2009 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics

Fairfax, Virginia, USA 12 – 14 August 2009 Pages 1-634

IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP0932H-PRT 978-1-4244-4562-2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Visualization of NASA Campaign Mission Vertical Profiles Using Google Earth ........................................................... 1 Aijun Chen, Gregory Leptoukh, Steven Kempler

Research on the System of Matching and Rectifying Vector Electronic Map .................................................................. 6 Zhu Shoudong, Liu Huiping, Wang Xiaodong, Zhou Xiaoluo, Qiao Yu

Effect of Spatial Scale on Regional Land-use Pattern Analysis in Different Classification System and Data Sources......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Qiu Bingwen, Chen Chongcheng, Wu Xiaozhu

Conversation and Management of Hutong-Historical and Cultural District of Beijing Inner City Supported by GIS ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Tianhang HUANG, Anrong DANG, Pei ZHANG, Yang YANG, Songnan WU

Geospatial Information Semantic Retrieval Algorithm Research Based on Geo-ontology ........................................... 23 Wei Liu, Yunyan Du, Hairong Zhang, Rulin Xiao

An Intelligent Bay Geo-information Retrieval Approach based on Geo-ontology......................................................... 29 Rulin Xiao, Yunyan Du, Wei Liu, Yawen He

Estimation and Analysis of Land Surface Water and Heat Fluxes in Mountain-plain Area Based on Remote Sensing and DEM .................................................................................................................................................. 35 Hequn Yang, Yong Liu, Yinming Yang, Cong Zhang

KIDGS: A Geographical Knowledge-informed Digital Gazetteer Service ..................................................................... 40 Yu Liu, Runqiang Li, Kaichen Chen, Yihong Yuan, Lingli Huang, Hao Yu

On Geo-social Network Services......................................................................................................................................... 46 Qian Huang, Yu Liu

Qualifying Geospatial Workflow Models for Adaptive Controlled Validity and Accuracy .......................................... 52 Didier Leibovici, Gobe Hobona, Kristin Stock, Mike Jackson

Improving Accessibility to Geospatial Data Using Geographic Search .......................................................................... 57 Jonathan E. Williams, M. Lee Allison, Jess B. Kozman

Research on Road Centerline Extraction from Aerial Image Based on Sorting ............................................................ 61 BingXuan Guo, Qi Li, YuanZheng Shao, YuanZheng Shao

Query and Visualization of Extremely Large Network Datasets Over the Web Using Quadtree Based KML Regional Network Links ........................................................................................................................................... 67 Upendra Dadi, Cheng Liu, Ranga Raju Vatsavai

Creating Web Service Interfaces and Scientific Workflows Using Command Line Tools: A GRASS Example ................................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Upendra Dadi, Liping Di

Classification Model of Increment Changes of Geographical Object Based on Multifold State Difference ............................................................................................................................................................................. 77 Zhu huaji, Wu huarui, Sun xiang, Ma shaojuan

Spatial Variability of Trace Elements in Agricultural Soils of Chongming, Shanghai (China) .................................... 83 Guangrong Shen, Jingjing Xu, Zhenhua Qian, Apostolos Sarris

K Nearest Neighbors Search Considering Traffic Restriction for Location Based Service........................................... 88 Xu Lin, Yang Bisheng, Li Qingquan, Zhang Tong

3D Remote Sensing Images Online Refining ..................................................................................................................... 94 Hengjian Tong, Yun Zhang, Zhenfeng Shao

Reconciling Inconsistent Perspectives in Collaborative GIS Using Multi-agent Method ............................................ 100 Zheng Chang, Songnian Li

Modifying the Triangle Method and MOD16 Algorithm for Improving Evapotranspiration Estimation Using MODIS Data ........................................................................................................................................ 106 Wen Wang, Feng Zhou, Yan-Ran Liu

Land Cover Change Detection Based On MODIS 250m Vegetation Index Time Series Data .................................... 112 Wen Wang, Hai-Xu Hu, Juan Hu

Using Mobile Sensors for In-situ Monitoring of Debris Flows in Taiwan..................................................................... 118 Hsiu-Yi Ko, Yao-Ming Fang, Ying-Hui Chang

Development of Integrated Typhoon Remote Sensing Application System Based on .NET and ArcGIS Engine ................................................................................................................................................................................. 122 Hequn Yang, Yinming Yang, Shengmao Zhang

Wavelet Texture Extraction and Image Classification of Hyperspectral Data Based on Support Vector Machine .............................................................................................................................................................................. 127 Jin-Tsong Hwang

Onboard Real-Time Cloud Detection Using Reconfigurable FPGAs for Remote Sensing.......................................... 133 Na Shan, Tian-yao Zheng, Zhen-song Wang

Using Neural Network Classifier and the GIS Technique for Automatic Landslide Hazard Assessment ................. 138 Wen-Tzu Lin, Pi-Hui Huang

Preparing of Groundwater Maps by Using Geographical Information System........................................................... 144 Alireza Taravat Najafabadi

The Measurement of Geospatial Web Service Quality in SDIs...................................................................................... 148 Sheng Gao, Darka Mioc, Xiaolun Yi

Depth Image-based Modeling of Point Cloud.................................................................................................................. 154 WEI Shuangfeng, CHEN Hong

