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Can we characterize river corridor evolution at a continental scale from historical topographic maps? A first assessment from the comparison of four countries / J. Horacio Garcia in River Research and Applications, vol inconnu ([01/06/2020])  

Public [article]  inRiver Research and Applications > vol inconnu [01/06/2020] Titre : Can we characterize river corridor evolution at a continental scale from historical topographic maps? A first assessment from the comparison of four countries Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : J. Horacio Garcia, Auteur ; Samuel Dunesme , Auteur ; Hervé Piegay, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géomatique [Termes descripteurs IGN] Belgique [Termes descripteurs IGN] carte ancienne [Termes descripteurs IGN] corridor biologique [Termes descripteurs IGN] dix-neuvième siècle [Termes descripteurs IGN] forêt ripicole [Termes descripteurs IGN] géomorphologie locale [Termes descripteurs IGN] rivière [Termes descripteurs IGN] Suisse [Termes descripteurs IGN] vectorisation Résumé : (auteur) National historical map resources are assessed in four European countries to characterize river corridor features and associated channel changes, as well as identify issues limiting or promoting geomorphic assessment procedures at a continental scale. A geomorphic audit that launches potential data for diagnosis from reach to continental scales could offer a good resource for biology and ecology managers of river authorities or government agencies and engineers. The assessment compares the resources available by country in terms of period covered, spatial scale, history and chronology, and representation of the fluvial corridor features. We then applied the Historical Maps Vectorization Toolbox, initially developed for vectorizing river corridors from French maps, to detect and extract flow channels, unvegetated bars and riparian vegetation patches from historical topographical maps. We found that (a) it is difficult to apply an audit of channel changes to the whole continental scale because map legends differ between countries due to geographic and political specificity; (b) there exists an opportunity to get assessment information in all countries at reach or national scale where map resources are available; (c) the highest potential is observed in Switzerland and Belgium where there is high quality national map coverage from the 19th century; and (d) the algorithm Historical Maps Vectorization Toolbox applied to map resources works well with any of the countries, and its widespread application is encouraging. Numéro de notice : A2020-362 Thématique : FORET/GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/rra.3582 date de publication en ligne : 30/12/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3582 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95333 [article]

Morphological tessellation as a way of partitioning space: Improving consistency in urban morphology at the plot scale / Martin Fleischmann in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol 80 (March 2020)  

Public [article]  inComputers, Environment and Urban Systems > vol 80 (March 2020) Titre : Morphological tessellation as a way of partitioning space: Improving consistency in urban morphology at the plot scale Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Martin Fleischmann, Auteur ; Alessandra Feliciotti, Auteur ; Ombretta Romice, Auteur ; Sergio Porta, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Analyse spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] bati [Termes descripteurs IGN] empreinte [Termes descripteurs IGN] information géographique [Termes descripteurs IGN] morphologie urbaine [Termes descripteurs IGN] morphométrie [Termes descripteurs IGN] parcelle cadastrale [Termes descripteurs IGN] tessellation [Termes descripteurs IGN] Zurich (Suisse) Résumé : (auteur) Urban Morphometrics (UMM) is an expanding area of urban studies that aims at representing and measuring objectively the physical form of cities to support evidence-based research. An essential step in its development is the identification of a suitable spatial unit of analysis, where suitability is determined by its degree of reliability, universality, accessibility and significance in capturing essential urban form patterns. In Urban Morphology such unit is found in the plot, a fundamental component in the morphogenetic of urban settlements. However, the plot is a conceptually and analytically ambiguous concept and a kind of spatial information often unavailable or inconsistently represented across geographies, issues that limit its reliability and universality and hence its suitability for Urban Morphometric applications. This calls for alternative methods of deriving a spatial unit able to convey reliable plot-scale information, possibly comparable with that provided by plots. This paper presents Morphological Tessellation (MT), an objectively and universally applicable method that derives a spatial unit named Morphological Cell (MC) from widely available data on building footprint only and tests its informational value as proxy data in capturing plot-scale spatial properties of urban form. Using the city of Zurich (CH) as case study we compare MT to the cadastral layer on a selection of morphometric characters capturing different geometrical and configurational properties of urban form, to test the degree of informational similarity between MT and cadastral plots. Findings suggest that MT can be considered an efficient informational proxy for cadastral plots for many of the tested morphometric characters, that there are kinds of plot-scale information only plots can provide, as well as kinds only morphological tessellation can provide. Overall, there appears to be clear scope for application of MT as fundamental spatial unit of analysis in Urban Morphometrics, opening the way to large-scale urban morphometric analysis. Numéro de notice : A2020-192 Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101441 date de publication en ligne : 23/11/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101441 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94854 [article]

