Big data in natural disaster management: a review

M Yu, C Yang, Y Li - Geosciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Undoubtedly, the age of big data has opened new options for natural disaster management,
primarily because of the varied possibilities it provides in visualizing, analyzing, and …

A survey of measures and methods for matching geospatial vector datasets

EMA Xavier, FJ Ariza-López… - ACM Computing Surveys …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
The field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has experienced a rapid and ongoing
growth of available sources for geospatial data. This growth has demanded more data …

A twitter data credibility framework—Hurricane Harvey as a use case

J Yang, M Yu, H Qin, M Lu, C Yang - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Social media data have been used to improve geographic situation awareness in the past
decade. Although they have free and openly availability advantages, only a small proportion …

The role of social factors in the accessibility of urban areas for people with motor disabilities

A Gharebaghi, MA Mostafavi, SH Chavoshi… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities recognizes the right
of people with disabilities to attain full social participation without discrimination on the basis …

Enrichment of OpenStreetMap data completeness with sidewalk geometries using data mining techniques

A Mobasheri, H Huang, LC Degrossi, A Zipf - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tailored routing and navigation services utilized by wheelchair users require certain
information about sidewalk geometries and their attributes to execute efficiently. Except …

Crowdsourcing Geospatial Data for Earth and Human Observations: A Review

X Huang, S Wang, D Yang, T Hu, M Chen… - Journal of Remote …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The transformation from authoritative to user-generated data landscapes has garnered
considerable attention, notably with the proliferation of crowdsourced geospatial data …

A comparative study of big data use in Egyptian agriculture

SA Sayed, AS Mahmoud, E Farg, AM Mohamed… - Journal of Electrical …, 2023 - Springer
The Egyptian economy relies heavily on the agricultural sector. As the population grows,
arable land will diminish in the next decades. This makes food supply a priority. Big data …

The Challenge of Accessibility to Heritage around the Via Francigena: The Potential of Thermal Heritage for Accessible Tourism

M Gomez-Heras, S González Soutelo… - Heritage, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Via Francigena stands as a European Cultural Route recognized by the Council of
Europe, serving as a link between Northern and Southern Europe, extending from …

Pedestrian network repair with spatial optimization models and geocrowdsourced data

H Qin, KM Curtin, MT Rice - GeoJournal, 2018 - Springer
Pedestrian infrastructure is an essential part of the urban fabric. Typically, it is carefully
planned and maintained by governments and local experts, who recognize the benefits to …

[PDF][PDF] A conceptual framework for using big data in Egyptian agriculture

A Sayed, AS Mahmoud, E Farg… - … Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Agriculture is a typical contributor to the Egyptian economy, which could benefit from the
comprehensive capabilities of Big Data (BD). In this work, we review the BD role in the …