The Spatial Analysis Service Basing on the Spatial Information Grid.......................................................................... 161 Yunxuan Yan, Guoqing Li, Yi Zeng, Jibo Xie, Yunxuan Yan, Yi Zeng

A Dynamic Schema Matching Approach for Multi-Version Web Feature Service Retrieve ...................................... 166 Jie He, nengcheng chen, Wei Wang, Zeqiang Chen

GWSC-VMR, A GIS Supported Conceptual Distributed Hydrological Model for Cold and Arid Regions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 172 Tianfang Fang, Guizuo Wang, Liliang Ren

Quantification of Eroded and Deposited Riverbanks and Monitoring River’s Channel Using RS and GIS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 178 Md. Tariqul Islam

Comparison of Sub-pixel Classification Approaches for Crop-specific Mapping........................................................ 183 Yang Shao, Ross S. Lunetta

Resource Oriented Architecture for Heterogeneous Geo-Processing Workflow Integration ..................................... 187 Nengcheng Chen, Zhong Zhen, Liping Di, Genong Yu, Peisheng Zhao

Mapping Surface Cover Using EO-1 Hyperion Data: Ongoing Studies in Arid Environments ................................. 192 David W. Leverington

Classification of Remotely Sensed Imagery Using Adjacent Features Based Approach ............................................. 197 Mu Bai Huiping Liu Wenli Huang Yu Qiao Xiaodong Mu

Models and Algorithms for Contaminated Area Detection Based on Geospatial Lifelines ......................................... 201 Xiaotao Zhou, Jun Luo, Haohan Zhu, Wenqi Ju, Jianping Fan, F. Benjamin Zhan

Dynamic Modeling of Urban Population Travel Behavior based on Data Fusion of Mobile Phone Positioning Data and FCD ................................................................................................................................................ 207 Jinxing Hu, Wenjing Cao, Jun Luo, Xiaomin Yu

Remote Sensing Drought Monitoring Under Dense Vegetation Cover Condition Based on Perpendicular Drought Index........................................................................................................................................... 212 Zhe LI, Debao TAN, Yuanlai CUI, Sui ZHANG

Spectral Features Analysis of Water Quality in Baiyangdian Wetland, China............................................................ 218 Zhu Lin, Gong Huili, Zhao Wenji, Li Xiaojuan, Zhang Jing, Lin Feina, Zhou Bo, Xiao Yanfang

A New R-tree Node Splitting Algorithm Using MBR Partition Policy.......................................................................... 222 Yan Liu, Jinyun Fang, Chengde Han

Analysis of Ground Deformations Based on Parallel Geostatistical Computations of PSInSAR Data ...................... 228 Jacek Strzelczyk, Stanislawa Porzycka, Andrzej Lesniak

Three-dimensional Spatial Indexing Method of Complicated Geological Scene .......................................................... 234 Zhenwen He, Gang Liu, Zhengping Weng, Chonglong Wu

W42 - A Scalable Spatial Database System for Holding Digital Elevation Models ...................................................... 238 Martin Habermeyer, Ursula Marschalk, Achim Roth

Geospatial Data Mining for Agriculture Pest Management - a Framework ................................................................ 244 Amiya Kumar Tripathy, J. Adinarayana, D. Sudharsan

Landslide Caused by Typhoon-induced Disaster: a Case Study on Shihmen Watershed ........................................... 250 Wen-Chieh Chou

The Framework and Realization of Grid Node Computing Pool of China Geological Spatial Information Grid ............................................................................................................................................................... 255 Zhong Xie, Ming-Qiang Guo, Liang Wu, Ying Huang

A System for Visualizing Spatiotemporal Urban Datasets............................................................................................. 260 Stefan Hertel, Matthias Wagner, Rudiger Westermann

SOA-based Platform for Water Resource Information Exchanging............................................................................. 266 Cheng-Te Yang, Fu-Hsun Huang, Pi-Hui Huang, Geui-Lin Huang, Ting-Wu Ho, Jiann-Min Yang

The Invasive Species Forecasting System: A Workflow-Oriented Decision Support Framework for Managing Biological Invasions ......................................................................................................................................... 270 John L Schnase, Neal Most, Roger Gill, Peter Ma

One Rasterization Approach Algorithm for High Performance Map Overlay ............................................................ 274 Hui Dong, Zhenlin Cheng, Jinyun Fang

The Effect of Healthy Food Accessibility on Childhood Obesity ................................................................................... 280 Lauren Rosenshein, Nigel Waters

Inversion Modeling of Chlorophyll - a Concentration in Water by Multi-angle Polarized Reflection....................... 285 Yang Han, Yunsheng Zhao, Yunfeng Lu, Yeqiao Wang

A Novel Feature Ranking Modelling in GIS Context: Addressing Complexity and Cost Issues ................................ 289 Alberto Gemelli, Claudia Diamantini, Domenico Potena

Very High Spatial Resolution Images: Segmenting, Modeling and Knowledge Discovery ......................................... 295 Erick López-Ornelas

Integration of Geospatial Information for Mobile and Services Devices ...................................................................... 300 Erick López-Ornelas, Fernando Farfán-Olvera

Towards Building a Geo-Service Broker ......................................................................................................................... 305 Kealeboga Kaizer Moreri Xiaolun Yi, Darka Mioc

