Poster Presenters

 
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Lam Kuok-Choy Lecturer, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Bio

Work as Senior Lecturer of Geography at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), where he teaches Remote Sensing and GIS, Tropical Geomorphology and Research Methodology. In addition he serves as Research Fellow at the Earth Observation Centre of the Institute of Climate Change, UKM and oversees management and research activities of the Geospatial Unit at the School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM.

Abstract The analysis of rainfall variability and response of oil palm phenology in tropical climate using MODIS vegetation index

Vegetation phenology describes the plant life cycle or activity and it is important to understand its interactions with climate. This study is conducted to identify plant phenological responses to average monthly rainfall and to extract the phenology metrics for oil palms trees by using EVI vegetation indices from MODIS-Aqua (product MYD13Q1) from year 2000 to 2014. This is an ongoing project and an initial test result based on a subset of data in year 2007 and 2009 is reported. Year 2007 receives normal rainfall while 2009 experiencing less rains in eleven years (2000-2010). The initial test results show that the phenological trends of oil palms fluctuate in 2007 compared to 2009 with EVI at 0.45-0.71 and 0.5-0.74 respectively. Effect of lag period on vegetations' greenness was detected, especially after heavy rain period in both years which affects the correlation values between the average rainfall and EVI. There is no major difference between the lengths of season for oil palms in both year, which is 32 days longer in 2007 compared to 2009. The longer terms dataset will provide a better understanding of the climate change effects on the phenological response of oil palm which will inevitably impacting the socio-economic aspects of oil palm growers.

Presented a Paper on:

The analysis of rainfall variability and response of oil palm phenology in tropical climate using MODIS vegetation index.

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Sujay Chokshi Visiting Faculty, Cept University, India
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Myself Sujay Chokshi, Visiting Faculty in CEPT university taking lecture on Smart Village using GIS. Moreover I have done Masters in Geomatics and Space Application and Another Masters in Information Technology.

Abstract A reflection on innovative approaches to improve social and physical development aspects using GIS technology in a Smart Village: Punsari (India)

The paper intends to represent the study of Punsari, a smart village in India and how to further improve the existing village situation using various kinds of technological approaches such that it can be set as an example for other villages towards a futuristic smart rural development with the help of PURA concept i.e. Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Area. Punsari which identifies it be a Smart Village and then in detail explains about various initiatives that can be implemented in Punsari for its complete sustainable development. The paper aims to develop Punsari as model village by providing the urban infrastructure facilities to the rural areas and better economic opportunities for the villagers inside the village itself, in order to retain the existence of rural characteristics like farming and high end community participation. It explains to us about the blend between technology and rural development and bring it at par with urban areas of the country in order to have a balance growth in the entire city. For intervening in the physical and social aspects for development, various initiatives have been proposed using GIS as an analysis tool. Moreover we can proposed the E- Governance for the better transparency and good governance so that it can be derived in a sustainable manner and the financial proper channelization. Our paper is an approach to introduce options in the form of smart initiatives which are a way forward to future of rural development after studying Punsari village.

Presented a Paper on:

Smart Villages using GIS: A case study on Punsari village

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Syed Attique Shah Student, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
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Syed Attique Shah is currently a PhD Student in Geographical Information Technology Department at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He joined BUITEMS, Pakistan as a Lecturer (Information Technology) in 2011 and then promoted as Assistant Professor in 2014 but currently is on a study leave. His research interests are in Cloud Computing, Information Security, Geo-Data Policy and Geospatial Applications.

Abstract Integrating data source possibilities for Geo-Business Intelligence

A location component is attached to almost (80%) all sort of data sets and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions desperately need to effectively exploit this additional data component through the assistance of Location Intelligence (LI) for achieving Competitive Advantage and Cost Reduction. Any query with the "Where" LI axis can renovate the analytical and decision making process of the business, keeping in mind the enormous potential of internet and mobile subscription which is already facilitating LI Services. However, there are some issues in the integration of location referenced data and business referenced data at the ETL level for storage in enterprise warehouse. Data at the ETL stage needs to be in a well-structured and systematized, as it is going to be the source for all other processes. In this research authors has focused on these glitches and have proposed some constraints through geocoding and data quality. These constraints are for data cleansing, standardizing and validating so that the accuracy of the source data can be maintained. We have also come up with a methodology called Geo-Business Data Integration Method to produce efficient and ready to use data sets so that the system can run on real time and be able to make improved data driven operational decisions. The proposed methodology mainly focuses on Key Performance Indicators to provide an accurate and cost-effective use of these technologies (BI and LI) for improved decision making.

