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Drinking Water Optimum Supply System (Dwoss) Through The Application Of Advanced Technologies, Praveen Jha Dr Oct 2009

Drinking Water Optimum Supply System (Dwoss) Through The Application Of Advanced Technologies, Praveen Jha Dr

Praveen Jha Dr

Paradigm shift in the approach for planning regarding supply of drinking water is mandatory since the current DPRs are unscientific and expensive. Planning for an optimum Drinking Water Supply System (ODWSS) that includes - optimization of Water Source Point (WSP), Water Treatment System (WTS), Water Storage Systems (WSSs), Water Distribution Points (WDP) and Water Supply Network (WSN); scientific estimation of long term demand of drinking water; minimization of physical and financial resources required for the plan implementation; water conservation and sanitation – could be done by applying several state-of-art geo-spatial programs developed by the author. Three programs - Multi-Algorithm Automation …


The Concept Of The Islands Extraction In Satellite Images Using Mathematical Morphology, Przemysław Kupidura Jan 2009

The Concept Of The Islands Extraction In Satellite Images Using Mathematical Morphology, Przemysław Kupidura

Przemysław Kupidura

The neighborhood is one of the indirect features of the object which may be used in the interpretation of the image. Sometimes, this feature may be essential, what can be shown using an example of islands. According to Oxford Dictionary (Internet edition) island is "a piece of land surrounded by water" so, as we can see, this element of landscape is defined by its neighborhood. The traditional, pixel-based classification is useless in such a case, taking into account only digital numbers of individual pixels. It is impossible to classify islands properly, using this kind of non-contextual algorithms. This paper presents …


The Morphological Filtering Of The Remote Sensing Images For The Noise Reduction Comparing To Traditional Filters, Przemysław Kupidura, Magdalena Jakubiak Jan 2009

The Morphological Filtering Of The Remote Sensing Images For The Noise Reduction Comparing To Traditional Filters, Przemysław Kupidura, Magdalena Jakubiak

Przemysław Kupidura

The advantages and disadvantages of the traditional (non-morphological) filters are commonly known. Focusing only on disadvantages, it is necessary to mention that most of these filters mainly blur noise over the image, making it less visible. That operation causes depreciation of the amount of information on the image rather than increasing its quality. In recent years there has been a trend to develop more efficient procedures for improving image quality. Theoretically, morphological filters have potential in such usage without possessing the drawbacks of traditional filters. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an evaluation of the …


An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Land Use/Cover Change On The Surface Temperature Of Lokoja Town, Nigeria, Fanan Ujoh Mr, Olarewaju O. Ifatimehin Mr, John Y. Magaji Dr Jan 2009

An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Land Use/Cover Change On The Surface Temperature Of Lokoja Town, Nigeria, Fanan Ujoh Mr, Olarewaju O. Ifatimehin Mr, John Y. Magaji Dr

Dr. Fanan Ujoh

This research integrated remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identified land use/cover types in Lokoja, including their temporal transformation and association with surface temperatures from the LandSat TM and LandSat ETM imageries of 1987 and 2001 respectively. As the built-up area increased in size (2667.6%) so was the surface temperature (6.48oC), vacant land (872%: 9.65oC), cultivated land (104.4%: 1.2oC) and water bodies (64.3%:0.94oC) while vegetation cover increased by 2.44oC while its area extent decreased (316.7%). These changes were responsible for the rise in the mean surface temperature from 38.39oC in 1987 to 42.61oC in 2001, indicating a 4.22oC …