GML Parsing Technology Service and its Sharing Platform ......................................................................................... 311 Lizhi Miao, Guonian Lu, Shuliang Zhang

Quantitative Visualizations of Hierarchically Organized Data in a Geographic Context ........................................... 316 Donovan H. Parks, Robert G. Beiko

A SOA Based Debris Flow Monitoring System: Architecture and Proof-of-Concept Implementation...................... 322 Lan-Kun Chung, Yao-Min Fang, Yin-Huei Chang, Tien-Yin Chou, Bing Jean Lee, Hsiao-Yuen Yin, Bastian Baranski

GeoProfiling: A Services-Oriented Approach................................................................................................................. 328 Ray Renner, Zohra Hemani, George Tjoumas, Kimberly Turley, Craig Callender, Becky Elstad, Paul Smith

PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE: Storage, Search, and Distribution of Geospatial Data......................................... 332 Ray Renner, Zohra Hemani, George Tjoumas, Kimberly Turley, Craig Callender, Becky Elstad, Paul Smith, Northrop Grumman

Urban Forest Inventory Using Open Access Web Mapping Services and Photogrammetric Solution ...................... 337 Mary Thornhill, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Michael Andreu

Research on Shared Platform of Water Environment Information Services based on GeoGlobe.............................. 342 Haitao Cao, Jianya Gong, Xiaoling Chen Yumin Chen

Automatic Farmland Extraction From Multi-temporal Landsat TM Data Based On Artificial Neural Network .............................................................................................................................................................................. 346 Mu Bai Huiping Liu Wenli Huang Yu Qiao Xiaodong Mu

Urban Expansion Simulation Based on Constrained Artificial Neural Network Cellular Automata Model .................................................................................................................................................................................. 350 W. Huang, H. Liu, M. Bai

Effects of Mining on the Ecosystems Integrating GIS and Hydrological Model .......................................................... 354 J. Zhang, H. Gong, X. Li, M. Ross

Simulation on the Effects of Non-Point Source Pollution in Qingjiang River Basin based on SWAT Model and GIS ................................................................................................................................................................... 359 Z. Wang, Q. Du, Z. Wang, D. Zhao, B. Cao

New Spatial Measures of Terrain Dynamics Derived from Time Series of Lidar Data............................................... 363 H. Mitasova, E. Harden, M. Overton, R. S. Harmon

Temporal and Spatial Variation of Urban Airborne Inhalable Particle and Its Influence Factor Analysis using GIS & RS .................................................................................................................................................. 369 W.-H. Zhao, H.-L. Gong, W.-J. Zhao, L. Zhu, T. Tang

Spatial Data Access Control in Grid Environment......................................................................................................... 374 M. Yan, Y. Gao, L. Wu, P. Wu, Y. Zhao, Y. Sun

Integer Programming (IP) Formulation for Minimizing Sediment Delivery in a Watershed by Reforestation of Optimal Sites.......................................................................................................................................... 380 P. Vanegas, D. Cattrysse, J. Van Orshoven

Discovery of Spatial Links between Individuals on the Geospatial Semantic Web...................................................... 386 A. D. Miron, J. Gensel, M. Villanova-Oliver

Organization and Schedule of Multi-resolution Pyramid Based on Wavelet Transform ............................................ 392 L. Xiang, X. Zhu

The Design of Intelligent Expert Classifier for Featured Crop Mapping Combining Spectral Library .................... 397 L.-G. Fang, H.-L. Li, S.-S. Chen

A Framework of Spatio-Temporal Data Adaptive Visualizations for Mobile Environment....................................... 403 J. Yu, B. Yang

The Research on QoS Assessment and Optimization for Geospatial Service Chain.................................................... 409 Z. Gui, H. Wu, W. Liu, Y. Chen

Hierarchical Route Planning based on Taxi GPS-Trajectories ..................................................................................... 414 Q. Li, Z. Zeng, B. Yang, T. Zhang

Classification of Urban Remote Sensing Image Based on Support Vector Machines.................................................. 419 H. Zhu, X. Yang, Y. Luo

A Multi-Level Comprehensive Evaluation Method for Quality of WMS based on Fuzzy Mathematics.................... 425 S. Shen, W. Liu, H. Wu, Y. Chen

Arbitrary Cut Algorithm Based on 3D Geological Objects Represented by TIN Structure ....................................... 430 W. Hua, G. Chen, H. Tong

Identification of Sand Dredges in Yangtze River based on ASAR Remote Sensing Data ........................................... 434 X. Cheng, Y. Wan, B. Cao

Workflow-Oriented the Optimal Path Web Services in Multi-Level Road Network................................................... 439 Y. Chen, J. Gong, H. Cao, Z. Gui

Spatial Interpolation via GWR, A Plausible Alternative?.............................................................................................. 443 D. Yu

Integrating Semantic World Modeling, 3D-Simulation, Virtual Reality and Remote Sensing Techniques for a New Class of Interactive GIS-based Simulation Systems.................................................................. 448 J. Roßmann, M. Schluse, M. Hoppen, R. Waspe

A Performance Evaluation on DCT and Wavelet-based Compression Methods for Remote Sensing Images based on Image Content....................................................................................................................................... 454 S. Nichols, H. Kim, A. A. Humos, H. J. Cho