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Theofilos Papadopoulos Student, Technological Educational Institution of Central Macedonia, Greece
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Graduate student on department of Civil, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, Technological Educational Institution of Central Macedonia, Serres, Greece. Interested in Javascript development for geospatial applications concerning: Geospatial Web Services including WPS implementations, 3D Geovisualizations including animation and motion effects on 3D models, Open geospatial standards and open source geospatial software developments.

Abstract An HTML tool for exploiting geospatial web services

Geospatial web services (GWS) are becoming the dominant technology for data sharing and exchange between geospatial stakeholders. The prevailing GWSs standards have been introduced by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) during last decade, and include. without being limited, the web map service (WMS), the web feature service (WFS) and the web coverage service (WCS) for sharing, the catalog service for the web (CSW) for discovering, and also the web processing service (WPS) for processing, geospatial data. In this respect, numerous research projects and business solutions rely on the above standards to achieve geospatial data interoperability between custom applications and satisfy project-specific needs. In most cases, although the data exchange is executed through the above open standards, the processes are performed through proprietary software components executed on the server side.

In the present work we made an attempt to develop a generic end user web interface based on the specifications of selected OGC standards, with the ability to be executed locally as a simple html application. The tool is developed on top of open Javascript libraries and exploits already available GWSs. The user is capable of parameterizing the capabilities offered provided by geospatial service providers and visualize the results of the submitted requests. This software prototype may act as a forerunner for future complex geospatial applications providing high level capabilities for putting together different GWSs to satisfy specific geo-related user needs.

Presented a Paper on:

An HTML tool for explointing Geospatial Web Services

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Lalu Saheb Post Graduate Student, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
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Lalu Saheb K, is a Post Graduate Student interested in research and currently working under project entitled sustainable development of facility management and he is interested especially in Geo-referencing and Geographical Information Systems, integration of transportation sector with geo-spatial system for better utility of available land pattern. He has two year experience in building technology & management and quantity surveying.

Abstract Strategic Facility Location and Management using ArcGIS

Well planned and organized society leads to harmonised communal development. Balanced distribution of the facilities within the available land pattern may help not only for present developing communities but also assists the future community for a better planning in establishing new facilities. The factor which plays a pivotal role in learning about the pattern distribution in a society is trip distribution and trip generation. Planning of new developments in urbanized area changes the land pattern usage due to the introduction of new road networks. Individuals need towards the desire to reach their destination changes depending upon their individual accessibility needs. In this study social wise classification was used for strategic facility management in order to arrive at origin-destination cost matrix. On aggregation of each communal classification, overall accessibility index for each group of facility and community can be used for better classification of land pattern based on new facility setting. Further addition and development of new facility in a region can be made by location-allocation analysis. The above framework was applied to newly developing city Amravati, India in order to check the efficiency of the system based on accessibility index as a quantitative measure.

Presented a Paper on:

Strategic Facility Location and Management using ArcGIS

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Asma Belaroussi PhD Student, École normale supérieure de Kouba, Algeria
Bio

Asma BELAROUSSI is a PhD student at the radiation and image processing Laboratory in Houari Boumediene Sciences and Technology University

Abstract Geographic information integration in data warehouses

Business intelligence (BI) brings new solutions for modelling, querying and visualizing data in aid target decision. Multidimensional models or hypercube models structure the data for BI by explaining the dimension concept as analysis Axis (time, product, etc.), and facts as measurements or indicators (turnover, sold items number). The OLAP (Online Analytical processing) algebra formalizes the operations that are necessary for the integration and navigation in multidimensional data. The OLAP query is based on the course of the dimension hierarchies to visualize the measurements at different detail granularities (days, months, years). Navigation oriented interfaces (dashboards, graphs) complement the decision-making tools panel. The Spatial data integration in OLAP system is a major challenge. Indeed, geographic information is frequently present implicitly or explicitly in the data, but generally used in decision-making.

