arts and Sciences GeoSense An open publishing platform for visualization, social sharing, and analysis of geospatial data. Anthony DeVincenzi ;~ Thesis Supervisor Dr. Hiroshi Ishii Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Associate Director, MIT Media Lab Program in Media and Sciences Thesis Reader Cesar A. Hidalgo Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab {' 34> Thesis Reader Joi Ito Director, MIT Media Lab Acknowledgments THANK YOU, Hiroshi, my advisor, for allowing me to diverge greatly from our group's pri- mary area of research to investigate an area I believe to be strikingly mean- ingful; for no holds barred in critique, and providing endless insight. The Tangible Media Group, my second family, who adopted me as a designer and allowed me to play pretend engineer. Samuel Luescher, for co-authoring GeoSense alongside me. -
Analyze a World Map
Analyze a World Map Materials: Map of the World: Political or use link this website Map of the World Worksheet You could start the discussion by saying that the social studies part of the GED test assumes that everyone has a basic knowledge of world geography. The test will contain maps that you have to analyze and the answers are not always directly on the map. This is one area of the test where they expect you to just know the approximate locations of countries and oceans. So we thought we would use this world map to familiarize everyone with some world geography. Hand out the maps. The first thing you need to do with a map is read the title so that you know what you are looking at. Ask, “What is the title of this map?” ‘Map of the World: Political”. So this map should give us information about the location of countries. Then look to see if there is a legend or a list of symbols that explains the information shown on the map. Ask, “Is there a legend for this map/” Yes, it shows the scale of the map. You can discuss that the scale shows the relationship between distances on the map to the actual distance on the ground. Look to see if there is anything on the map showing directions, most maps have a compass that shows east, west, north, and south. Ask, “Does this map have any symbols indicating direction?” Yes, this map has a direction compass that shows points north. Ask if students know where south, east, and west are on the map. -
The Power of Virtual Globes for Valorising Cultural Heritage and Enabling Sustainable Tourism: Nasa World Wind Applications
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XL-4/W2, 2013 ISPRS WebMGS 2013 & DMGIS 2013, 11 – 12 November 2013, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China Topics: Global Spatial Grid & Cloud-based Services THE POWER OF VIRTUAL GLOBES FOR VALORISING CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ENABLING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: NASA WORLD WIND APPLICATIONS M. A. Brovelli a , P. Hogan b , M. Minghini a , G. Zamboni a a Politecnico di Milano, DICA, Laboratorio di Geomatica, Como Campus, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy - [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] b NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 244-14, Moffett Field, CA USA - [email protected] Commission IV, Working Group IV/5 KEY WORDS: Cultural Heritage, GIS, Three-dimensional, Virtual Globe, Web based ABSTRACT: Inspired by the visionary idea of Digital Earth, as well as from the tremendous improvements in geo-technologies, use of virtual globes has been changing the way people approach to geographic information on the Web. Unlike the traditional 2D-visualization typical of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), virtual globes offer multi-dimensional, fully-realistic content visualization which allows for a much richer user experience. This research investigates the potential for using virtual globes to foster tourism and enhance cultural heritage. The paper first outlines the state of the art for existing virtual globes, pointing out some possible categorizations according to license type, platform-dependence, application type, default layers, functionalities and freedom of customization. Based on this analysis, the NASA World Wind virtual globe is the preferred tool for promoting tourism and cultural heritage. -
Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards (2020) 5:1 Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards
