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 …

In recent decades, we have witnessed great advances on the Internet of Things, mobile
devices, sensor-based systems, and resulting big data infrastructures, which have gradually …

As an important application of virtual geographic environments (VGEs), virtual disaster
scenes are essential in enhancing the public's risk awareness. However, existing virtual …

Virtual scenes can present rich and clear disaster information, which can significantly
improve the level of public disaster perception. However, existing methods for constructing …

Immersive virtual reality (iVR) devices are rapidly becoming an important part of our lives
and forming a new way for people to interact with computers and each other. The impact and …

Abstract Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs) are proposed as a new generation of
geographic analysis tool to contribute to human understanding of the geographic world and …

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 …

Geographic information science (GIScience) and remote sensing have long provided
essential data and methodological support for natural resource challenges and …

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

The recent growth in the adoption by several organizations of cloud computing services has
created the challenge to determine their performance of information model. The ability of …