Investigating groundwater potential in northeastern basement complexes: A Pulka case study using geospatial and geo-electrical techniques by Rowland Adewumi, Okechukwu Agbasi, Azeez Mayowa

“…Lineament and drainage density, lithology and slope, land use and land cover, and thematic maps were created as GIS input rasters. The value estimates were allotted based on a pair-wise examination of elements that appeared to be important in groundwater accumulation, retention, and transportation. …”
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High-spatial resolution UAV multispectral data complementing satellite imagery to characterize a chinstrap penguin colony ecosystem on deception island (Antarctica) by Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Isabel Caballero, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez

“…Our main objective is to generate precise thematic maps of the typical ecosystem of penguin colonies derived from the supervised analysis of the spectral information obtained with these remote sensors. …”
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Small area mapping of prostate cancer incidence in New York State (USA) using fully Bayesian hierarchical modelling by Johnson Glen D

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Thematic mapping of the median and 95 percentile range of SIRs provided, respectively, a map of spatially smoothed values and the uncertainty associated with these smoothed values. …”
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Regional Quantitative Cover Mapping of Tundra Plant Functional Types in Arctic Alaska by Matthew J. Macander, Gerald V. Frost, Peter R. Nelson, Christopher S. Swingley

“…Continuous-field maps have many advantages over traditional thematic maps, and the methods described here are well-suited to support periodic map updates in tandem with future field and Landsat observations.…”
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Locating Tourism Landuses by Applying Geographical Information System (GIS) Case study: Kish Island, Fun park by Dr. Shahbakhti Rostami, Fatemeh Abkar

“…The data used in this analysis are as the following: a digital map of the island provided in CAD environment, land use layers created in GIS, digital layers of the existing facilities and services in the island, thematic maps including topographical and urban maps, and official statistics and reports.  …”
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Ecoepidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in the Steel Valley in Brazil: An ecological approach with spatial analysis. by Rosana S Lana, Érika M Michalsky, Lívia O Lopes, Fabiana O Lara-Silva, Jeiza L Nascimento, Letícia C Pinheiro, João C França-Silva, Telma S C Mendes, Consuelo L Fortes-Dias, Edelberto S Dias

“…The cases were georeferenced and the data were plotted in thematic maps, along with human cases of VL registered by the local Department of Health, during the study period. …”
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Environmental analysis and zoning for an urban park management purpose by Elisabete Maria Zanin, José Eduardo dos Santos, Carlos Henke-Oliveira

“…Landscape features derived from aerophotogrametric maps, based on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS-IDRISI), resulted in several thematic maps, through which a proposal of environmental zoning was perfomed, observing the definition of five zones of use. …”
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Visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil: spatial and space-time analysis by Marisa Furtado Mozini Cardim, Marluci Monteiro Guirado, Margareth Regina Dibo, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto

“…The analysis considered the western region of the state as its studied area. Thematic maps were created to show visceral leishmaniasis dissemination in humans in the municipality. …”
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Variability of some important soil chemical properties of rainfed low land paddy fields and its effect on land suitability for rice cultivation by W.M.U.K. Rathnayake, R.P. De Silva, N.D.K. Dayawansa

“…Randomly collected soil samples from the above three areas were analyzed for available soil-P, exchangeable soil-K, soil pH (1:2.5) and EC (1:5). Thematic maps for each parameter were prepared using Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation technique. …”
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Terrain Factors Induced Slope Instability in CNG 37 – Ghat section, Panthalur, The Nilgiris by Mani S., Prasanna Venkatesh S., Saranaathan S.E.

“…Satellite imageries identify structural and fracture valleys in this study area. The thematic maps were converted into a digital format using ARC Map (10.2v) software. …”
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A MAP MASH-UP APPLICATION: INVESTIGATION THE TEMPORAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SALT LAKE BASIN by O. S. Kirtiloglu, O. Orhan, S. Ekercin

“…The main purpose of this paper is to investigate climate change effects that have been occurred at the beginning of the twenty-first century at the Konya Closed Basin (KCB) located in the semi-arid central Anatolian region of Turkey and particularly in Salt Lake region where many major wetlands located in and situated in KCB and to share the analysis results online in a Web Geographical Information System (GIS) environment. 71 Landsat 5-TM, 7-ETM+ and 8-OLI images and meteorological data obtained from 10 meteorological stations have been used at the scope of this work. 56 of Landsat images have been used for extraction of Salt Lake surface area through multi-temporal Landsat imagery collected from 2000 to 2014 in Salt lake basin. 15 of Landsat images have been used to make thematic maps of Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in KCB, and 10 meteorological stations data has been used to generate the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), which was used in drought studies. …”
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TRANSITION FROM SYSTEMATIC TO DIRECTED SOIL SAMPLING DESIGNS IN AN AREA MANAGED WITH PRECISION AGRICULTURE by Osmar H. de C. Pias, Maurício R. Cherubin, Antônio L. Santi, Claudir J. Basso, Cimélio Bayer

