简介:Althoughitiswellknownthatcoseismicgravitychangestakeplaceduringanearthquake,previousresearchhasnotyieldedconvincingevidencedemonstratingthatsignificantgravitychangesoccurbeforelargeearthquakes.Furthermore,evenifwesuspectthatgravitychangesoccurbeforelargeearthquakes,wehaveyettodemonstratehowtoconsistentlyobservethesechangesforusefulearthquakeforecastthatwouldbringbenefitstosociety.Weanalyzedgroundgravitysurveydataobtainedin1998,2000,2002,and2005atstationsoftheCrustalMovementObservationNetworkofChina(CMONOC)andexaminedgravitychangesbe-foretheoccurrenceofninelarge(Ms≥6.8)earthquakesthatrupturedwithinornearmainlandChinaandTaiwanfromNovember2001toAugust2008.Resultsfromthisanalysisshowthatsignificantgravitychangesoccurredacrossalargeregionbeforeeachoftheseninelargeearthquakes,andthesechangesweredetectedbyrepeatedgroundgravitysurveysthroughCMONOC.Althoughthesegravitychangesweresignificant,moreresearchisneededtoinvestigatewhetherthesegravitychangescouldbeviewedasprecursorsoflargeearthquakes.Limitationsanduncertaintiesinthedataincludesparsenessofthegravitymonitoringnetwork,longtimeintervalsbetweenconsecutivegravitysurveys,inevitablemeasurementerrors,hydrologicaleffectsongravity,andeffectsofverticalcrustalmovementsongravity.Basedontheseobservations,wemakeseveralrecommendationsaboutpossiblefuturedirec-tionsinearthquake-relatedresearchusinggravitymonitoringdata.
简介:Thispapermakesastudyontheinteractivedigitalgener-alization,wheremapgeneralizationcanbedividedintointellectivereason-ingprocedureandoperationalproce-dure,whicharedonebyhumanandcomputer,respectively.Andaninter-activemapgeneralizationenvironmentforlargescaletopographicmapisthendesignedandrealized.Thisresearchfocuseson:①thesignificanceofre-searchinganinteractivemapgenerali-zationenvironment,②thefeaturesoflargescaletopographicmapandinter-activemapgeneralization,③thecon-structionofmapgeneralization-orien-teddatabaseplatform.
简介:AnOracle8i-basedap-proachisproposedtomanagetheinte-grateddatabasesoflargeCyberCity.Thisapproachconsistsofthreeisdesignedtoacceleratespatialretrieving,inwhichtheboundingboxesoflocalregionshavenointersectionandallleafnodesoftheR+-tree(geome-tryrecords)havenorepetition;rithmsareadoptedtocompressthedigitalelevationmodels,3Dvectormodelsandimages,suchasLZ77losslesscompressionalgorithmforcompressionofvectordataandJPEGcompressionalgorithmsfortextureim-Oracle8idatabase,aCyberCityGISspatialdatabaseengine(SDE)isdesigned.OnthebasisofthisSDEpro-totypeacasestudyisdone.
简介:Thispaperpresentsacomponentobjectmodel(COM)basedframeworkformanaging,analyzingandvisualizingmassivemulti-scaledigitalelevationmodels(DEMs).Theframeworkconsistsofadatamanagementcomponent(DMC),whichisbasedonRDBMS/ORDBMS,adataanalysiscomponent(DAC)andadatarendercomponent(DRC).DMCcanmanagemassivemulti-scaledataexpressedatvariousreferenceframeswithinapyramiddatabaseandcansupportfastaccesstodataatvariableresolution.DACintegratesmanyusefulappliedanalyticfunctionswhoseresuitscanbeoverlaidwiththe3DscenerenderedbyDRC.DRCprovidesviewdependentdatapagingwiththesupportoftheunderlyingDMCandorganizesthepotentialvisibledataatdifferentlevelsintorendering.
简介:ThispaperreportssomeresearchesondistributionoflargevolumeimagedatausingtechniquesoftheMixedModeofJavaServletandCOMonWeb.Thearchitectureandkeytechnologiesarediscussedindetail.Thewebdistributionsystemofimageisimplementedandthesystemistestedbytheapplicationinstances.Atlast,theadvantagesanddisadvantagesforthiswebimagedistributionmodeareanalyzed.
简介:Thispaperintroducestheprocessofmaking3DvectorscenographofanancientbuildingwithlargequantitiesofdatawiththeaidofAutoCAD,whichdisplaystheeffectofscenerydrawings.ThevitalskillsandtechniqueinvolvedareillustratedthroughtheexampleofPagodaofThousandsofBuddhainChiLinNunneryinHongKong.Thisconstructionwasstartedin1996andfinishedin1999withtheconcretestructureinternalandwoodexternal,imitatingthestyleofbuildingsinTangDynasty.Thus,3Dvectorscenographbecomeavailabletousers.