CyberGIS for Geospatial Discovery and Innovation

CyberGIS for Geospatial Discovery and Innovation
Author: Shaowen Wang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9402415319

This book elucidates how cyberGIS (that is, new-generation geographic information science and systems (GIS) based on advanced computing and cyberinfrastructure) transforms computation- and data-intensive geospatial discovery and innovation. It comprehensively addresses opportunities and challenges, roadmaps for research and development, and major progress, trends, and impacts of cyberGIS in the era of big data. The book serves as an authoritative source of information to fill the void of introducing this exciting and growing field. By providing a set of representative applications and science drivers of cyberGIS, this book demonstrates how cyberGIS has been advanced to enable cutting-edge scientific research and innovative geospatial application development. Such cyberGIS advances are contextualized as diverse but interrelated science and technology frontiers. The book also emphasizes several important social dimensions of cyberGIS such as for empowering deliberative civic engagement and enabling collaborative problem solving through structured participation. In sum, this book will be a great resource to students, academics, and geospatial professionals for leaning cutting-edge cyberGIS, geospatial data science, high-performance computing, and related applications and sciences.

Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting

Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting
Author: Michael Maltz
Publisher: Michael Maltz
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1991
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0387973818

Gathering accurate data probably constitutes one of the most important aspects of crime investigation and prevention. How do we put the data to use? How can we improve our methods of handling the information we collect? By describing a project for the development and implementation of a computerized crime-mapping system in the Chicago area, this book makes a significant contribution toward a more efficient and intelligent use of crime data to understand and prevent crime in a community setting.

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Public Health

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Public Health
Author: Alan L. Melnick
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780834218789

This clear and accessible text helps public health students and officials gain a solid understanding of geographic information systems technology. Using examples drawn from public health practice, the author shows how to best harness the opportunities of this exciting technological development.

Geographical Information Systems Policies and Programs

Geographical Information Systems Policies and Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology
Publisher: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Provides a summary of NOAA's strategic plan. Intended as a handbook for sustainable development.

House of tenderness

House of tenderness
Author: Evelyne Accad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021
Genre: Women
ISBN: 2343224153

"Ce recueil de nouvelles en version bilingue retrace la volonté de nombreuses femmes libanaises, toutes confessions confondues, à retrouver confiance en elles, calme intérieur après les violences subies dans leurs cercles familiaux. Aidées par l'écoute attentive, la considération et la tendresse dont font preuve les accompagnantes de Beit el Hanane, certaines d'entre elles construisent de nouvelles bases solides et durables pour une autre vie. Face à un monde de conflits, d'urgences, dans lequel la pauvreté gagne chaque jour du terrain, ce recueil prend de nos jours une universalité permettant de le transposer dans bien d'autres pays, puisque nous savons tous que les femmes en sont les premières victimes. L'artiste Monique Loubet a bien saisi l'essence de ces nouvelles."--Page 4 of cover.

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis
Author: Fahui Wang
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1591404533

Computerized crime mapping or GIS in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth, particularly since the mid 1990s. There has also been increasing interests in GIS analysis of crime from various academic fields including criminology, geography, urban planning, information science and others. This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting juvenile violence. Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis showcases a broad range of methods and techniques from typical GIS tasks such as geocoding and hotspot analysis to advanced technologies such as geographic profiling, agent-based modeling and web GIS. Contributors range from university professors, criminologists in research institutes to police chiefs, GIS analysts in police departments and consultants in criminal justice.