This paper discusses the use of spatial data for risk and natural disaster management. The
importance of remote-sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global …

The term Semantic Trajectories of Moving Objects (STMO) corresponds to a sequence of
spatial-temporal points with associated semantic information (for example, annotations …

Report generation from coverages around points of interest (POIs) or in areas of interest
(AOIs) is a common need in thematic research projects. The extracted information adds …

Abstract Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation, and Action
(ITHACA) is developing a worldwide early warning system for flood events (Albanese et al …

Монография написана по материалам лекционных курсов читаемых в Московском
технологическом университете. Монография описывает содержание информационных …

Spatial data have been used for the environmental monitoring of the consequences of
accidents that involve the transportation of hazardous chemical products. This spatial data …

Distributed architecture is a fundamental way for science and engineering data application
by aggregate power of computing resources connected by networks of the grid. This paper …

This paper describes a new approach for intensive rainfall data analysis. ITHACA's Extreme
Rainfall Detection System (ERDS) is conceived to provide near real-time alerts related to …

Nowadays real time flood forecasting is becoming an important issue as climate changes
make quite inefficient those traditional flood forecasting methods based only on historical …

This paper describes a new approach for intensive rainfall data analysis. The ITHACA Early
Warning system is conceived to give an alert in advance about the occurrence of heavy …