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ABSTRACT This study examined GPS positioning accuracy in high‐density urban environments using Hong Kong as a representative case study. Through field measurements along 32 testing routes using three GPS devices, we evaluated GPS performance across diverse urban morphologies to assess associations between complex urban characteristics and positioning ...
Tianyu Li, Yanjia Cao, Grant McKenzie
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Shallow landslide hazard assessment in the Camburi river catchment, São Sebastião municipality – SP
: In February 2023, the São Sebastião municipality (São Paulo State, Brazil) was hit by an extreme rainfall event that triggered hundreds of shallow landslides on the Serra do Mar slopes, outlining the necessity for detailed landslide hazard cartography.
Sofia Bonfogo Cavichioli +4 more
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ABSTRACT Urban heat islands (UHIs) pose a significant environmental issue in rapidly urbanizing areas, intensifying the need for accurate methods to assess and mitigate their effects. The Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification system is a standardized land use approach for urban heat island (UHI) research.
Omar Yasser +3 more
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Collaborative Cartography as a Tool for Inventory of Waterfalls in Municipalities in Southern Brazil
We investigate collaborative cartography as a tool for inventorying waterfalls in the municipalities of Pelotas and Arroio do Padre in southern Brazil. We aim to identify and catalog waterfalls through community participation to support the development ...
Victória Dejan Paganotto +1 more
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Dataset of physical features from natural water-bodies in a Mediterranean high-mountain context (Sierra Nevada, SE Spain). [PDF]
Diaz-Hernandez JL, Herrera-Martinez AJ.
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Techniques for augmenting the visualisation of dynamic raster surfaces [PDF]
Despite their aesthetic appeal and condensed nature, dynamic raster surface representations such as a temporal series of a landform and an attribute series of a socio-economic attribute of an area, are often criticised for the lack of an effective ...
Dykes, J, Rana, S
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Use of plan curvature variations for the identification of ridges and channels on DEM [PDF]
This paper proposes novel improvements in the traditional algorithms for the identification of ridge and channel (also called ravines) topographic features on raster digital elevation models (DEMs). The overall methodology consists of two main steps: (1)
Rana, S.
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THE EFFECT OF ARIDIFICATION ON DRY AND WET HABITATS OF ILLANCS MICROREGION, SW GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN, HUNGARY [PDF]
By the beginning of the 21st century, investigations aiming landscape history and landscape changes became especially important in the environmental research.
JÁNOS RAKONCZAI +2 more
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An integrated re-interpretation of the geochemical metallotec was carried out at Dora-Francisco metallogenic district. The spatial disposition, delimitation, and composition of lithogeochemical anomalies and its link with the different styles of ...
Amadú Baldé, José F. Lastra-Rivero
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