Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)

Nighttime lights analysis reveals disparate Covid-19 impacts in Uganda's refugee settlements

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed structural inequalities worldwide, disproportionately affecting marginalized groups, including refugees. In Uganda, a nationwide lockdown from March to October 2020 restricted the movement of refugees living in managed settlements, despite national a...

Heat-Transfer-Driven Voxel-Based Simulation: An Exploratory GPU-Accelerated Framework for Urban-Scale 3D Fire Spread

The rapid growth of high-resolution 3D voxel datasets derived from LiDAR, BIM, and urban digital twin platforms has created new opportunities for volumetric environmental simulation. However, existing fire-spread models are often surface-based or computationally intensive for lar...

Land suitability assessment for irrigated lentil cultivation in Southwest Shewa Zone, Ethiopia using remote sensing, GIS, and the analytic hierarchy process

Sustainable expansion of irrigated agriculture requires accurate identification of suitable land areas based on biophysical conditions. This study evaluates land suitability for irrigated lentils cultivation in Southwest Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, using an integrated Remote Sensing (R...

Analysing Urban Environmental Dynamics through Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Deep Learning: An Integrated Classification-Regression Framework

Urban centers worldwide are facing changes in terms of environmental standards and an increase in temperatures.Recent significant developments, particularly in developing nations, have led to an increase in Land Surface Temperature (LST) and surface thermal variations in urban ar...

Unpacking spatial dependence: a new experimental design for spatial autoregressive simulation

Abstract Simulating spatial patterns with varying levels of spatial autocorrelation is essential for evaluating models, estimators, and diagnostics. The spatial autoregressive (SAR) process is widely used for this purpose, but its main parameter affects both spatial autocorrelati...

Assessing the Effects of Root Preparation Methods and Irrigation Strategies for Urban Tree Growth and Establishment

Drought and constrained municipal budgets are increasing demand for establishment practices that conserve water and labor. This study quantified trade-offs between inputs (water, labor, cost) and tree outcomes across irrigation methods and root-ball correction practices during es...

Assessing climatic drivers and multi-scale forecasting of Japanese encephalitis in endemic regions of eastern India

Abstract Japanese Encephalitis (JE) remains a seasonal public health issue in eastern India, but the factors related to climate and how we predict them differ by state. We looked at monthly JE case counts from five states where the disease is common, using correlation analysis, G...

The hydrogeological and tectonic features as the crucial factors for the hydro-geochemistry of surface and groundwater in active geothermal systems: The case study of Methana Peninsula in Greece

Abstract Active geothermal systems developed in coastal volcanic environments are characterized by complex interactions among magmatic fluids, groundwater, seawater, and structurally controlled permeability. The Methana Peninsula (western Hellenic Volcanic Arc, Greece) represents...

Point Cloud Data Management for Cross-Domain Applications

Abstract. Point clouds have proven over the years to be a suitable spatial representation of scenes and objects at varying scales and levels of complexity, making them widely used across several scientific domains and applications. Advancements in sensor technology, computer visi...

Automated Geometric Correction of OpenStreetMap Buildings via Context- and Boundary-Aware Segmentation

Abstract. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a representative open geospatial platform that provides free access to major spatial objects, including buildings worldwide, constructed through crowdsourcing-based manual digitization. However, subjective differences among contributors and the ab...