Crop Phenology Date Estimation based on NDVI Derived from the Reconstructed MODIS Daily Surface Reflectance Data .................................................................................................................................................. 459 H. Zhao, Z. Yang, L. Di, L. Li, H. Zhu

Employing United Delaunay Triangulation in Contour Lines Generalization............................................................. 465 X. Zhang, X. Zhu, Y. Yang

Discover, Visualize, and Deliver Geospatial Data through OGC Standards-based WebGIS System......................... 471 Y. Wei, S.-K. Santhana-Vannan, R. B. Cook

Grid Vector Map Service based on WSRF ...................................................................................................................... 477 Y. Zhao, Y. Fang, B. Chen, P. Wu, M. Yan, Y. Sun

Integration of Geospatial Web Services and Web Portal Technologies for Geospatial Information Sharing and Processing ..................................................................................................................................................... 483 J. Yuan, P. Yue, J. Gong

A Rapidly and Accurately Calculating Method of the Three Gorges Reservoir Dynamic Storage ............................ 487 Y. Lu, X. Chen, D. Tan, H. Li

An Introduction of WS-QF and the Specialized Factor Set based on WS-QF for QoGIS........................................... 492 Z. Liu, H. Wu, Y. Chen

Road Densities and Species Abundance........................................................................................................................... 497 Y.-F. Chen, W. W. Chen

Semantic Relation Representation of Geographic Concept Based on Lattice .............................................................. 503 H. Wang, L. Li, P.-C. Song

A Scalable Web GPS Monitoring System based on Ajax Push Pattern ........................................................................ 508 L. Shen, C. Yang, F. Zhang, Y. Ren, L. Wu, L. Zhu

Geospatial Data Provenance in Cyberinfrastructure ..................................................................................................... 513 P. Yue, L. He

Semantic Discovery of OGC WPS-based Remote Sensing Image Processing............................................................... 517 X. Chen, X. Zhu

VegaMinerPOI: A Spatial Data Mining System for POI Datasets ................................................................................ 522 S. Peng, J. Fang, C. Han, Z. Cheng

Impact Analysis and Appraisal of Tangjiashan Barrier Lake by Spatial Information Technology........................... 526 Y. Zhang, P. Chen

An Evaluation on Human Interpretation Error in Geographic Data: A Case Study with Land Use Data..................................................................................................................................................................................... 531 Y. Hanashima

A Schema Mapping Technique for XML-based Semantic Geodata Translation ......................................................... 536 Z. Xu, Z. Li

The Research of Interoperability in Spatial Catalogue Service between CSW and THREDDS................................. 542 C. Hu, L. Di, W. Yang

Examining Effects of Past Volcanic Eruptions on Forests of the Changbai Mountain with in situ and Remote Sensing Observations........................................................................................................................................... 547 J. Xu, Y. Liang, Y. Wang

Earth Observation and Ecological Security: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach towards a Regional Inventory and Monitoring................................................................................................................................. 553 Y. Wang, Z. Wu, J. Feng, X. Yuan, H. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Xu

Implementation of a Pilot GIS for a Volunteer-based Water Quality Monitoring Program ...................................... 558 T. Love, C. Trumbauer, C. A. Cole

AHD: The Alternate Hierarchical Decomposition of Nonconvex Polytopes (Generalization of a Convex Polytope based Spatial Data Model)................................................................................................................... 563 R. Bulbul, A. U. Frank

Severe Weather Event Detection and Tracking Sensor Web ......................................................................................... 569 G. Yu, L. Di, P. Li, P. Zhao, J. F. Moses

Sensor Web Service Integration for Pandemic Disease Spread Simulation.................................................................. 574 G. Yu, L. Di, J. A. Smith, B. Zhang, P. Li, H. Wang, M. Min

Integration of Landsat Imagery and an Inundation Model in Flood Assessment and Predictions: A Case Study in Cook Inlet, Alaska ..................................................................................................................................... 580 H. Liu, T. Ezer

Dasymetric Estimation of Census Population Density: A Geostatistical Approach..................................................... 585 Z. He, A. Hu, L. Liu, L. Xu

WASP: An Innovative Sensor Observation Service with Web-/GIS-based Architecture............................................ 591 J.-C. Liu, K.-Y. Chuang

Implementation of a Prototype System for Data and Sensor Planning Service............................................................ 597 B. Zhang, L. Di, G. Yu, H. Wang

Assessment of Urban Building Layout based on Spatial Pattern Analysis Methods.................................................... 601 Y. Tao, G. Tang, S. Ge, S. Zhu, X. Dai, R. Zhu

Data Partnership Synergy: The Cropland Data Layer .................................................................................................. 606 R. Mueller, C. Boryan, R. Seffrin

The Comparative Study of Three Methods of Remote Sensing Image Change Detection........................................... 612 L. Xu, Z. He, S. Zhang, Y. Guo

Implementation of Sensor Observation Service for Satellite Imagery Sensors ............................................................ 616 H. Wang, L. Di, G. Yu, B. Zhang

Study on Risk Assessment Model of Urban Drought in Hilly Area of Central Sichuan Basin: A Case Study of Nanchong City .................................................................................................................................................... 621 L. Jiang, Y. Zhai, B. Zhang, C. Shu, L. Wang

