Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Tourism
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based information system using special tools to manage location-based data and their attributes for decision-making. Geospatial functions cut across many fields and support problem solving through geodat
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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geospatial Functions and Major Application Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proximity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Network Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlay Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporal Change Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statistical Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Image Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Three-Dimensional Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GIS Application in Wildlife and Tourism Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A GIS Application for Maasai Mara Game Reserve Ecosystem Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the Challenge to the Mara Ecosystem and Its Tourism Impact . . . . . . . . . . . Wildlife Location Suitability and Tourism Pressure on the Maasai Mara Game Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A GIS Application for Ecosystem Management in the Nairobi National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infrastructural Development and Habitat Fragmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human Settlement and Mining Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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J. M. Magige () · S. M. Onywere Department of Environmental Planning and Management, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] C. Jepkosgei Department of Geoinformation and Earth Observation, Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 Z. Xiang et al. (eds.), Handbook of e-Tourism, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05324-6_118-1
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Abstract A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based information system using special tools to manage location-based data and their attributes for decision-making. Geosp
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