Minghini et al. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards (2020) 5:1 Open Geospatial Data, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-020-0074-y Software and Standards EDITORIAL Open Access Geospatial openness: from software to standards & data Marco Minghini1*, Amin Mobasheri2, Victoria Rautenbach3 and Maria Antonia Brovelli4 Abstract This paper is the editorial of the Special Issue “Open Source Geospatial Software”, which features 10 published papers. The editorial introduces the concept of openness and, within the geospatial context, declines it into the three main components of software, data and standards. According to this classification, the papers published in the Special Issue are briefly summarized and a future research agenda in the open geospatial domain is finally outlined. Introduction Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, The Open Definition qualifies knowledge as open “if while in the 1990s the history of Web Mapping began anyone is free to access, use, modify, and share it — sub- with MapServer (https://mapserver.org), originally devel- ject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and oped by the University of Minnesota. The success of openness” [1]. This definition, derived from the Open both projects as well as the communities they were able Source Definition [2] which is specific to software, puts to attract explain the important role they still play today forward the idea of a common good based on access to in the open source geospatial arena. The establishment information that everyone can benefit from. This vision in 2006 of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation of a so-called ‘Open world’ is brilliantly invoked by Pol- (OSGeo, https://www.osgeo.org), dedicated to the devel- lock, who calls for an open revolution – where everyone opment and support of open source geospatial technolo- would have the freedom to use, enjoy and build on gies, was the key milestone to certify the maturity of everything – in a digital age where most information is open geospatial software and the related community. -
Microsoft Software License Terms for a Virtual Hard Disk Image of Evaluation Copies of the Microsoft Products Identified in Exhibit A
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS FOR A VIRTUAL HARD DISK IMAGE OF EVALUATION COPIES OF THE MICROSOFT PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A These license terms are an agreement between Microsoft Corporation (or based on where you live, one of its affiliates) and you. Please read them. They apply to the evaluation software named above, which includes the media on which you received it, if any. The terms also apply to any Microsoft Internet-based services for this software. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SOFTWARE. AS DESCRIBED BELOW, USING SOME FEATURES ALSO OPERATES AS YOUR CONSENT TO THE TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN STANDARD COMPUTER INFORMATION FOR INTERNET-BASED SERVICES. If you comply with this agreement, you have the rights below. 1. ACCESS AND USE RIGHTS. The terms of this agreement supersede the terms of any Microsoft software license term agreement that you may encounter in this software. You may use the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) formats, including Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Virtual Server. You may use the software only to demonstrate and internally evaluate it. You may not use the software in a live operating environment. The software is licensed as a single piece of software. You may not separate its component parts. You may access or use on more than one device. The Exceptions and Additional Terms for Particular Products as included in Exhibit A. 2. INTERNET-BASED SERVICES. Microsoft may provide Internet-based services with the software. It may change or cancel them at any time. -
The Uch Enmek Example(Altai Republic,Siberia)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences Institute for Cartography Master Thesis Concept and Implementation of a Contextualized Navigable 3D Landscape Model: The Uch Enmek Example(Altai Republic,Siberia). Mussab Mohamed Abuelhassan Abdalla Born on: 7th December 1983 in Khartoum Matriculation number: 4118733 Matriculation year: 2014 to achieve the academic degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) Supervisors Dr.Nikolas Prechtel Dr.Sander Münster Submitted on: 18th September 2017 Faculty of Environmental Sciences Institute for Cartography Task for the preparation of a Master Thesis Name: Mussab Mohamed Abuelhassan Abdalla Matriculation number: 4118733 Matriculation year: 2014 Title: Concept and Implementation of a Contextualized Navigable 3D Landscape Model: The Uch Enmek Example(Altai Republic,Siberia). Objectives of work Scope/Previous Results:Virtual Globes can attract and inform websites visitors on natural and cultural objects and sceneries.Geo-centered information transfer is suitable for majority of sites and artifacts. Virtual Globes have been tested with an involvement of TUD institutes: e.g. the GEPAM project (Weller,2013), and an archaeological excavation site in the Altai Mountains ("Uch enmek", c.f. Schmid 2012, Schubert 2014).Virtual Globes technology should be flexible in terms of the desired geo-data configuration. Research data should be controlled by the authors. Modes of linking geo-objects to different types of meta-information seems evenly important for a successful deployment. Motivation: For an archaeological conservation site ("Uch Enmek") effort has already been directed into data collection, model development and an initial web-based presentation.The present "Open Web Globe" technology is not developed any further, what calls for a migra- tion into a different web environment. -