Determination of Microphysical Properties for Dense Fog Over Nanjing in 2006-2007 with AVHRR Measurements .................................................................................................................................................................... 626 S. Niu, D. Xu, C. Lu, L. Zhao, J. Lv

Research on the Geometry Rectification Model of Infrared Image of HJ-1B Satellite with Sparse Ground Control Points...................................................................................................................................................... 630 J.B. Chen, Z.M. Zhou, C.Y. Wang

Estimation of Manning's Roughness Coefficient Distribution for Hydrodynamic Model using Remotely Sensed Land Cover Features ........................................................................................................................... 635 A. K. M. Azad Hossain, Y. Jia, X. Chao

Detecting Spatio-Temporal Outliers with Kernels and Statistical Testing ................................................................... 639 J. P. Rogers, D. Barbara, C. Domeniconi

The Detection and Removal of Conflicts in Road Network Generalization by Delaunay Triangulation ................... 645 Y. Huang, T. Ai, H. Liu

The Node Management in a Geospatial Data Grid......................................................................................................... 651 P. Wu, Y. Fang, B. Chen, Y. Zhao, Y. Sun

Habitat-GIS-based Models for Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Distribution in Agricultural Landscape........................................................................................................................................................................... 655 C. Wang, Y. Liu, J. C. Axmacher

Study of Recognition Distance based on Bus Traveling in Beijing ................................................................................ 659 B. Liu, J. Zhang, C. Du, J. Jiang

Using Ajax for Desktop-like Geospatial Web Application Development ...................................................................... 665 W. Han, L. Di, P. Zhao, X. Li

Building Geospatial Web Portal for Use of National Agricultural Statistics in Geographic Context......................... 670 P. Zhao, L. Di, W. Han, Z. Yang

Feature Shape and Elevation based Road Classification and Extraction on High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Imageries ................................................................................................................................................ 674 T. Tang, X. Wang, J. Carbonara, Z. Shi

A Mobile Hot-Spot Navigator for Instant POI Finding in an Unfamiliar Area - A Case Study of Restaurants Finding in Da-an District, Taipei City, Taiwan ......................................................................................... 680 W.-S. Lai, C.-C. Shih

Fast and Semi-Automatic 3D Modeling and Roaming of Large-Scale Terrain............................................................ 685 Y. Shao, L. Di, B. Guo, J. Cao

Mining Time-Dependent Attractive Areas and Movement Patterns from Taxi Trajectory Data............................... 689 Y. Yue, Y. Zhuang, Q. Li, Q. Mao

Web Service for Extracting Terrain Openness from DEM Data................................................................................... 695 W. Luo, X. Li, L. Di, T. F. Stepinski

Spatial Distribution of the Inlinks to the Beijing Tourist Attractions' Websites.......................................................... 700 L. Qi, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Gao, L. Song

Extracting the International Markets of a Tourist Destination from Inlinks............................................................... 705 Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Gao, L. Qi, L. Song

A Study of Point Objects Generalization based on Rough Sets Technology................................................................. 711 W. Li, H. Wang, Z. Lin, X. Zhang

Object-Oriented Multi-Feature Fusion Change Detection Method for High Resolution Remote Sensing Image .................................................................................................................................................................... 717 W.-J. Wang, Z.-M. Zhao, H.-Q. Zhu

An Accelerated Approach to Create 3D Web Cities ....................................................................................................... 723 L. Liu, J. Fang

RS based Study on Urban Expansion and Its Impact on City Heat Island Effect in Chuxiong City in Yunnan, China ................................................................................................................................................................... 727 Y. Yang, Z. Shi, P. He, S. Tong, C. Xu

Incremental Identification of Topological Errors in Spatial Data................................................................................. 733 M. Prossegger, A. Bouchachia

Using Progressive Transmission of 3D/4D Geospatial Information over the Internet to Facilitate Geovisualization in World Wind ...................................................................................................................................... 739 J. Li, H. Wu, C. Yang, J. Xie, Q. Huang

Vector Distance Algorithm for Optimal Segmentation Scale Selection of Object-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Classification............................................................................................................................................. 743 H. Yu, S. Zhang, B. Kong

Improvement and Optimization of Thiessen Polygon Method Boundary Treatment Program ................................. 749 Q. Zhou, G. Liu, Z. Zhang

3D GIS Database Model for Efficient Management of Large Scale Underground Spatial Data ................................ 754 G. Liu, Q. Zhu, Z. He, Y. Zhang, C. Wu, X. Li, Z. Weng

Approach for Interoperability of Multi-Source Geological Hazard Data based on Ontology and GeoSciML........................................................................................................................................................................... 759 G. Liu, C. Wu, X. Ma, Y. Wang, F. Tian

An MRDB Approach for Propagating Updates Across Navigable Maps at Different Resolutions ............................ 764 B. Li, W. Zhao, B. Yang, Q. Li

Geographic Knowledge Map and Its Application in Seismic Knowledge Representation .......................................... 770 J. Xu, Y. Yao, T. Pei, C. Yao

A Case Study of Developing Personalized Spatial Cognitive Road Network and Raster Capable Route Finding Algorithm for Pedestrian Evacuation Behavior Simulation ............................................................................ 775 L. Wu, H. Lin

