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Spatial prediction of flood susceptibility using random-forest and boosted-tree models in Seoul metropolitan city, Korea Open
Since flood frequency increases with the impact of climate change, the damage that is emphasized on flood-risk maps is based on actual flooded area data; therefore, flood-susceptibility maps for the Seoul metropolitan area, for which rando…
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Geology of Piemonte region (NW Italy, Alps–Apennines interference zone) Open
The geological map of Piemonte Region (Italy) is a graphic representation of the geology of the region, grounded on a large geodatabase, that can be also browsed as an interactive scalable map (GeoPiemonte Map) using a WebGIS application. …
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Landslide Susceptibility Mapping and Assessment Using Geospatial Platforms and Weights of Evidence (WoE) Method in the Indian Himalayan Region: Recent Developments, Gaps, and Future Directions Open
The Himalayan region and hilly areas face severe challenges due to landslide occurrences during the rainy seasons in India, and the study area, i.e., the Rudraprayag district, is no exception. However, the landslide related database and re…
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A Novel Hybrid Swarm Optimized Multilayer Neural Network for Spatial Prediction of Flash Floods in Tropical Areas Using Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery and Geospatial Data Open
Flash floods are widely recognized as one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world, therefore prediction of flash flood-prone areas is crucial for public safety and emergency management. This research proposes a new methodology…
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The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States Open
First posted June 30, 2017 Revised August 18, 2017 For additional information, contact: Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science CenterU.S. Geological SurveyBox 25046, Mail Stop 973Denver, CO 80225http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov The…
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The Active Faults of Eurasia Database (AFEAD): the ontology and design behind the continental-scale dataset Open
Active faults are those faults on which movement is possible in the future. This draws particular attention to active faults in geodynamic studies and seismic hazard assessment. Here, we present a high-detail continental-scale geodatabase:…
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SWPT: An automated GIS-based tool for prioritization of sub-watersheds based on morphometric and topo-hydrological factors Open
The sub-watershed prioritization is the ranking of different areas of a river basin according to their need to proper planning and management of soil and water resources. Decision makers should optimally allocate the investments to critica…
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GDIS, a global dataset of geocoded disaster locations Open
This article presents a new open source extension to the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) that allows researchers, for the first time, to explore and make use of subnational, geocoded data on major disasters triggered by natural hazards.…
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Identification of groundwater potential zones in Mandavi River basin, Andhra Pradesh, India using remote sensing, GIS and MIF techniques Open
Identification of groundwater potential zones (GWPZ) in a crystalline rock terrain is a crucial task for sustainable groundwater resource management, through scientific knowledge and modern geospatial techniques. Remote Sensing (RS) and Ge…
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Topobathymetric Elevation Model Development using a New Methodology: Coastal National Elevation Database Open
Danielson, J.J.; Poppenga, S.K.; Brock, J.C.; Evans, G.A.; Tyler, D.J.; Gesch, D.B.; Thatcher, C.A., and Barras, J.A., 2016. Topobathymetric elevation model development using a new methodology: Coastal National Elevation Database. In: Broc…
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Spatial and temporal landslide distributions using global and open landslide databases Open
Landslide databases are a potential tool for the analysis of landslide susceptibility, hazard, and risk. Additionally, the spatio-temporal distribution of landslides and their correlation with their triggering factors are inputs that facil…
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A highly resolved MRIO database for analyzing environmental footprints and Green Economy Progress Open
Moving towards a greener economy requires detailed information on the environmental impacts of global value chains. Environmentally-extended multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis plays a key role in providing this information, but cu…
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Remote sensing as tool for development of landslide databases: The case of the Messina Province (Italy) geodatabase Open
Landslide geodatabases, including inventories and thematic data, today are fundamental tools for national and/or local authorities in susceptibility, hazard and risk management. A well organized landslide geo-database contains different ki…
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A Geospatial Database for Effective Mine Rehabilitation in Australia Open
The Australian landscape is affected by abandoned mines that pose environmental, public health and safety risks. To promote the beneficial reuse, rehabilitation and/or remediation of these sites and understand their spatial arrangement, we…
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Spatial Assessment of Urban Flood Susceptibility Using Data Mining and Geographic Information System (GIS) Tools Open
