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Mercator's Geometric Method in the Construction of His Projection from 1569
The geometric method Mercator used to construct his projection from 1569 was reconstructed. Modern mathematical means are required for the...
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Urban growth scenario projection using heuristic cellular automata in arid areas considering the drought impact
Arid areas with low precipitation and sparse vegetation typically yield compact urban pattern, and drought directly impacts urban site selection,...
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Map Projection
Map projection is a foundational theory and an important part of cartography. It occupies an important and leading place in the development of...
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Projection of precipitation extremes over South Asia from CMIP6 GCMs
Extreme precipitation events are one of the most dangerous hydrometeorological disasters, often resulting in significant human and socio-economic...
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Projection of hydrothermal condition in Central Asia under four SSP-RCP scenarios
Hydrothermal condition is mismatched in arid and semi-arid regions, particularly in Central Asia (including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...
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Reflection and Projection
All the Shiva temples are iconic, with a significant religious value attached to them, and thus an integral part of intersecting social, religious,...
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Quantifying Uncertainties in Climate Change Projection and Its Impact on Water Availability in the Thuli Bheri River Basin, Nepal
Increase in global mean surface temperature due to greenhouse gases and rapid urbanization has resulted in climate change in both regional and global...
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Landscape and Ecological Transformations of Siberia: Spatial Projection
Siberia is a current research area with a relatively well-preserved natural environment, indigenous structures of geosystems, but also with a high...
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Standard Points and Lines in Map Projections
In order to be able to read the information a map conveys, we must be familiar with the distribution and size of the inevitable distortions....
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High-Resolution Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) Modeling and Projection Over Western Canada, Including Mackenzie Watershed
Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model was run at a Convection-Permitting (CP) 4-km resolution to dynamically downscale the 19-member CMIP5...
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Referencing and Coordinate Systems in GIS
The fundamental requirement of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the use of spatially aligned map layers. If they do not, obvious errors can...
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Coastline behavior under climate change and sea-level rise scenarios: a western Portuguese littoral case study
With climate change being addressed as a concern that poses a risk to the coastal communities, alongside with warnings of mean sea-level rise (SLR),...
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Greece as a Central Actor Amid Geostrategic Antagonisms in the South-Eastern Mediterranean Complex
We are presenting a geopolitical analysis of power redistribution in the Geopolitical Complex of the Eastern Mediterranean, as defined by the...
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Ptolemy's Methodological Principles in the Creation of His Map Projections
Ptolemy developed instructions for three projections, but only the first two projections were used in practice. These instructions, which contributed...
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Automation Strategies for the Photogrammetric Reconstruction of Pipelines
A responsible use of energy resources is currently more important than ever. For the effective insulation of industrial plants, a three-camera...
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Approaching Regional Depopulation in Serbia
What would demographic future of Serbia look like if the recently adopted pronatalist policy became successful? How the change in migration patterns...
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High-Performance Small-Scale Raster Map Projection Empowered by Cyberinfrastructure
This chapter reports on the merging of geospatial data transformation, high-performance computing (HPC), and cyberinfrastructure (CI) domains for map...
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Future flooding of the Volta Delta caused by sea level rise and land subsidence
The Volta Delta (Ghana, West Africa) is increasingly impacted by Sea Level Rise (SLR). SLR renders the Volta Delta mostly vulnerable to flooding,...
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Exploring detailed urban-rural development under intersecting population growth and food production scenarios: Trajectories for China’s most populous agricultural province to 2030
Henan, China, is likely the most populous agricultural province worldwide. It is China’s major grain-producing area, with a continuously increasing...
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Supervised multi-regional segmentation machine learning architecture for digital twin applications in coastal regions
The objective of this study is to develop a global terrain and altitude map by combining a digital twin model and deep learning technique on...