Improvement of an Aerodynamic Roughness Model with Meteorological Measurements and TM Image .................................................................................................................................................................................. 781 Y. Zhou, X. Sun, W. Ju

A Transit Path Planning Model based on the Heterogeneous Road Network .............................................................. 786 T. Zhao, J. Fang

Multi-Level Semantic Matching of Geospatial Web Services ........................................................................................ 792 A. Luo, Y. Wang, A. Luo, Y. Wang, L. Wang, Y. He

Application of SWAT for Sediment Yield Estimation in a Mountainous Agricultural Basin..................................... 797 Z. Duan, X. Song, J. Liu

PTGC: A Parallel Triangular Geometric Correction Algorithm for Remote Sensing Images ................................... 802 T. Qi, J. Fang, H. Liao, C. Han

Image Fusion by Compressive Sensing ............................................................................................................................ 808 A. Divekar, O. Ersoy

Stability Maps for Really Exploitable Automatic Classification Results ...................................................................... 814 E. Frontoni, A. M. Bernardini, E. S. Malinverni, A. Mancini, P. Zingaretti

A Practical Route Guidance Approach based on Historical and Real-Time Traffic Effects....................................... 820 F. Lu, Y. Duan, N. Zheng

Data Cleaning Approaches in Web2.0 VGI Application ................................................................................................ 826 X. Qian, L. Di, D. Li, P. Li, L. Shi, L. Cai

A Semantic-Enabled Meta-Catalogue for Intelligent Geospatial Information Discovery ........................................... 830 W. Li, C. Yang, R. Raskin

Global Planning of Geo-Processing Workflow in a Distributed and Collaborative Environment.............................. 835 X. Song, C. Li, L. Tang

Prospectivity Mapping for Gold Deposits Hosted by Iron Formation, in a Portion of Western Churchill Province that Includes Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada...................................................................... 841 P. Behnia, J. Kerswill, G. Bonham-Carter, J. Harris

The Analysis of Economic Spatial Characteristics of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region based on GIS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 847 J. Lian, H. Gong, X. Li, Y. Sun, W. Zhao, L. Zhu

Object-based High-Resolution Land-Cover Mapping .................................................................................................... 851 J. O'Neil-Dunne, K. Pelletier, S. MacFaden, A. Troy, J. M. Grove

Spatial Distribution of Litter Storage in China............................................................................................................... 857 Y. Ma, X. Zhang, Q. Zhu, H. Jiang, M. Huang, B. Wang, X. Xia

Utilizing Particle System to Simulate Airflow of Laneway in Underground Mine Environment ............................... 863 Q. Huang, S. Mao, Y. Jiang, B. Ru, M. Li, P. Dong

Sharing and Reuse of Service-based Geospatial Processing through a Web Processing Service (GRASS GIS Example) ..................................................................................................................................................... 869 X. Li, L. Di, W. Han, P. Zhao, U. Dadi

Land Use Transition Process Analysis Using Polygon Events and Polygon Status: a Case Study of Tsukuba Science City ........................................................................................................................................................ 874 Chiaki Mizutani

Design and Implementation of Statistic Remote Sensing Platform Based on Design Patterns ................................... 880 Xiaodong Wang, Huiping Liu, Shoudong Zhu, Xiaoluo Zhou, Yu Qiao

Evolution of Administrative Division in Beijing and Analysis on its Spatial Pattern Based on GIS .......................... 885 Yongfu Li, Anrong DANG, Tianhang HUANG

Uncertainty Propagation of Earthquake Loss Estimation System On The Early Seismic Damage Evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 891 Chi-Jan Huang, Che-hao Chang, Kuan-Yung Chang

A Winner Takes All Mechanism for Automatic Object Extraction from Multi-Source Data..................................... 897 Adriano Mancini, Emanuele Frontoni, Primo Zingaretti

A Study of Real-Time Identification and Monitoring of Barge-Carried Hazardous Commodities............................ 903 Yangrong Ling, Mingzhou Jin, Michael R. Hilliard, John M. Usher

Internet-based GIS for the Canadian Analogue Research Network ............................................................................. 907 Mickaël Germain, Maxime Phaneuf

Enterprise Spatial Data Deployment Strategies in a Global Engineering Environment – The Bechtel Experience .......................................................................................................................................................................... 912 Tracy J. McLane, Yongmin Yan

Registration of LiDAR Data Through Stable Surface Matching................................................................................... 917 Pravesh Kumari, Ramesh Shrestha, Bill Carter

A Study on Temperature Interpolation Methods Based on GIS.................................................................................... 922 Wenjing Cao, JinXing Hu, Xiaomin Yu

Geographical Information Retrieval based on User’s Operation on both Digital Maps and Directory Services ............................................................................................................................................................................... 927 Rika Kotera, Daisuke Kitayama, Kazutoshi Sumiya

Spatial Uncertainty Analysis for Water Distribution under Fragility Curves ............................................................. 933 Ming-Ko Chung, Che-hao Chang

A Parallel Fusion Algorithm of Remote Sensing Images................................................................................................ 937 Tongjun Qi, Haojun Liao, Jingyun Fang, Chengde Han

A Study of MODIS and AWiFS Multisensor Fusion for Crop Classification Enhancement ...................................... 943 Zhengwei Yang, Yangrong Ling, Claire Boryan

