Big Data has emerged in the past few years as a new paradigm providing abundant data
and opportunities to improve and/or enable research and decision-support applications with …

Great strides have been made in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research over the
past half-century. However, this progress has created both opportunities and challenges …

The physical phenomena derived from an analysis of remotely sensed imagery provide a
clearer understanding of the spectral variations of a large number of land use and cover …

Climate change projections foresee an increasing number of intense precipitation events
with consequent flash and riverine floods. An accurate and rapid map** of these …

Abstract Real-time, near-real-time, and accurate flood extent information is critical for
emergency response during disaster events such as floods. Accurate extents are critical for …

Big data has been a focus of research in science, technology, economics, and social
studies. Many countries have already incorporated big data research into their national …

Abstract Since Google Earth was first released in 2005, it has attracted hundreds of millions
of users worldwide and made a profound impact on both academia and industry. It can be …

Big Data has emerged with new opportunities for research, development, innovation and
business. It is characterized by the so-called four Vs: volume, velocity, veracity and variety …

With more and more data generated, it has become a big challenge for traditional
architectures and infrastructures to process large amounts of data within an acceptable time …

Land cover maps play an integral role in environmental management. However, countries
and institutes encounter many challenges with producing timely, efficient, and temporally …