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Integrated Management in Development of the Cadaster Works for a Sustainable Real Estate Market
Integrated management for surveying and cadastre implies a standard and regulations, regarding the settlement of activities and stages completed by a specialists to develop there work. The aim of this paper involves facilitating the development of the works in the field of terrestrial measurements, by identifying the requirements for development, feasibility and cost by establishing the real value and the quantities of the works. The value of a cadaster work provides a detailed list of resource consumption, list of equipment, technologies used and processing programs, as well as the base unit prices specific to each type of work.Establishing, modifying and modernizing the cadastral laws should be our preoccupation, of all engineers, that solve the problems which occurs in this area. Within this work we included a systematic cadastral study, with all stages, that an engineer is compelled to respect in order to obtain land registers. After that we created a program that calculates all costs, starting after signing the contract till handing the work to Cadastre and Land Registration Office.
More...Intelligent Transportation and Telematics
Artificial intelligence (AI) has now become a reality and, in many areas, it is already used, being very secure. Communication with a car now has a variety of different functions, most of which use the cloud. Without data, it's nothing. Vehicle telematics has evolved and allows for a wider range of capabilities including navigation, tracking driver behavior, E-key calling and guidance on efficiency fuel consumption. Opportunity and challenges regarding the development of Intelligent Transport Systems, from the perspective of potential users, require data that must be transformed into accessible information, so that road users can adapt their driving behavior according to weather conditions, traffic jam information and estimates waiting time but also other information to increase the general traffic safety. Information stored on the vehicle's computer or, more likely, on the manufacturer's or service provider's servers, will be transferred from one vehicle to another, as long as the technology is compatible when a user switches their car.
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The referendum carried out in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for leaving the European Union (EU) revealed the existence of Euro-skepticism and the dilemmas concerning their own future. This paper discusses the development of European integrations and the conflicts arising from existence of varied approaches to the current issues. This paper particularly emphasizes the interest of the United Kingdom (UK) on focusing on its own sustainability and the values acquired by applying the capacities of knowledge management. Aided by the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this paper gives an in-depth and thorough analysis of the crucial features of the UK and the EU following the referendum outcome. Application of GIS makes it possible to reach better decisions, but GIS are also means that allows gathering, storing, analyzing and presenting these spatial data. Intentions and pursuit to reach a state of self sustainability cannot be accomplished unless there is appropriate climate and culture that ensures creation and implementation of knowledge, accompanied by permanent improvements of the applicable knowledge and its usage in new and better products and services.
More...Topo-Cadastral Works for the Modernization of Forest Roads in Avram Iancu Commune in Order to Increase the Economy and Investments in the Region
For the modernization of Avram Iancu commune, it is proposed to access the European funds by the commune City Hall, for the introduction of urban networks, rehabilitation of adjacent roads, as well as restoration of tourist attractions existing in the area. The need to carry out road modernization works resulted from the fact that the road network has a special importance because it facilitates the mobility of the population, raw materials and finished products.The present paper presents the succession of topo-cadastral works performed in order to prepare the cadastral documentation which represented the basis for the modernization works of the forest roads in Avram Iancu commune.The realization of this project was necessary for the capitalization of a tourist area, in order to increase the economy and investments in the region.
More...Application of UAVs in Education and Research
The paper deals with the application possibilities of UAVs ((Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in education and in research activities carried out in university level. We can find several software applications for mission planning and execution of flight plans for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) on the market. Some of them are fully free or very cheap, and they are suitable for teaching purposes. Choosing an appropriate evaluation software is also an important issue in education and team research processes. A series of experiments showed us, that the UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) technology is a good tool for deepening the knowledge in photogrammetric evaluation techniques and algorithms.
