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Research Areas in Geospatial Science:
The Centre for Geospatial Science engages in all areas of geoinformatics research, resulting in collaborations across many disciplines. The five geospatial domains that CGS is most focussed upon are linked below:
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Geoinformatics & Data Modelling
The science of geospatial information. Geoinformatics combines geospatial modelling, cutting edge database research, human-computer interaction and geospatial analysis in the new wireless world. more... |
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Geospatial Intelligence
Geospatial Intelligence takes geospatial data and information and generates new inferences from it. It represents the interconnection between Artificial Intelligence and the geospatial domain. more... |
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Interoperability & Standards
CGS is an active Technical Committee member of the Open Geospatial Community (OGC) and participates in multiple other standards, test-bed and open-source software initiatives. more... |
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Location Based Services
Location and Context Based Services are often seen as the future of geospatial science, both commercially and academically. Giving people the information they need for the situation they are in. more... |
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Semantics, Reasoning and Cognition
Investigation of the meaning inherent in geospatial objects, and the behaviour behind geospatial functionality, allowing integration of these semantics to achieve user objectives. more... |
CGS Initiatives:
The above areas of research have begun to develop into a coherent strategy, allowing CGS to bring theoretical research into a physical reality:
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The "Persistent Test Bed" Project (PTB)
The PTB is a web services platform, being established to facilitate research into geospatial interoperability and web-based GIS. more... |
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The Geospatial Learning Initiative (GLI)
The GLI is a cross-department initiative to promote the use of location based services in education. more... |
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Reality Markup Platform (RAMP)
RAMP aims to produce a mechanism to integrate external databases, user tagging and metadata with geospatial features, facilitating campus-wide augmented reality services. more... |
Funded Projects:
CGS's research strengths are diverse and growing, but there is an active goal of supporting academic projects. The following are a list of such projects, funded via a variety of institutions ranging from governement councils to commercial bodies:
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The GIS4EU Project
The GIS4EU project aims to provide base geographical datasets for European Communities and to ensure their cross scale, cross language and cross border interoperability. more... |
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The D-Scent Project
The d-scent project aims to develop techniques that combine technologies for geographical positioning and analysing communication signals with forensic psychology techniques for detecting deception during interviews with suspects. more... |
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OS "Future Data" Project
A research programme to identify likely challenges that future technological and market developments will have on Ordnance Survey, providing insight into the nature of future data models. more... |
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Map Schematization Project
As a use case for the Persistent Test Bed, CGS and the International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, ITC, Netherlands are leading the map schematization use case. more... |
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Agent-Based Simulation for Disaster Management
Increased threat of terrorist events in densely populated areas requires modification of existing frameworks of local response. This project provides an agent-based simulation to do just that. more... |
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GIGAS - Interoperability
CGS is taking a central role in the GIGAS project, which promotes interoperability between three important Geospatial initiatives: GEOSS, INSPIRE and GMES. more... |
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The e-SOTER Platform
E-soter is a regional pilot platform serving as the EU contribution to a "Global Soil Observing System". It is an FP7 GEOSS related project, in which CGS is taking an active role. more... |
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SWIMA
SWIMA is a two year project that monitors water quality in river catchment, and will lead to test bed sensor web development and field trials, where CGS is taking a prominent role. more... |
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Eye Tracking
An investigation of how users interact with geographical data on mobile devices, examining the effectiveness of topographic and schematic map variants on small-scale displays. more... |
Research Areas:
• Geoinformatics & Data Modelling
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Interoperability & Standards
• Location Based Services
• Semantics & Reasoning
CGS Initiatives:
• The Persistent Test Bed
• Geospatial Learning Initiative
• Reality Markup Project
Funded Projects:
• GIS4EU
• D-scent
• Map Schematization
• OS "Future Data"
• Disaster Management
• GIGAS Interoperability
• The e-soter Platform
• SWIMA
• Eye Tracking