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ECG579 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Civil Engineers

Learning Outcomes
The scope of GIS applications
GIS application areas
Urban management
Land resources
Environment
Transportation
Facilities management
Commercial applications
Public services
e-Government

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Functional classification
Characteristics of data
themes, precision required, data model
GIS functions
processing capabilities, data structure
Products
interactivequeries, one-time video
tapes, hardcopy maps

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Decision support tool
What kind of decisions that are supported
by the GIS?
Simple decisions
Complex decisions
Handling uncertainty

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Groups of GIS activity
GIS is used by all people who deal with
spatial information.
Each group has distinct educational and
cultural background, and particular
ways of approaching problems.
Interactions occur between groups.

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Core groups of GIS activity
Technology sharing: surveying,
engineering, cartography, remote
sensing
Management and decision-making:
resource, planning, AM/FM, commercial,
management, etc.
General public services and geo-
information seeker

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GIS application areas
Urban management
Land resources
Environment
Transportation
Facilities management
Commercial applications
Public services
e-Government

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GIS in urban management
Urban applications involve the use of
computers to carry out functions of urban
government and management agencies, as
well as commercial practices.
History extents back to 1960s.
Major tasks involved provision of data
DIME files including:
locationsof street centre-lines
address ranges for each block
census reporting zones
TIGER files

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GIS in urban management
(cont.)

Series of city case studies have been conducted in late

1960s and early 1970s in U.S., as well as other
countries.
Mainly for Demonstrating simple GIS capabilities for
urban government for planning using social statistics for
small areas:
crime analysis
simple record-keeping
Now the GIS applications become more sophisticated
moving from simple record-keeping tasks to more
complicated decision-making activities.

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Small town management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Project management

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Construction

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Property management

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Land information system
Land information system (LIS) is a
primary GIS application field.
The purpose is to effectively record,
monitor and manage land parcels.
This typically integrates with daily
management work of land management.
The operation of the LIS often imposes
legal implications.

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An example of LIS

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Urban Planning

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 Land infrastructure

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Environment
What is there?
Where is something?
How much is something?
What if ?

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Understanding the limits
Data availability
Accuracy and resolution of spatial data
Errors in attribute data and classification
Real scientific model - poorly developed spatial
models may generate processing errors, or
simply wrong answers.
Representations of continuous variables
Time - It is always difficult for current GIS to
present and model the multitemporal
information.

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Environment protection

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 River management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Environment monitoring

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 Flood forecast and control

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Transportation
Transportation planning
Route selection
Traffic control
Construction and maintenance

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 Optimum
highway
route
selection
Landuse suitability

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Transportation monitoring

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Railway GIS

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 Shipping route
management

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Road hazard management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Aviation monitoring and control

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Facilities management
Power grid
Water pipe management
Communication networks
Facilities tracking

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Facilities management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Sewerage management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Site management

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 Water supply

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 Power grid management

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Commercial applications
Logistics and goods delivery
Supermarket management
Banking
Fast food chain
Market analysis
Advertising

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Client service

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Device tracking

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Real estate valuation

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GIS in public service
Informationprovider
Public announcement and information
sharing
Public consultation
Management
Emergency service
Crowd control
Anti-crime actions
Public health

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Public health alert

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Public health alert (cont.)

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Public health alert (cont.)

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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 Public geo-information services

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Tourist information

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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e-Government
Daily operation
Socio-economic development
Statistics
Government services

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Socio-economic statistics

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Police

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Government services

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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e-Government

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Regional management

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 Natural disaster reduction

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Emergency response
planning

Courtesy Supermap GIS Technologies, Inc.

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Summary
GIS is used by all people who deal with spatial
information.
GIS applications cover great variety of fields,
ranging from resource and environment to
socio-economic applications.
Diffusion of GIS technology has been
increasing with a great pace. The technology is
now wide available.
The major bottle-neck of GIS application is
data sharing, with both technical and
management constraints.

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