More...Possibilities for Real-Time Monitoring of COVID-19 Pandemics
Pandemics have been a real challenge for all humanity since time immemorial, leading to the finding of scientific and medical solutions for long-term monitoring, the development of solutions for pharmaceuticals and equipment specialized in their treatment and healing, but also in the storage of information in the form of spatial data sets necessary for the analysis and study of the phenomenon of their transmission on the entire globe.The contemporary world is currently facing the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is, from our point of view, probably one of the greatest disasters caused by human intelligence from World War II to the present day.This paper aims to reproduce and, why not, to propose at the international level the realization of a unique global real-time monitoring system of pandemics through geodetic sciences, using in this sense the technology based on GNSS systems for real-time monitoring of individuals invested with a certain type of virus, using technical equipment that includes systems that allow the use of GNSS technology who, through the interconnection between them and a digital database created in the GIS environment based on metadata, individuals invested and suspects can be monitored by existing specialized institutions at international, national and local levels, which can transmit useful information to each other in the fight against the pandemic created by COVID-19.
More...Analyzing the Sprawl of Built-up Areas Using Landsat Data and the Normalized Difference Built-up Index
The sprawl of built-up areas is one of the most important anthropic changes which lead to the development of cities. This study analyses the sprawl of built-up areas around the city of Brașov, Romania, on the basis of two Landsat satellite images acquired in 1985 and 2019. The analysis was based on satellite images obtained through the difference between the NDBI and NDVI indices calculated for each satellite image. The results show that in the period 1985–2019 built-up areas around Brașov and its surroundings increased considerably (24.6%). Furthermore, it was noted that, although the reflectance of built-up areas varies very little from one season to the next, it can be influenced indirectly by the presence in the studied area of agricultural land and barren land whose reflectance is seasonal. This phenomenon led to confusion among built-up, agricultural land and barren land in mapping built-up areas.
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The mapping data based on earlier archaeological surveys with the use of modern GIS technologies were presented. A database with archaeological data on the monuments typologically related to Karaultobe and settlement monuments of the early-medieval period of the Isfijab historical and cultural district was compiled. The data under study are mostly the results of explorations and surveys of monuments such as Karaultobe. The analysis was performed with the help of the ArcGIS mapping software. The geographical coordinates of each Karaultobe and the altitude map were used separately. The geographical points is a set of data obtained using GPS during the field research (archaeological explorations in particular). The altitude map is high-resolution radar data available on the US Geological Survey website. A digital map with data on the visibility of the chains of monuments and their functioning in the settlements of the region was created. The maps were created not only for publishing data in various formats and for navigation, but also for works that include displaying study analyses as a database. The aim of the project is to create a series of maps: the main map, where all objects are displayed, as well as a number of detailed maps of certain regions and maps with the results of the landscape analysis. In this paper, only some maps – small with simplified annotations – were used.
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The relevant market is one of the key concepts of competition law; its determination is a fundamental element of any antitrust procedure, both at the EU and national level, and a tool allowing entrepreneurs to assess their market position for the purpose of identifying potential risks related to implemented operational activities. One of the instruments used to ensure consistency in the definition of the relevant market in the practice of antitrust authorities is the European Commission Notice on the definition of relevant market for the purpose of Community competition law. The aim of this article is to assess its adequacy in the context of the application of antitrust law to entrepreneurs operating in the pharmaceutical sector. The paper includes a discussion of the legal nature and meaning of the above mentioned notice, a concise discussion of its content in terms of guidelines for determining the relevant market in product and geographic terms. On the basis of the characteristics of the pharmaceutical sector – its participant and product structure, as well as the main factors shaping competition on pharmaceutical markets – the authors analyze: whether the guidelines included in the Commission Notice remain adequate and up-to-date in this respect; on which criteria, for the purposes of their own internal analysis, should entrepreneurs operating in the pharmaceutical sector rely; and what are the possible desirable changes to the discussed soft law in order to adapt it to specific market realities.