Application of ASAR PSI Techonology to Ground Deformation Detection in Mega-cities of the Pearl River Delta Region in China ............................................................................................................................................. 949 Qing Zhao, Hui Lin, Yuanzhi Zhang, Liming Jiang

Shortest Path Queries in Mobile Broadcast Environments............................................................................................ 954 Ta-Chih Su, Yun-Tung Hsieh, Chuan-Ming Liu

Integrated Ground-based Monitoring of Dust Aerosol from a Semi-Arid Site in North China during 2004-2006............................................................................................................................................................................ 960 Dan Xu, Shengjie Niu

A Model Driven Framework for Geographic Knowledge Discovery ............................................................................ 964 Octavio Glorio, Jose Zubcoff, Juan Trujillo

OGC Web Map Service Implementation Challenges for Mobile Computers............................................................... 970 Clodoveu A. Davis Jr., Yuri Jorge Kimo, Fátima L. P. Duarte-Figueiredo

GIS-Based Digital Simulation of Mobile Communication.............................................................................................. 976 Xian-hua Li, Cheng-jian Zheng, Qing-zhou Luo, Wei Huang, Xiang-yong Shi

Estimating Aboveground Biomass for Different Forest Types Based on Landsat TM Measurements ...................... 981 Min Li, John J. Qu, Xianjun Hao

A Novel Fast Acquisition Algorithm For GPS C/A Signals............................................................................................ 987 Xiangzhen Yao, Xinxian Qin, Jinyun Fang

Delegation in Geoprocessing Workflows ......................................................................................................................... 993 Bastian Schäffer

Improvement and Experiment on Grid-oriented Map Display Service ........................................................................ 999 Lixia Guo, Guoqing Li, Wengyang Yu, Jibo Xie, Lixia Guo

Extending the Map Cube Operator with Multiple Spatial Aggregate Functions and Map Overlay ........................ 1004 Francisco Moreno, Fernando Arango, Renato Fileto

Visualizing LIDAR in Google Earth .............................................................................................................................. 1011 Martin Isenburg, Jonathan Shewchuk

Applying Space Syntax in Large Polycentric City - Case Study in Wuhan, China.................................................... 1015 Qingming Zhan, Jingnan Zhou, Yinghui Xiao

Web-based Decision Support and Visualization Tools for Water Quality Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed............................................................................................................................................ 1021 Cassandra Mullinix, Paul Hearn, Huajun Zhang, John Aguinaldo

Modeling Real-Estate Search Service Using GIS Technology...................................................................................... 1027 Nouhad Amaneddine, Nader Chmeit

Efficient Managing Large Scale Species Range Maps in a Spatial Database Environment ...................................... 1032 Jianting Zhang

Towards a Semantic-Based Automatic Orchestration of Geo-Processing Services ................................................... 1038 Michael Owonibi, Peter Baumann

Increasing Process Reliability in a Geospatial Web Services Composition ................................................................ 1043 Sergio A. B. Cruz, Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Rafael Santos

Changes in Landscape Pattern of Wetlands in the Pearl Rivers Estuary in the Past Two Decades ......................... 1049 Xu Lang Chen Xiaoxiang Li Xiaolan He Zhijian

Spatio-temporal Data Model Based on Dynamic Correlation...................................................................................... 1054 WANG Shengxiao, SHI Shaoyu, LIU Biao, CAO Kai

The Design Development and Application of Geographical Knowledge Service Grid Portal................................... 1059 Xiaozhu WU, Chongcheng CHEN

An Improved k-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm and Its Application to High Resolution Remote Sensing Image Classification......................................................................................................................................................... 1066 Ying Li, Bo Cheng

Urban Land Suitability Evaluation Based on BP Network .......................................................................................... 1070 Yan Wang, Junru Cao, Zhenbai Song, Peilin Wu

Using Virtual World Technology to Construct Immersive 3D Virtual University..................................................... 1075 Bin Chen, Fengru Huang, Hui Lin

Parallel Map Rendering System for Massive Geospatial Data in Distributed Environment .................................... 1080 REN Yingchao, SHEN Lei, YANG Chongjun, ZHU Lin

Geostatistical Analysis on Human Impact Indexes for Land Use/Cover in Fujian Province and Fuzhou City ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1084 Zhi-qiang Chen, Jian-fei Chen

Remote Sensing for Monitoring on the Health of Artificial Robinia Pseudoacacia Forests in the Yellow River Delta........................................................................................................................................................... 1088 Ling YAO, Lifan FEI ,Sheng Gui, Qingsheng LIU, Gaohuan LIU

The Lifespan Model of GIS Data Representation over Scale Space ............................................................................ 1094 Tinghua Ai, Jingzhong Li

Voronoi Diagram and GIS-based 3D Path Planning .................................................................................................... 1100 Lifeng Liu, Shuqing Zhang

Changes of Eroded Landscape Pattern Based on Optimum Scale Taking Zhuxi Small Watershed as An Example...................................................................................................................................................................... 1105 Zhibiao Chen, Aiping Zou, Zhiqiang Chen, Lihui Chen

Extracting the Spatial Features from Satellite Images Using the Multilayer Level Set Method............................... 1111 Yishuo Huang, Jer-Wei Wu

