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Everything about Geoinformatics
Application of information science methods in geography and geosciences
Geoinformatics is a scientific field primarily within the domains of Computer Science and technical geography. It focuses on the programming of applications, spatial data structures, and the analysis of objects and space-time phenomena related to the surface and underneath of Earth and other celestial bodies. The field develops software and web services to model and analyse spatial data, serving the needs of geosciences and related scientific and engineering disciplines. The term is often used interchangeably with Geomatics, although they are not exactly same. The field of geomatics is a comprehensive discipline encompassing both geodesy and geoinformatics, thus offering a more extensive scope. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: GeoinformaticsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Quantitative Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics using Geoinformatics Techniques: A Case Study on Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) in West Bengal, IndiaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal ManagementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Geoinformatics for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in support of the UN Sustainable Development GoalsCited 187 times
- Go sideways: Geographic data and informationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: GeomaticsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A science and technology which develops and uses information science to address problems of geography, geosciences and related branches of engineering
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Geoinformatics for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Mapping of groundwater potential zones in hard rock terrain using geoinformatics: a case of Kumari watershed in western part of West Bengal
Geoinformatics for assessing the morphometric control on hydrological response at watershed scale in the Upper Indus Basin
Monitoring and modelling spatio-temporal urban growth of Delhi using Cellular Automata and geoinformatics
Visualization of Urban Growth Pattern in Chennai Using Geoinformatics and Spatial Metrics
Analysing urban sprawl and land consumption patterns in major capital cities in the Himalayan region using geoinformatics
Geoinformatics based approach for estimating the sediment yield of the mountainous watersheds in Kashmir Himalaya, India
RETRACTED: Delineation of groundwater potential zonation using geoinformatics and AHP techniques with remote sensing data
🆕 Influential since 2022
Quantitative Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics using Geoinformatics Techniques: A Case Study on Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) in West Bengal, India
Assessment of Drought vulnerability through an integrated approach using AHP and Geoinformatics in the Kangsabati River Basin
Flood susceptibility mapping through geoinformatics and ensemble learning methods, with an emphasis on the AdaBoost-Decision Tree algorithm, in Mazandaran, Iran
An integrated geoinformatics and hydrogeological approach to delineating groundwater potential zones in the complex geological terrain of Abuja, Nigeria
Peri-urban area delineation and urban sprawl quantification in Thiruvananthapuram Urban Agglomeration, India, from 2001 to 2021 using geoinformatics
📚 Books worth reading
Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal ManagementDarius Bartlett, Louis Celliers · 2016- 📕Sundarbans Mangrove SystemsAnirban Mukhopadhyay, Debashis Mitra · 2021
- 📕GeoinformaticsA. M. Chandra · 2017
- 📕Geo-informatics for combating land degradation and desertificationT. S. Chouhan · 2018
Context-aware Semantics-based Information RetrievalCarsten Keßler · 2010- 📕Advances in GIS Research · 2008
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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