Integrated geographic modelling and simulation is a computational means to improve
understanding of the environment. With the development of Service Oriented Architecture …

Phenomenal progress has been witnessed in the field of Geographic Information System
(GIS) in recent times. The development of webGIS is the result of the growth of the Internet …

In the context of the European Union's Soil Thematic Strategy, policy makers require easy
access to soil data and information of various types and scales to assess the state of soils at …

Integrated environmental modeling (IEM) is inspired by modern environmental problems,
decisions, and policies and enabled by transdisciplinary science and computer capabilities …

This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past
twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the …

The Cropland Data Layer (CDL) contains crop and other specific land cover classifications
obtained using remote sensing for the conterminous United States. This raster-formatted and …

In this article, an extensive inventory in the literature of water erosion modelling from a
geospatial point of view is conducted. Concepts of scale, spatiality and complexity are …

Discovering and accessing hydrologic and climate data for use in research or water
management can be a difficult task that consumes valuable time and personnel resources …

Abstract The Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) is a web-based platform developed at the
Iowa Flood Center (IFC) in order to provide access to flood inundation maps, real-time flood …

This paper investigates the usability of Future Internet technologies (aka “Generic Enablers
of the Future Internet”) in the context of environmental applications. The paper incorporates …