Exchange Files of Geographic Incremental Updating Information Based on XML .................................................. 1117 YING Shen, LI Lin, WANG Hong, LIU Wanzeng, GAO Yurong

New Logic for Large-scale Land Cover Classification Based on Remote Sensing ..................................................... 1123 Quanfang Wang, Haiwen Zhang, Hangzhou Sun, Jiayong Li

Quick Computation Program of Fractal Dimension for 2D Vector Data ................................................................... 1128 Qian Wang, Quanfang Wang, Xin Mei, Haiwen Zhang, Hangzhou Sun

Geospatial Data Grid with Computational Capability ................................................................................................. 1132 Hao Chen, David G. Goodenough, Aimin Guan, Andre Charbonneau, Roger Impey, Wayne Podaima, Randall Sobie, Ashok Agarwal, Belaid Moa, Ian Gable, Patrick Armstrong, Ronald J. Desmarais

Three Dimensional Peer-2-Peer (3DP2P) Networks ..................................................................................................... 1136 Clayton G. Thomas Jr., Damian Watkins, Craig Scott

Enhancing a GIS Cellular Automata Model of Land Use Change Using Support Vector Machine......................... 1142 Onuwa Okwuashi, Jack McConchie, Peter Nwilo, Etim Eyo

Validation of Surface Radiation Data Provided by the CERES Over the Tibetan Plateau....................................... 1147 Sheng Gui, Shunlin Liang, Lin Li

Kernel Density Estimation with Geographically Masked Points................................................................................. 1153 Xun Shi, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Tracy Onega

Research the Influence of the Ring Road Factor on Route Choice.............................................................................. 1157 Xiaohui Hou, Jing Zhang, Chong Du, Lianjun Zhang

Land Use Allocation Optimization Towards Sustainable Development based on Genetic Algorithm ..................... 1163 Cao Kai1, Huang Bo, Zhao Qing, Wang Shengxiao

A Computer Model to Study the Variability of Gridbased Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Values Derived from AQUA/AMSRE Satellite Data and Its Influence on the Onset of South West Monsoon Near the Kerala Coastal Region in India....................................................................................................................... 1168 S. C. Chakravarty

Finding Cold Wakes of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike (August – September, 2008) and Katrina (August 2005) Using Three-Day Composites of Sea Surface Temperature from TRMM’s TMI ............................. 1173 Sinclair Sheers

An Evaluation of Potential Natural Disaster Response Using the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS): Improving Data Response Timelines ................................................... 1179 Mark C. Bowman, Kyle Foster, Matthew Wilkerson

Intercomparison of Candidate Methods for Mineral Dust Aerosol Classification Using MODIS Infrared and Visible Channels........................................................................................................................................ 1183 Aleta Duvall, Rahul Ramachandran

Visualize, Analyze and Mine Satellite Imagery Using a Single Tool ........................................................................... 1188 Rahul Ramachandran, Sara Graves, Todd Berendes, Manil Maskey, C. Chidambaram, S. Christopher, Patrick Hogan, Tom Gaskins

Integration of Grid and OGC Compliant Services to Implement the Sharing and Interoperability of Multi-Source and Heterogeneous Geospatial Data ....................................................................................................... 1194 Hong Fan, Hao Feng, Xinyan Zhu

Space - Time Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in 2 States: A Preliminary Analysis ...................... 1200 Michelle Kloc, Arnauld Nicogossian, Naoru Koizumi, Amit Patel

Parameter Estimation in Geographically Weighted Regression.................................................................................. 1206 Juan Luo

Real-time Traffic Data Management for Dynamic Vehicle Navigation System ......................................................... 1212 Yang Yu, Bin Li

An Application of Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing Techniques for Detection of Oil Spill............................................................................................................................................................................. 1217 Anwar S Dahish, Anuar Ahmad

Design and Implementation of a Location Awareness System for Field Police Work ............................................... 1221 Duansheng Chen, Yongquan Du, Yibao Zhang

Fractal Study on Infrared Thermal-Imaging ................................................................................................................ 1225 WuYing, Sun Mingqing, Li Zhuoqiu

A Segmentation Method of Ultrasonic CT Image Based on Wavelet Neural Network.............................................. 1231 WuYing, Sun Mingqing, Li Zhuoqiu

Application of GPS/GIS Technologies in the Pre-hospital First Aid: Lessons Learned from Suzhou Municipal Hospital Case study ....................................................................................................................................... 1234 Yulong Bai

Providing Public Standardized Data Access Function: Lessons Learned from Accessing USGS Landsat Archive............................................................................................................................................................... 1237 Xuanang Cheng, Yuqi Bai, Liping Di, Douglas Nebert

Technical Architecture for Land Monitoring Portal using Google Maps API and Open Source GIS ..................... 1241 Kiwon Lee

Agent-based Location Choice Simulation...................................................................................................................... 1246 Yi. Chao, Jiyuan. Guo, Qi Wang, Yang Yue

State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering The Spatial Data Integration and Analysis with China Geo-Explorer ........................................................................................................................................................ 1250 Xu Zhang, Xinyan Zhu, Bing She, Shuming Bao

An Improved Methodology for Paddy Field Measurement using LANDSAT ETM+ ............................................... 1258 Yang Liu Author Index