The ethics of Google Earth: Crossing thresholds from spatial data to landscape visualisation

Sheppard, Stephen R.J.; Čížek, Petr

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.09.012

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“…The use of visualisation can play a crucial role in this process by providing a user-friendly interface to spatial data that would otherwise require knowledge of GIS, as is evident in the popularity of tools such as Google Earth (Sheppard and Cizek 2009). In addition, landscape visualisation tools have the potential to capitalise on the advent of the era of 'big data' and the increased popularity of place-based citizen-science type initiatives by referencing information against a familiar background.…”

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“…Glander and Döllner 2009) together with related issues on the appropriate communication of risk and uncertainty (e.g. Sheppard and Cizek 2009). Based upon this emerging research agenda, three key challenges for scenario visualisation have been used to frame the experiences reported in this paper (Shaw et al 2009): ethical issues of using visual imagery in a way that is both defensible and dramatic; the difficulties of including all stakeholders in the participatory process; and the best use of research outcomes to inform policy and local decision-making.…”

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Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland

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Miller

Brown

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International Journal of Digital Earth

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Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland

Wang

Miller

Brown

et al. 2015

International Journal of Digital Earth

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“…The satellite picture was gained from the Google Earth TM landscape visualization (Sheppard and Cizek, 2009). …”

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The Comparison of the Potential Effect of Climate Change on the Segment Growth of Fraxinus Ornus, Pinus Nigra and Ailanthus Altissima on Shallow, Calcareous Soils

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Abstract. Growth patterns of different plant species are primarily determined by edaphic factors, climate conditions and their species-specific adaptation properties. Changing sub-regional aridity trends due to the projected climate change like soil erosion and the invasion of alien plant species threaten the ligneous vegetation of karst areas. We aimed to study and model the potential effect of aridity on the growth rate of young individuals of the native Fraxinus ornus and its two important competitors, the exotic Pinus nigra and the aggressive invader Ailanthus altissima in a karstic forest-steppe of the Veszprém plateau, Hungary on different soil depths. Mean soil depth and the Thornthwaite agrometeorological index were used as covariates. Climate data were gained from the E-OBS gridded dataset for the period of 1950 to 2013 and from the MPI Echam5 climate model for the period of 2081 to 2100. We found significant correlation between the soil depth values and the measured heights and the average of monthly Thornthwaite agrometeorological indices. In conclusion, aridity and soil-depth have significant, but different effect on the growth patterns of the studied species. While the annual growth season of Pinus nigra and Fraxinus ornus are determined by the aridity of the months of January to May, and from February to June, respectively, the growth of Ailanthus altissima is mainly determined by the period of March to August. The climate prediction-based growth model predicts the decline of the growth patterns of each species for the 2081-2100 period in Hungary due to climate change.

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“…This type of geographic information platform and service has significantly increased the awareness, publicity, and usability of geo-spatial data and their applications. By providing internet-based web-embedded or standalone systems for representing and visualizing geo-spatial and other data in specific mark-up languages (Ballagh et al, 2011), these systems also enables developers to implement elaborative and fancy interfaces for their sophisticated applications (Sheppard and Cizek, 2009;Wu et al, 2011). As discussed in a previous study (Goodchild, 2008), the use of digital contents of geospatial information is diversified and can be interpreted in very different spatial concepts.…”

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Contest of Web-Based Geospatial Applications for Students and Young Scientists

Tsai¹,

Cho²

2016

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:The Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS) organizes a web contest (WEBCON) of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences in the annual meeting of Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) every year. The purpose of WEBCON is to promote the development of web and other forms of internet services of the internet related to geo-information sciences and to attract more students and young scientists participating in the related fields of study and applications. Since 2011, WEBCON has become one of the major events in ACRS and successfully increased the interest in the research, development and applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences among students and young scientist. The success of WEBCON is an excellent example of promoting the profession of spatial information to young people.

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The ethics of Google Earth: Crossing thresholds from spatial data to landscape visualisation

Cited by 173 publications

References 28 publications

Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland

Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland

The Comparison of the Potential Effect of Climate Change on the Segment Growth of Fraxinus Ornus, Pinus Nigra and Ailanthus Altissima on Shallow, Calcareous Soils

Contest of Web-Based Geospatial Applications for Students and Young Scientists

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