Absolute field calibration for multi-GNSS receiver antennas at ETH Zurich / Daniel Willi in GPS solutions, vol 24 n° 1 (January 2020)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 24 n° 1 (January 2020) Titre : Absolute field calibration for multi-GNSS receiver antennas at ETH Zurich Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Daniel Willi, Auteur ; Simon Lutz, Auteur ; Elmar Brockmann, Auteur ; Markus Rothacher, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] antenne Galileo [Termes descripteurs IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] antenne GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] centre de phase [Termes descripteurs IGN] données Galileo [Termes descripteurs IGN] données GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] données multicapteurs [Termes descripteurs IGN] étalonnage au sol [Termes descripteurs IGN] étalonnage d'instrument [Termes descripteurs IGN] étalonnage des données [Termes descripteurs IGN] international GPS service for geodynamics [Termes descripteurs IGN] mesurage de phase [Termes descripteurs IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] robot [Termes descripteurs IGN] signal GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] Zurich (Suisse) Résumé : (Auteur) ETH Zurich developed an absolute GNSS antenna calibration system based on measurements taken in the field. An industrial robot is used to rotate and tilt the antenna to be calibrated. This procedure ensures good coverage of the antenna hemisphere and reduces systematic errors. The calibration system at ETH Zurich is validated by a direct comparison of the obtained calibrations with calibrations from the anechoic chamber method (University of Bonn) and from another absolute field calibration method (Geo++® GmbH). Calibrations by ETH Zurich agree on the sub-millimeter level with both reference calibrations. A second validation was conducted using real measurements on short baselines. Data were acquired on four stations in direct vicinity and processed using different phase center correction models. The experiment shows that individual corrections of ETH Zurich reduce the residuals in the coordinate domain when compared to type-mean calibrations of the International GNSS Service (IGS). However, residual biases between GPS and Galileo coordinates remain. These biases are efficiently reduced when using the new type-mean calibrations from the IGS that include calibration values for all GNSS, including Galileo. The ETH Zurich calibration system is proven to deliver meaningful calibrations that agree with other calibrations on the millimeter level in the azimuth and elevation domain. The field validation shows evidence that the consistency of the Galileo and GPS calibration should be further enhanced by performing a combined GPS and Galileo analysis, which is not yet implemented. Numéro de notice : A2020-020 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-019-0941-0 date de publication en ligne : 19/12/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-019-0941-0 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94460 [article]

Impact of GPS processing on the estimation of snow water equivalent using refracted GPS signals / Ladina Steiner in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 58 n° 1 (January 2020)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 58 n° 1 (January 2020) . - pp 123 - 135 Titre : Impact of GPS processing on the estimation of snow water equivalent using refracted GPS signals Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ladina Steiner, Auteur ; Michael Meindl, Auteur ; Christoph Marty, Auteur ; Alain Geiger, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 123 - 135 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Navigation et positionnement [Termes descripteurs IGN] Alpes [Termes descripteurs IGN] altitude [Termes descripteurs IGN] antenne GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] eau de fonte [Termes descripteurs IGN] étalonnage des données [Termes descripteurs IGN] manteau neigeux [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle hydrographique [Termes descripteurs IGN] neige [Termes descripteurs IGN] phase GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] pondération [Termes descripteurs IGN] réfraction [Termes descripteurs IGN] signal GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] Suisse Résumé : (auteur) Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antennas buried underneath a snowpack have a high potential for in situ snow water equivalent (SWE) estimation. Automated and continuous SWE quantification independent of weather conditions could enhance snow hydrological monitoring and modeling. Accurate and reliable in situ data are needed for the calibration and validation of remote sensing data and snowpack modeling. A relative bias of less than 5% is achieved using sub-snow global positioning system (GPS) antennas (GPS refractometry) during a three full seasons time period in the Swiss Alps. A systematic overview regarding the temporal reliability of the sub-snow GPS derived results is, however, missing for this emerging technique. Moreover, GPS processing impacts the results significantly. Different GPS processing parameters are therefore selected and their influence on the SWE estimation is investigated. The impact of elevation-dependent weighting, the elevation cutoff angles, and the time intervals for SWE estimation are systematically assessed. The best results are achieved using all observations with an elevation-dependent weighting scheme. Moreover, the SWE estimation performance is equally accurate for hourly SWE estimation as for lower temporal resolutions up to daily estimates. The impact of snow on the coordinate solution is furthermore evaluated. While the east and north components are not systematically influenced by the overlying snowpack, the vertical component exhibits a significant variation and strongly depends on the SWE. The biased vertical component therefore provides an additional possibility to estimate SWE. Numéro de notice : A2020-074 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2934016 date de publication en ligne : 06/09/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2019.2934016 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94605 [article]