Georgia Department of Transportation Automated Traffic Signal
Georgia Department of Transportation Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures Installation Manual Prepared for: Georgia Department of Transportation 600 West Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Prepared by: Atkins North America 1600 RiverEdge Parkway, NW Suite 600 Atlanta, GA 30328 Special Thanks to the Utah Department of Transportation: 2/23/2017 Document Control Panel File Name: ATSPM_Installation_Manual.docx Version No.: Created By: Philip Blaiklock, Atkins Date of First Submission: Updated By: Client Comments Received: Revision History Control Panel CREATED BY: Philip Blaiklock, Atkins David Bremer, Atkins Brian Ritchson, Atkins REVIEWED BY: Ron Meyer, Atkins 12/13/2016 TECHNICAL REVIEW: Mark Taylor, UDOT Jamie Mackey, UDOT Shane Johnson, UDOT Derek Lowe, UDOT MODIFIED BY: COMPLETED BY: 2 3 Table of Contents 1. Prerequisites 7 1.1. Server Requirements 7 1.2. Other Requirements 8 2. New Install Procedure 8 2.1. Create the Website using IIS 8 2.2. Launch Website and Populate Database 10 2.3. Set up Regions 11 2.4. Set up User Accounts 12 2.5. Configure Signals, Approaches, and Routes 12 2.6. Configure the “Generate Add Data Script” Component 13 2.7. Create Web Services 15 2.8. Install the “Import Controller Logs” Component(s) 16 2.8.1. Install the “FTPFromAllControllers” component 16 2.8.2. Install the “GetMaxTimeRecords” Component 17 2.9. Install the “Decode and Import” Component(s) 17 2.9.1. Install the “DecodeAndImportASC3Logs” Component 17 2.9.2. Install the “DecodePeekLogs” Component 18 2.9.3. Install the “DecodeSiemensLogs” Component 18 2.9.4. Install the “DecodeTrafficwareLogs” Component 19 2.10. -
35 - VGI and Beyond: from Data to Mapping
Antoniou, V., Capineri, C. and Haklay, M., 2018. VGI and Beyond: From Data to Mapping. in: A.J. Kent and P. Vujakovic (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 475 - 488 35 - VGI and Beyond: From Data to Mapping Vyron Antoniou, Cristina Capineri and Muki (Mordechai) Haklay This chapter will introduce the concept of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) within practices of mapping and cartography. Our aim is to provide an accessible overview of the area, which has grown rapidly in the past decade, but first we need to define what we mean by VGI. Defining VGI In a seminal paper published in 2007, Mike Goodchild coined the term Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in an effort to describe ‘the widespread engagement of large numbers of private citizens, often with little in the way of formal qualifications, in the creation of geographic information’ (Goodchild, 2007: 217). At that point, rudimentary crowdsourced Geographic Information (GI) was created and disseminated freely with the help of innovative desktop applications (e.g. Google Earth) or web-based platforms (e.g. Wikimapia, OpenStreetMap). By crowdsourcing we refer to the action of multiple participants (sometimes thousands or even millions) in the generation of geographical information, when these participants are external to the organization that manages the information and are not formally employed by it. Since then a lot has changed and VGI now has a deep and broad agenda that ranges from implicitly contributed GI through social networks to rigorously-monitored citizen science projects. However, before we continue the discussion on this subject, it is necessary to shed light onto the key factors that have helped to create this phenomenon. -
Countries and Continents of the World: a Visual Model
Countries and Continents of the World http://geology.com/world/world-map-clickable.gif By STF Members at The Crossroads School Africa Second largest continent on earth (30,065,000 Sq. Km) Most countries of any other continent Home to The Sahara, the largest desert in the world and The Nile, the longest river in the world The Sahara: covers 4,619,260 km2 The Nile: 6695 kilometers long There are over 1000 languages spoken in Africa http://www.ecdc-cari.org/countries/Africa_Map.gif North America Third largest continent on earth (24,256,000 Sq. Km) Composed of 23 countries Most North Americans speak French, Spanish, and English Only continent that has every kind of climate http://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/html/WorldRegions/WorldRegions.html Asia Largest continent in size and population (44,579,000 Sq. Km) Contains 47 countries Contains the world’s largest country, Russia, and the most populous country, China The Great Wall of China is the only man made structure that can be seen from space Home to Mt. Everest (on the border of Tibet and Nepal), the highest point on earth Mt. Everest is 29,028 ft. (8,848 m) tall http://craigwsmall.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/asia/ Europe Second smallest continent in the world (9,938,000 Sq. Km) Home to the smallest country (Vatican City State) There are no deserts in Europe Contains mineral resources: coal, petroleum, natural gas, copper, lead, and tin http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/b/bf/Europe-large.png Oceania/Australia Smallest continent on earth (7,687,000 Sq. -
