Day: October 27, 2009

A Dynamic Social Network Model for Disease Transmission

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ggaThis year’s joint e-seminar series will return to the topic of dynamic modelling in a GIS environment.

Date: 28th Oct at 1700 GMT

Title: A dynamic social network model for disease transmission.

Speaker: Ling Bian (Buffalo)

Chair: Kirk Harland (Leeds)

The seminars are open to all. For details of how to join the e-seminar using the Marratech™ video conferencing environment, and further seminars in the same series, see: http://www.wun.ac.uk/ggisa/seminars.html

Dave Unwin (d.unwin@wun.ac.uk) WUN Global GISc Academy Coordinator
Steve Carver (s.j.carver@leeds.ac.uk) University of Leeds

[Source: Royal Geographical Society Research Group]

The Vision of a Purposefully Designed Future: Understanding the Importance of GeoDesign

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geodesign-logo…from the Fall 2009 issue of ArcUser…

“The theme for the 29th Annual ESRI International User Conference was GIS: Designing Our Future. Here, ESRI president Jack Dangermond explains GeoDesign and its importance.

“This year’s conference emphasized the interesting relationship between design and GIS, with particular emphasis on the concept of “GeoDesign.”

“Today, GIS professionals work with geographic information to manage many aspects of our world and disseminate their good works. Design is a discipline and process where people deliberately create. Design is about purpose and intentions; it’s about seeing in our mind’s eye what could be, then creating it. GIS can also be used to integrate geographic science with design. I like to refer to this as the field of GeoDesign.”

GIS for Climate Change Bibliography, Part 5: Disaster Management

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Cyclone Leaves Its Mark on the Map: Analyzing and Monitoring Myanmar’s Damaged Rice Production Regions
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall09articles/cyclone-leaves.html

Mass Casualty GIS Data Management System (from Complaint to Grave)
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1866.html

Planning for Disaster by Pinpointing Populations Vulnerable to Hazards
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1194.html

Storm Surge and Flood Vulnerability in Cumberland County, NJ
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1618.html

Using the U.S. National Grid for Preparedness and Response
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1634.html

Managing Spatial Information to Utilize Disaster Records for Community Safety
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1331.html

13-County Houston—Galveston Region: Population Inside the 100 Year Floodplain (2035)
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume24/safety5.html

Combining GIS and Statistical Analyses to Support Global Pandemic Preparations
http://www.esri.com/library/newsletters/healthygis/healthygis-winter2007.pdf

Evaluating HIV/AIDS Programs: Mapping Affected Populations Fills Information Gap
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0706/hiv1of2.html

GIS for Medical Emergency Preparedness: Siting Medical Distribution Centers in an Emergency
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume23/safety4.html

Hurricanes on the U.S. Gulf Coast
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume23/safety6.html

Rhode Island Critical Resources—Preliminary Flood Vulnerability Analysis
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/state1/ri2.html

Capacity Building Workshop on GIS-Based Hazard Risk Information Systems
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1572.html

Determining Flood Event Evacuation Areas & Floodwater Inundation with GIS
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1556.html

Disaster Response Application for Non-governmental Organizations
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1571.html

FEMA-ERT-N Geospatial Intelligence Unit: GIS and Disaster Response
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a2069.html

Hazards Analyst: North Carolina’s New Tool for Disaster Preparation/Response
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1673.html

Key Investment Pays Worthwhile Dividends
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1155.html

Long Term Recovery and GIS
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1361.html

Providing Real-time Spatial Data for Flood Response
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1187.html

Risk Analysis and ArcGIS Schematics – California Delta Levees
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1675.html

Special Population Planner 4: An Open Source Release
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/abstracts/a1374.html

Constructing COP of EOC at Niigata-ken Chuetsuoki Earthquake, 2007
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1798.html

Development of DSS for Mitigation of Flood Related Damage
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1730.html

Disaster Mitigation Models for the City of Redlands
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1405.html

Flood Mitigation Using GIS
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1540.html

GIS in Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1304.html

Lee County, Florida, ArcGIS Server Mobile Damage Assessment Tools
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1717.html

Mapping Successful Incident Response
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1564.html

Registration & Repatriation of Disaster Evacuees: A Geospatial Approach
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1062.html

Using Mobile GIS in Assessing Impacts of Historic Iowa Flood
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1581.html

Web Based Geographic Intelligence for Emergency Management Practitioners
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/abstracts/a1649.html

Application of Multi-objective Shortest-Path and Allocation Analysis for Flood Prevention
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1992.html

Embedding GIS in Disaster Simulation
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1847.html

Estimating Evacuation Ratio in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1934.html

Geospatially-Enabled Geographic Response Plans
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1840.html

GIS Improves Community Readiness Saving Lives During Emergency Disaster
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1376.html

GIS in Severe Weather Impact Analysis
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a2012.html

A GIS Tool to Determine Affected Population
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1716.html

Levee Inspection and Reporting System
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/abstracts/a1587.html

Harris County Flood Control District Custom Map Book Series
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public.html

Tsunami Inundation Zones
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public4.html

Disaster and Recovery: The Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Gulfport, Mississippi
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public6.html

Enhanced DFIRM
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public7.html

The Asia Pacific Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public9.html

Harris County Storm Surge Inundation Zones
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public11.html

Ground Elevations Compared to Static Base Flood Elevations for the City of Seabrook
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume22/public12.html

Sarasota County, Florida—An Assessment of Disaster Vulnerability
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume21/public_safety4.html

Kyoto City Multi-Hazard Maps
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume21/public_safety6.html

Rhode Island Critical Resources—Preliminary Flood Vulnerability Assessment
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume21/public_safety7.html

Mapping Flood Risk and Vulnerability in the Lower Mekong Basin
http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume20/safety2.html

FEMA and Local Governments Battle Hazards with a New GIS Tool
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer04articles/fema-and-local.html

GIS Supports Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster Relief
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring05articles/gis-supports.html

Turkish Government Bases National Emergency Response System on GIS
http://lbs360.directionsmag.com/articles/index.php?article_id=696

South Carolina Devises Earthquake Preparedness Plan with GIS
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0203articles/south-carolina-devises.html

Urban Information Systems for Earthquake-Resistant Cities
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0702/earthquake.html

In Japan, Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Damage Assessment Data Is Gathered More Efficiently Using GIS
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0506articles/in-japan.html

Bibliographies in this series:

Mapping the Solar Potential of Rooftops: Germany’s SUN-AREA Research Project Uses GIS

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p30p1-450…from the Fall 2009 issue of ArcNews…

Highlights:

  • Using ArcGIS Desktop tools, researchers identified all necessary rooftop data.
  • ArcGIS Desktop ModelBuilder was used to determine the solar potential of all roof areas.
  • The ModelBuilder application gave the team an intuitive interface.

“The solar age has dawned in Germany. About 20 percent of the country’s rooftops are suitable for solar power production, according to recent results from the SUN-AREA Research Project. The project aims to determine how solar energy resources can be optimized by placing photovoltaic panels on rooftops around the country.

“The SUN-AREA project is sponsored by the University of Osnabrück and the TOPSCAN topographical information company. It is led by geomatics engineer Martina Klärle and researchers Dorothea Ludwig and Sandra Lanig.

“Preliminary findings of the SUN-AREA project estimate that, at full potential, solar power could meet the entire energy needs of homes throughout Germany. The team began its work with an examination of the northern German city of Osnabrück.”