Extension Activity Support System (EASY): A Web-Based Prototype for Facilitating Farm Management

Extension Activity Support System (EASY): A Web-Based Prototype for Facilitating Farm Management

The seventh of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Kim Lowell, Ian Miller, Chris Pettit, and Eloise Seymour. This paper examines how online mapping can support agricultural extension activities. The specifications of a web based Extension Activity Support System (EASY) tool…

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An Online Landscape Object Library to Support Interactive Landscape Planning

An Online Landscape Object Library to Support Interactive Landscape Planning

The sixth of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by  Subhash Sharma, Chris Pettit, Ian Bishop, Pang Chan and Falak Sheth. This paper examines how geo-visualisation tools can provide useful participatory planning support in addressing issues of land productivity and sustainability. The…

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High Quality Geographic Services and Bandwidth Limitations

High Quality Geographic Services and Bandwidth Limitations

The fifth of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Arzu Coltekin and Tumasch Reichenbacher. This paper provides a critical overview of the state of the art in human-centric intelligent data management approaches for geographic visualizations when faced with bandwidth limitations. With…

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A Service-Oriented Architecture for Proactive Geospatial Information Services

A Service-Oriented Architecture for Proactive Geospatial Information Services

The fourth of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Haifeng Li and Bo Wu. This paper presents a service-orientated architecture for proactive geospatial information services (PGIS), which integrates the sensors, data, processing, and human services. The results show that the basic…

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Natural Resource Knowledge and Information Management via the Victorian Resources Online Website

Natural Resource Knowledge and Information Management via the Victorian Resources Online Website

The third second of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Mark Imhof, Matthew Cox, Angela Fadersen, Wayne Harvey, Sonia Thompson, David Rees and Christopher Pettit. The paper presents a natural resource knowledge website, known as Victoria Resources Online (VRO).  VRO is…

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Post-doc in University of Zurich Geography

Post-doc in University of Zurich Geography

Postdoctoral Researcher, Knowledge Discovery from Moving Objects The GIScience Center at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position within the framework of the European COST Action IC0903 «Knowledge Discovery from Moving Objects (MOVE)». The position will start on 1st March 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter. It is initially limited to one year, with an option for extension to a maximum of 2.5 years. Salary is competitive and commensurate with the pay…

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AURIN – 2 new positions – Geospatial e-Enablers

AURIN – 2 new positions – Geospatial e-Enablers

AURIN is currently looking for 2 new Geospatial enablers to assist in the development of the AURIN portal and federated data and modelling services. AURIN is developing this e-infrastructure across Australia to support the urban research community in undertaking world class research using the best available real world datasets and the latest data modelling and visualisation tools. Visit the Melbourne University Careers Website for more information about this positions.

Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network – (AURIN)

Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network – (AURIN)

The Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) is a large ($20 million) initiative funded by the Australian Government’s Super Science scheme. AURIN will provide built environment and urban researchers, designers and planners with infrastructure to facilitate access to a distributed network of aggregated datasets and information services. Visualisation will feature prominently as there will be a need to establish a series of visual interfaces to the myriad of datasets and services required to understand patterns of urban development, and to…

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