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This essay serves a double purpose: First, to demonstrate the potentials of digital methods, particularly Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS), in researching tourism history. To this end, it uses the example of nineteenth-century Baltic Sea tourism in order to show what benefits, problems and challenges the use of digital methods entails. Given the volume of data, in this case thousands of entries from Nineteenth Century guest lists of six Baltic Sea resorts, digital tools prove to be crucial to visualize and analyze spatial patterns of early tourist’s mobility. Second, on the level of historiographical insights, the essay asks for explanations for the specific spatial patterns of tourism movements. It analyses the spatial origin of visitors of the Baltic Sea resorts Travemünde near Lübeck, Heiligendamm in Mecklenburg, Pernau (Pärnu), Arensburg (Kuressaare), Hanko (Hangö) and Mariehamn (Maarianhamina), all in the Russian Empire, in certain sample years throughout the nineteenth century. The hypothesis of a determination by traffic infrastructure proves to be of only limited relevance. Cultural and climatic factors play considerably more decisive roles in shaping the prevailing north-south and east-west directions of visitor streams.
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A travers le cas de Tizi-Ouzou, nous allons apercevoir l'évolution des stratégies urbaines nationales et locales, ayant présidé le développement urbain des villes en Algérie. De nos jours, la production de l'urbain dans la ville de Tizi Ouzou est largement dominé par les initiatives privées, surtout en matière de logement. Du point de vue morphologique et paysager, l'étude urbaine de Tizi-Ouzou nous permet d'identifier le rôle de chaque acteur (décideurs, usagers) dans le processus de formation urbaine. Ce papier tentera, via une étude diachronique, de retracer le processus de formation et de croissance urbaine de la ville de Tizi-Ouzou. L'intérêt consiste à mettre en évidence les formes et les rythmes d'occupation et de consommation des sols urbains, afin d'identifier le modèle d'urbanisation suivi jusqu'ici, et pour pouvoir éventuellement pronostiquer l'épuisement du foncier urbain.
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Nowadays, the interdisciplinary position of science is at the forefront. For this reason, attention is drawn to the use of different disciplines in the teaching of science. The aim of this study is to get the opinions of secondary school students about the science lesson taught with educational songs and to examine the effect of the implementation on the attitudes of the students. The research model of the study is a mixed method in which qualitative and quantitative patterns are combined. The study was conducted with 12 middle school 6th grade students (6 girls, 6 boys) studying in a public school in the 2020-2021 academic year. In the study, educational songs were used in the teaching of the science course "Solar system and eclipses" unit. The implementation was carried out for a total of five hours in four weeks. The qualitative data collection tools of the study were semi-structured interviews and student diaries; the quantitative data collection tool is the attitude scale developed by Biçer (2011) with a reliability of 0.89. Semi-structured interview and attitude scale were applied to the students before and after the implementation. Student diaries were filled in by the students during the implementation. In data analysis, qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test in the SPSS program. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted. As a result of the study, the students found the science lesson, accompanied by educational songs, enjoyable and stated that it provided the opportunity to repeat the subject. In addition, it was determined that the science lesson, which was taught with educational songs, caused a positive change in the attitudes of secondary school students towards the science lesson.
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In the restoration and conservation of historic buildings and monuments, for verification and repairs of any kind, accurate information on shape, size and architectural details are of utmost importance. The field of photogrammetry plays an important role in this process, through the possibilities of 3D modeling and representation of historical buildings and monuments. At present, there are a series of photogrammetric software with expertise in image processing algorithms, with digital photogrammetric techniques that establish the direction of development of the applied instruments. The process of photogrammetric modeling uses terrestrial and aerial images of the building attached to the solid model, obtaining a 3D realistic model. This is easily visualized, analyzed and modified by users, even in other fields, such as architecture or history. The advantage of the “multi-view 3D reconstruction technology” is the possibility to use images no matter the shooting distance, as long as each two images contain common points.
