Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems

by Wright; Dawn J.

• ISBN13: 9780748408702
• ISBN10: 0748408703
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-12-23
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Marine and coastal applications of GIS are finally gaining wide acceptance in scientific as well as GIS communities, and cover the fields of deep sea geology, chemistry and biology, and coastal geology, biology, engineering and resource management. Comprising rigorous contributions from a group of leading scholars in marine and coastal GIS, this book will inspire and stimulate continued research in this important new application domain. Launched as a project to mark the UN International Year of the Ocean (1998) and supported by the International Geographical Union's Commission on Coastal Systems, this book covers progress and research in the marine and coastal realms, in the areas of theory, applications and empirical results. It is the first book of its kind to address basic and applied scientific problems in deep sea and coastal science using GIS and remote sensing technologies. It is designed for GIS and remote sensing specialists, but also for those with an interest in oceans, lakes and shores. Coverage ranges from seafloor spreading centres to Exclusive Economic Zones to microscale coastal habitats; and techniques include submersibles, computer modelling, image display, 3-D temporal data visualization, and development and application of new algorithms and spatial data structures. It illustrates the broad usage of GIS, image processing, and computer modelling in deep sea and coastal environments, and also addresses important institutional issues arising out of the use of these technologies.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction	xi
Foreword	xiii
Michael F. Goodchild
Preface	xvii
Contributors	xix
Down to the Sea in Ships: The Emergence of Marine GIS	1	(10)
Dawn J. Wright
Working on the Frontiers of Science: Applying GIS to the Coastal Zone	11	(14)
Darius J. Bartlett
PART I CONCEPTUAL/TECHNICAL ISSUES
Data Models for Marine and Coastal Geographic Information Systems	25	(12)
Rongxing Li
An Algorithmic Approach to Marine GIS	37	(16)
Christopher Gold
Representation of Variability in Marine Environmental Data	53	(22)
Anne Lucas
Applying Spatio-Temporal Concepts to Correlative Data Analysis	75	(20)
Herman Varma
Linear Reference Data Models and Dynamic Segmentation: Application to Coastal and Marine Data	95	(22)
Andrew G. Sherin
Spatial Reasoning for Marine Geology and Geophysics	117	(12)
Dawn J. Wright
2.5- and 3-D GIS for Coastal Geomorphology	129	(8)
Jonathan Raper
PART II APPLICATIONS
Real-time GIS for Marine Applications	137	(12)
Gerald A. Hatcher, Jr.
Norman Maher
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS): State-of-the-art in Nautical Charting	149	(14)
Robert Ward
Chris Roberts
Ron Furness
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Vents Program GIS: Integration, Analysis, and Distribution of Multidisciplinary Oceanographic Data	163	(14)
Christopher G. Fox
Andra M. Bobbitt
Integrated Geographical and Environmental Remotelysensed Data on Marginal and Enclosed Basins: The Mediterranean Case	177	(12)
Vittorio Barale
Mapping Submarine Slope Failures	189	(16)
Brian G. McAdoo
Applications of GIS to Fisheries Management	205	(22)
Geoff J. Meaden
A User-Friendly Marine GIS for Multi-dimensional Visualisation	227	(10)
Yafang Su
Active Tectonics: Data Acquisition and Analysis with Marine GIS	237	(18)
Chris Goldfinger
PART III INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
Managing Marine and Coastal Data Sources: A National Oceanographic Data Centre Perspective on GIS	255	(6)
Bronwyn Cahill
Theresa Kennedy
Orla Ni Cheileachair
Significance of Coastal and Marine Geographic Information Systems within the Context of the United States National Geospatial Data Policies	261	(18)
Millington Lockwood
Cindy Fowler
GIS Applications to Maritime Boundary Delimitation	279	(16)
Harold Palmer
Lorin Pruett
Information Quality Considerations for Coastal Data	295	(14)
Nancy von Meyer
Kenneth E. Foote
Donald J. Huebner
Epilogue	309	(8)
Darius J. Bartlett
Dawn J. Wright
Index	317