Immigration and future housing needs in Switzerland: Agent-based modelling of agglomeration Lausanne / Marcello Marini in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol 78 (November 2019)  

Public [article]  inComputers, Environment and Urban Systems > vol 78 (November 2019) Titre : Immigration and future housing needs in Switzerland: Agent-based modelling of agglomeration Lausanne Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Marcello Marini, Auteur ; Ndaona Chokani, Auteur ; Reza S. Abhari, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Analyse spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] agglomération [Termes descripteurs IGN] banlieue [Termes descripteurs IGN] croissance urbaine [Termes descripteurs IGN] données spatiotemporelles [Termes descripteurs IGN] immigration [Termes descripteurs IGN] Lausanne [Termes descripteurs IGN] logement [Termes descripteurs IGN] mobilité urbaine [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle numérique du bâti [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle orienté agent [Termes descripteurs IGN] périphérie urbaine [Termes descripteurs IGN] projection perspective [Termes descripteurs IGN] système multi-agents Résumé : (auteur) Immigration accounts for 80% of Switzerland's annual population growth, and therefore profoundly impacts demographics, and the attendant housing needs. As there are different possible future scenarios of immigration that will impact urban transformation in Switzerland, we have developed an agent-based dwellings model that, with reasonable computing time due to the use of the computer architecture of graphical processor units, can simulate for a time horizon of decades, the annual evolution of millions of individually characterised households. This dwellings model is coupled to an agent-based population model that simulates millions of individual population agents. We simulate different immigration scenarios, up to 2035, in the Swiss agglomeration of Lausanne. It is shown that the building capacity of the city of Lausanne will reach a limit in 2022, subsequently leading to more rapid growth in the periphery of the agglomeration Lausanne. The construction of new residential dwellings consists primarily of smaller apartments that are more attractive to the demographic of smaller households; this demographic tends to move to the periphery. As families tend to move towards the city centre due to the availability of services, the city and periphery show opposite evolutions over time in the numbers of family households compared to numbers of singles and couples households. The periphery requires an increase in the number and typology of services targeted at the growing demographic of smaller households. Further as most workplaces are still be located in the city centre, the planned improvement of transportation infrastructure in the agglomeration should primarily focus on improved access to the periphery. These observations underline the profound impact of the typology of immigration on the demand for suitable housing, and thus on urban development. Numéro de notice : A2019-413 Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101400 date de publication en ligne : 01/09/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2019.101400 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93538 [article]

Patrimoine arboré : pousser de nouvelles pratiques / Xavier Fodor in SIGmag, n° 22 (octobre 2019)

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High-resolution models of tropospheric delays and refractivity based on GNSS and numerical weather prediction data for alpine regions in Switzerland / Karina Wilgan in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°6 (June 2019)  

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Comparaison de MNT à haute résolution issus de techniques laser et photogrammétriques / Michel Kasser in XYZ, n° 158 (mars 2019)

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How do tree mortality models from combined tree-ring and inventory data affect projections of forest succession? / Marco Vanoni in Forest ecology and management, vol 433 (15 February 2019)  

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Machine learning and geographic information systems for large-scale mapping of renewable energy potential / Dan Assouline (2019)  

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Un algorithme pour battre le record du SwissTrainChallenge : poser le pied dans chacun des 26 cantons le plus rapidement possible en utilisant uniquement des transports publics / Emmanuel Cledat in XYZ, n° 157 (décembre 2018 - février 2019)

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Automated Swiss-style relief shading and rock hachuring / Roman Geisthövel in Cartographic journal (the), Vol 55 n° 4 (November 2018)  

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Comparing historical and contemporary maps : a methodological framework for a cartographic map comparison applied to Swiss maps / Christin Loran in International journal of geographical information science IJGIS, vol 32 n° 11-12 (November - December 2018)  

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OpenGIS.ch : QGis au pays du gruyère / Marco Bernasocchi in Géomatique expert, n° 125 (novembre - décembre 2018)

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La propriété en 3D : état des lieux / Anonyme in Géomatique expert, n° 123 (juillet - août 2018)

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