Table of Contents
Preface vii
GISRUK Committees ix
Contributors xi
Introduction Peter Halls 1
Section 1 Information Acquisition in the Environment 5
1 Spatial information for ecosystem classification, analysis and forecasting C.M. Trotter J.R. Leathwick D. Pairman 7
2 Methodologies and approaches for automated land cover change detection A.J. Comber A. N. R.. Law J. R.. Lishman 37
3 Data-rich models of the urban environment: RS, GIS and 'lifestyles' Richard J. Harris Paul A. Longley 53
4 Extraction of field boundary information: using satellite images classified by artificial neural networks Taskin Kavzoglu Jasmee Jaafar Paul M. Mather 77
5 On the assessment of the spatial reliability of thematic images C.A.O. Vieira P.M. Mather 89
Section 2 Manipulating the Information: Tools, Visualisation and Navigation 103
6 A triangle-based carrier for geographical data Morten Dæhlen Morten Fimland Øyvind Hjelle 105
7 Integrated spatiotemporal analysis for environmental applications Robert Frank Zarine Kemp 121
8 A knowledge-based GIS for concurrent navigation monitoring Frederic Barbe François Gélébart Thomas Devogele Christophe Claramunt 135
9 Adapting one's mental model: an essential process for successful navigation in an environment Hartwig Hochmair 147
Section 3 Analysing the Information: Computation and Modelling 165
10 Implementation of a GIS-based cellular automaton approach for dynamic Modelling Verena Gruener 167
11 Preliminary analyses results of forest plant diversity and distribution on Mt. Medvednica, Croatia Sven D. Jelaska 183
12 Interpolation in a heterogenous world David M. Kidd 199
13 Spatial modelling of the visibility of land use David Miller 213
Section 4 Applying the Information: Decision Support 229
14 User interface considerations to facilitate negotiations in collaborative spatial decision support systems Jaishree Beedasy Rameshsharma Ramloll 231
15 The use of GIS in brownfield redevelopment Rebekah Boott Mordechai Haklay Kate Heppell Jeremy Morley 241
16 Evaluation methods to support the comparison of maps for environmental decision making Marjan van Herwijnen Ron Janssen 259
17 Use of statistical classification techniques in identifying stock and change in broad habitat categories Watkins, J.W. Howard, DC. Scott, W.A. 273
Index 283