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Keltoum Benlaharche PhD Student, école nationale supérieure d''informatique (ESI), Algeria
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Phd student at high school of computer science, i''am interesste by different domaines: GIS, semantic web, IA, Expert System, Automatique Language Processing and information system.

Abstract A Spatial Competency Location System Based Ontology

There is an urgent need to develop a spatial competency location system based ontology for people and organizations to locate experts in different domains around the word. In this work, we propose to include the semantic perspective to our current spatial competency location system by building an application ontology, which will control specifically the used vocabulary and hopefully increase the whole system effectiveness. In order to achieve these goals, we propose a new system architecture of which the most crucial elements are an application ontology and specialized semantic search engine dedicated to the localization of expert skills.

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Rafik Amara PhD Student, École normale supérieure de Kouba, Algeria
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Rafik Amara is head of IT department and assistant teacher at the Higher Normal School since 2011. Previously, he held the position of System Engineer at ENNA (National Air Navigation Establishment of Algéria). He is currently preparing his doctorate in the field of GIS and especially in the aviation sector.

Abstract Online GIS for simulation of air traffic based on radar data

The management of air traffic has always been a major concern of the Air Navigation organisms. To do this, various data sources are used, among them, geographic data (FIR and control areas boundaries, airways.) and also navigation data like radar data. Furthermore, the simulation of air traffic is expected to involve potential conflicts that may arise between aircraft separation during breaks and from there provide alternatives. This is especially useful when it comes to introducing a new air route in a sector or a radio navigation equipment. In the following, we offer an online simulation tool air traffic in which we mainly use the radar data to ASTERIX format for traffic information. The simulation environment is based on multi-agent systems and the diffusion is done via a GIS software online. We conclude with a review and prospects to improve the solution.

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Youcef Beskri PhD Student, École normale supérieure de Kouba, Algeria
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Assistant Professor in 'Ecole Normale Supèrieure , Kouba, Alger', Principal Research and Teaching Fields: GIS, Image processing, Databases, Multi-agent systems

Abstract Automated vector conversion of drainage network

Our work is part of a tool that we have developed and which allows the automated extraction of the drainage network from a digital terrain model (DTM). In this part we have developed two procedures that allow the automatic vector conversion and the extraction of some geomorphological settings for each hydrographic feature. The model chosen for the vector format of the drainage network is the network model. For sub basins, we retained the topological model. The first procedure consists to convert drainage network to vector. It is designed as follows: The first pixel to be processed is the one that represents the outlet. The procedure is recursive and each pixel is visited once. Each stream is represented by a line formed of all the centers of the pixels constituting the raster format. Some geomorphological parameters are extracted. The second procedure is used to the vector conversion of sub-basins. The tool that we have proposed and developed was applied to the watershed of Oued M''Zab (Ghardaia)

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Mustapha Hajji Senior scientist, National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), Morocco
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I am working at the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water as a senior scientist. I am holding a Doctorate of applied sciences from Mohammedia school of engineering with the collaboration of the university of Hawaii at Manoa. I am working on water resources management using G.I.S. I have attended many classes on GIS for my education including the ITC University of Twente.

Abstract Using GIS and the RUSLE2 Model to create an index of potential soil erosion at the large basin scale and discussing the implications for water planning and land management in Morocco

Though Morocco is one of the most at-risk areas for soil erosion in the world, there is a lack of agreement and coordination on how to study it. In 1995 and 2006, Morocco designated the river basin as the basic unit for water and land resource management through the passage of the Water Law and National Watershed Management Plan, respectively.

Thus, the current study aimed to treat the issue of erosion impact on water resources, mitigation in terms of methods and management. The conductor of this study used the RUSLE.2 model to determine the quantity and severity of sheet and rill erosion for the Bouregreg river basin on the north-western coast of Morocco and construct a series of scenarios to examine the effect of variation in digital elevation model scale, precipitation magnitude at the monthly and annual level, and vegetative cover at the monthly and annual level. Tabular and remote sensing data on precipitation in the period from 1984-2013 (agricultural years), soil, land cover, and topography from local and international sources were gathered and formatted. The conductor of this study also consulted with policy-makers and engineers working in water planning and land management in order to discuss the current state of erosion research and mitigation in Morocco, and recommend steps for decision makers in the water planning and land management sectors.