The design and applications of a land information system built upon ARC/INFO and ArcView are presented.The proposed system not only maintains all the advantages of the more conventional implemen-tations but also enhan...The design and applications of a land information system built upon ARC/INFO and ArcView are presented.The proposed system not only maintains all the advantages of the more conventional implemen-tations but also enhances them in the following ways:1)the application program interfaces(API)are used to transmit data and messages among different parts of the system;2)the integrated system can support studies on land evaluations and ecological analyses by efficient management of attribute and spatial data and 3)correspondingly,spatial records and attributive records are linked by the same identifiers(ID).A case study application in Zigui County of the Three Gorgas Area in China demonstrates that the system could employ land-use maps and land property data to predicate and analyze the land utilization changes in the past,present and future.The ecological environment analysis can be carried out with the data of land,economics and terrain map used,showing that the system can be widely applied,especially to survey land and environment resources in the countryside area.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 49801010) the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZ951-A1-202-02-01).
文摘The design and applications of a land information system built upon ARC/INFO and ArcView are presented.The proposed system not only maintains all the advantages of the more conventional implemen-tations but also enhances them in the following ways:1)the application program interfaces(API)are used to transmit data and messages among different parts of the system;2)the integrated system can support studies on land evaluations and ecological analyses by efficient management of attribute and spatial data and 3)correspondingly,spatial records and attributive records are linked by the same identifiers(ID).A case study application in Zigui County of the Three Gorgas Area in China demonstrates that the system could employ land-use maps and land property data to predicate and analyze the land utilization changes in the past,present and future.The ecological environment analysis can be carried out with the data of land,economics and terrain map used,showing that the system can be widely applied,especially to survey land and environment resources in the countryside area.
