An Internet-Based GIS Platform Providing Data for Visualization and Spatial Analysis of Urbanization in Major Asian and African Cities

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Gong, Hao ^a   Simwanda, Matamyo ^a,b   Murayama, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; data sharing; geodatabase; Internet GIS; mashup framework; MEGA WEB; spatial analysis; urbanization; visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041910886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6080257     Document Type: Article

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