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The main purpose of the article aims in creating a GIS for an urban area with an eye to efficient management of this. Also, the application includes an inventory of all the component elements for an urban area. Other undertaken and proposed objectives are represented by creating an attribute database, relationing that database with graphic entities, making analysis, queries, thematic maps and basic notions of spatial modeling.
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For the safety of the flight and the aeronautical activities, on the lands afferent to the objectives of civil aeronautics but also on the lands in their vicinity, requirements, conditions and restrictions provided by the applicable national and international civil aeronautical regulations must be imposed. In this context, following this study, the aim is to obtain the cartographic and electronic data necessary to identify the obstacles that affect the safety of aircraft in flight activities over these surfaces. At the same time, the provision of cartographic data necessary for the urban development of the areas around the airports is considered.
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In the case of Cluj-Napoca Municipality, the analysis of the landslides is a frequently discussed topic due to its complex geology and urban expansion tendency. In this study, we chose the Gruia Neighbourhood in order to map the landslide evolution and land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes which occured between 2003 and 2021. In order to use the post-classification Change Detection method, we applied the supervised classification technique on three satellite imageries (2003, 2009, 2021), which were validated by high Kappa coefficient values, as it follows: 0,892, 0,879 and 0,931. Comparing the three classified imageries, we could conclude that a transition between agricultural land to urban areas is visible, with a total decrease of the agricultural land by 40,69% and a total increase of the urban area by 24,47%. In the evaluation process of the influence of the LULC change on the landslide evolution, we could observe that the increase of the urban areas led to the increase of the surface of the landslides, moreover, the slided territories on urban areas have increased by 200%.
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The watersheds can be useful in defining the boundaries of the basin or to divide that basin into subbasins. This case study aims to create a boundary that represents the contributing area for a certain pour point. The watershed is delineated from the DEM(Digital Elevation Model) by calculating flow direction and flow accumulation and using them further into the analysis. To achieve this, ArcGIS will be used to perform the analysis leading to watershed delineation.
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This paper presents the deficiencies in the execution of the water supply system of Territorial and Administrative Division Alexandru cel Bun, Neamt County deficiencies that led in January 2021 - February 2021 to the impossibility of supplying drinking water to the population. At the same time, the measures taken to ensure the functioning of the system will be presented, as well as the projects and investments made in the short and medium term to restore the system in parameters. In some areas, a rethinking of the pressure management is described, with the help of which a reduction of the losses from the distribution network was managed, as well as the provision of the necessary flow for a certain target group of users. By introducing an integrated partial monitoring system and its interconnection with the SCADA department, it was possible to monitor both the tank level and the network pressure, as well as the operation of the pressure lifting stations
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In this study, the structural features affecting the geomorphological development of the Elbistan Basin were questioned with geomorphometric indices. In the inquiry, the effect of geological structure and tectonics on the acquisition of geomorphological characteristics of 25 sub-basins belonging to the Elbistan Basin was tried to be explained with quantitative data. For this purpose, drainage basin asymmetry (Af), transverse topographical symmetry factor (T), basin relief (Bh), relief ratio (Rh), basin shape index (Bs), hypsometric curve (Hc) and hypsometric integral (Hi) such as geomorphometric indices were applied. During the application, a 10x10 meter resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM), geology data, active fault data and ArcGIS 10.7 package program from Geographic Information System (GIS) software were used. Quantitative data obtained from the indices (Af, T, Bh, Rh, Bs, Smf, Hc, Hi) applied to the basin gave consistent results with each other. In other words, based on the classifications made according to the degree of tectonic impact in the sub-basins, it is generally seen that the same sub-basins are in the same group. However, the sub-basins located in close locations were mostly in the same classes. Another geomorphometric index used to calculate the relative tectonic activity of fault segments in the shaping of the Elbistan Basin is Smf. When the results obtained from the Smf values applied to 15 basins were evaluated, it was determined that tectonics played a highly active role in the development process of the mountain fronts. Active tectonic and lithology played an important role in the different form of the sub-basins in the Elbistan Basin.
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