“…Larger systematic grid sizes, directed and conventional sampling design resulted in more generalist thematic maps, losing information about spatial variability of the soil attributes. …”
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Mother-to-child transmission and gestational syphilis: Spatial-temporal epidemiology and demographics in a Brazilian region. by Joyce Marinho de Souza, Rogério Giuffrida, Ana Paula Marques Ramos, Glilciane Morceli, Camila H Coelho, Marcus Vinícius Pimenta Rodrigues

“…To identify possible endemic/epidemic periods, a control diagram was performed using the standard deviation (SD) of incidence rate. Thematic maps representing the spatial distribution of incidence rates were constructed using a Geographic Information System software (GIS, based on cartographic vector available on the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) website. …”
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This issue of Earth Science Research Journal by Germán A. Prieto G.

“…Using high-resolution aeromagnetic survey data in combination with other geological-geophysical thematic maps,  XXXX.et al. take advantage of GIS tools for identifying different tectonic regimes in the Sabinas Basin, northeastern Mexico.   …”
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Crop Phenology-Based, Object-Oriented Classification Approach Using SENTINEL-2A and NDVI Time Series: Sunflower Crops in Kırklareli TURKEY by Armağan ALOE KARABULUT, Nihal Ceylan, Erdem Bahar, İlker Kurşun

“…In this approach, object-oriented segmentation and classification decision tree algorithms were produced by using time series of spectral signatures and NDVI values as well as object shape criteria and other auxiliary thematic maps. The multiresolution method of "Canny edge” algorithm was used in order to determine boundary of agricultural parcels. …”
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Psychosocial issues discovered through reflective group dialogue between medical students by Shao-Yin Chu, Chi-Wei Lin, Meei-Ju Lin, Chin-Chen Wen

“…Subsequently, initial codes were generated and potential themes sought before possible themes were reviewed and thematic maps generated. Names for each theme were defined and a scholarly report of the analysis was presented through a consensus-based approach. …”
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Comparison of the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and Fuzzy Logic for Flood Exposure Risk Assessment in Arid Regions by Husam Musa Baalousha, Anis Younes, Mohamed A. Yassin, Marwan Fahs

“…This study assesses the risk of flood occurrence in arid regions based on land cover, soil type, precipitation, elevation, and flow accumulation. Thematic maps of the aforementioned factors for the study area were prepared using GIS. …”
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MAPPING STATISTICAL DATA: POSSIBILITIES OF EUROSTAT-MAP.JS LIBRARY by A. Miletić, A. Kuveždić Divjak, K. Kević, I. Puškarić

“…Since statistical datasets are among the high-value datasets and their visualization on a map can help in decision-making, this research explores the possibilities of using the Eurostat-map.js library, a novel JavaScript tool, to enable non-specialized users (e.g., researchers, journalists, and citizens) to use Eurostat statistical data to create thematic maps. By analysing use cases that utilize the Eurostat-map.js library and exploring cartographic principles and techniques available for mapping official statistical data, this research addresses its capabilities, limitations, and opportunities for future development. …”
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Geospatial analysis of distribution of community pharmacies and other health care facilities providing minor ailments services in Malaysia by Mei Mei Tew, Ernieda Hatah, Faiz Arif, Muhammad Aqiff Abdul Wahid, Mohd Makmor-Bakry, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulad

“…The density of health care facilities was analyzed using thematic maps with hot spot analysis. Population to facility ratio was calculated using the projection of the population growth based on 2010 census data, which was the latest available in the year of analysis. …”
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Temporal and spatial distribution of polio vaccine coverage in Brazil between 1997 and 2021 by Nathanael de Souza Maciel, Hévila Medeiros Ferreira Gomes Braga, Francisca Jessika Nunes de Moura, Francisco Jardsom Moura Luzia, Isabelle e Silva Sousa, Emilia Soares Chaves Rouberte

“…QGIS 3.10.7 software was used to construct thematic maps. GeoDa 1.20.0.10 software was used to estimate spatial autocorrelation using the Global Moran's Index and Local Moran's Index. …”
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