Using geographic information system (GIS) tools and data-mining models, this study analyzed the relationships between flood areas and correlated hydrological factors to map the regional flood susceptibility of the Seoul metropolitan area i…
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A spatially-explicit harmonized global dataset of critical infrastructure Open
Critical infrastructure (CI) is fundamental for the functioning of a society and forms the backbone for socio-economic development. Natural and human-made threats, however, pose a major risk to CI. Therefore, geospatial data on the locatio…
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The Application of the Hybrid GIS Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Best–Worst Methodology for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Open
The main goal of this article is to produce a landslide susceptibility map by using the hybrid Geographical Information System (GIS) spatial multi-criteria decision analysis best–worst methodology (MCDA-BWM) in the western part of the Repu…
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A global-scale spatial assessment and geodatabase of mine areas Open
Despite massive growth in mining activity worldwide, efforts to assess the land use of mining at a global scale have been limited. Increasing satellite image quality and accessibility now permit detailed assessments of mine areas and their…
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Geospatial distribution modeling and determining suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation purpose using geospatial methods and water quality index (WQI) in Northern Ethiopia Open
Determining suitability and vulnerability of groundwater quality for irrigation use is a key alarm and first aid for careful management of groundwater resources to diminish the impacts on irrigation. This study was conducted to determine t…
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The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States Open
The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WH2N65) represents a seamless, spatial database of 48 State geologic maps that range from 1:50,000 to 1:1,000,000 scale. A n…
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State-of-the-Art Geospatial Information Processing in NoSQL Databases Open
Geospatial information has been indispensable for many application fields, including traffic planning, urban planning, and energy management. Geospatial data are mainly stored in relational databases that have been developed over several d…
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Relationship between landslides and mountain development—Integrating geospatial statistics and a new long-term database Open
Development in mountainous areas is inevitable in countries with high population densities, but the actual relationship between development and landslides remains uncertain. Clarifying the key current or historical factors resulting in lan…
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A New Modeling Approach for Spatial Prediction of Flash Flood with Biogeography Optimized CHAID Tree Ensemble and Remote Sensing Data Open
Flash floods induced by torrential rainfalls are considered one of the most dangerous natural hazards, due to their sudden occurrence and high magnitudes, which may cause huge damage to people and properties. This study proposed a novel mo…
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LAND-deFeND – An innovative database structure for landslides and floods and their consequences Open
Information on historical landslides and floods - collectively called "geo-hydrological hazards - is key to understand the complex dynamics of the events, to estimate the temporal and spatial frequency of damaging events, and to quantify t…
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Automated Landslide-Risk Prediction Using Web GIS and Machine Learning Models Open
Spatial susceptible landslide prediction is the one of the most challenging research areas which essentially concerns the safety of inhabitants. The novel geographic information web (GIW) application is proposed for dynamically predicting …
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Implementation of serverless cloud GIS platform for land valuation Open
Cloud computing enables performing computations and analysis tasks and sharing services in web-based computer centres instead of local desktop systems. One of the most used areas of cloud computing is geographic information systems (GIS) a…
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A Spatial Data Infrastructure Integrating Multisource Heterogeneous Geospatial Data and Time Series: A Study Case in Agriculture Open
Currently, the best practice to support land planning calls for the development of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) capable of integrating both geospatial datasets and time series information from multiple sources, e.g., multitemporal sa…
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Statistical and machine intelligence based model for landslide susceptibility mapping of Nilgiri district in India Open
The Nilgiri district is the mountainous landscape which is frequently facing landslides that leads to severe economic and human loss. So, it is most important to inspecting and exploring the degree or magnitude of landslide hazard in Nilgi…
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DOT: A Spatial Access Method Using Fractals Open
Existing Database Management Systems (DBMSs) do not handle efficiently multi-dimensional data such as boxes, polygons, or even points in a multi-dimensional space. We examine access methods for these data with two design goals in mind: (a)…
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Development of Decision Support System for Evaluating Spatial Efficiency of Regional Transport Logistics Open
Logistics infrastructure in several developing countries has been planned and developed in a haphazard way. Many decision makers normally specify its location based on their experience due to limited data source; and at the same time, disr…