Geo-Text Data and Data-Driven Geospatial Semantics
Geo-Text Data and Data-Driven Geospatial Semantics Yingjie Hu GSDA Lab, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA Abstract Many datasets nowadays contain links between geographic locations and natural language texts. These links can be geotags, such as geotagged tweets or geotagged Wikipedia pages, in which location coordinates are explicitly attached to texts. These links can also be place mentions, such as those in news articles, travel blogs, or historical archives, in which texts are implicitly connected to the mentioned places. This kind of data is referred to as geo- text data. The availability of large amounts of geo-text data brings both challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, it is challenging to automatically process this kind of data due to the unstructured texts and the complex spatial footprints of some places. On the other hand, geo-text data offers unique research opportunities through the rich information contained in texts and the special links between texts and geography. As a result, geo-text data facilitates various studies especially those in data-driven geospatial semantics. This paper discusses geo-text data and related concepts. With a focus on data-driven research, this paper systematically reviews a large number of studies that have discovered multiple types of knowledge from geo-text data. Based on the literature review, a generalized workflow is extracted and key challenges for future work are discussed. Keywords: geo-text data, spatial analysis, natural language processing, spatial and textual data analysis, data-driven geospatial semantics, spatial data science. 1. Introduction Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the volume, variety, and veloc- ity of data from different sources (Miller and Goodchild, 2015). -
LEGAL NOTICES WETLIKE KENNISGEWINGS 2 No
. March Vol. 657 Pretoria, 27 M t 2020 aar No. 43149 ( PART1 OF 2 ) LEGAL NOTICES WETLIKE KENNISGEWINGS 2 No. 43149 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27 MARCH 2020 STAATSKOERANT, 27 MAART 2020 No. 43149 3 Table of Contents LEGAL NOTICES BUSINESS NOTICES • BESIGHEIDSKENNISGEWINGS Gauteng ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Eastern Cape / Oos-Kaap ................................................................................................................. 15 KwaZulu-Natal ................................................................................................................................ 16 Western Cape / Wes-Kaap ................................................................................................................ 16 COMPANY NOTICES • MAATSKAPPYKENNISGEWINGS Gauteng ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Western Cape / Wes-Kaap ................................................................................................................ 17 LIQUIDATOR’S AND OTHER APPOINTEES’ NOTICES LIKWIDATEURS EN ANDER AANGESTELDES SE KENNISGEWINGS Gauteng ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Limpopo ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Western -
Top 10 Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets May 28, 2010 by Debra Littlejohn Shinder, MVP Way Back in 2008, I Wrote an Article Titled the Top 10 Vista Sidebar Gadgets
Top 10 Windows 7 desktop gadgets May 28, 2010 By Debra Littlejohn Shinder, MVP Way back in 2008, I wrote an article titled The top 10 Vista Sidebar Gadgets. Now it's 2010 and I'm running Windows 7, and although I still use most of the gadgets I was using back then, I've also discovered a few new ones that deserve mention. Here are my favorites. 1: All CPU Meter The gadget I used to monitor my dual-core computer running Vista wasn't available in a quad-core version, so I switched to All CPU Meter (Figure A). It supports up to eight cores (so I have room to grow). All CPU Meter isn't as complex as some, but the simplicity works in its favor. It monitors your memory usage as well as CPUs, and it packs a lot of information into a small space. I also like that you can change the Figure A background color to match your preferences. 2: Windows Orb Clock During all the time I used Vista and the first year I used Windows 7, my analog clock gadget of choice was the electric blue version of the one that comes with the operating system. But now I've switched to a much cooler model: the Vista Orb Clock (Figure B). Of course, the same orb is also on the Windows 7 Start menu. I love its clean look and the nice symmetry of having it just across from my Start Menu orb (since I have my Taskbar set to the vertical position.