6 results on '"Weihe Wendy Guan"'
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2. Elevating the RRE Framework for Geospatial Analysis with Visual Programming Platforms: An Exploration with Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME
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Lingbo Liu, Fahui Wang, Xiaokang Fu, Tobias Kötter, Kevin Sturm, Weihe Wendy Guan, and Shuming Bao
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Geospatial Analysis ,Reproducibility, replicability, and expandability (RRE) ,Visual Programming ,Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME ,Geospatial Knowledge Tree ,Spatial Accessibility ,Physical geography ,GB3-5030 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
Reproducibility, replicability, and expandability (RRE) have emerged as fundamental concerns in the realm of scientific research and development. Wherein, devising effective solutions for RRE within geospatial analysis stands out as a particularly critical challenge that demands immediate attention. Although there has been an evolution from basic reproducibility of code and data to a more comprehensive cyberinfrastructure, this integrated solution is still grappling with issues of limited user accessibility, steep learning curves particularly in coding skills, and difficulties in achieving collaboration with other data science platforms This study proposes a framework that combines open-source GIS with visual programming platforms, grounded in principles of standardization and educationalization, to advance the RRE framework in geographic analysis. Using the Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME as an example, we demonstrate the platform’s adaptability and utility through case studies in a recent textbook with an in-depth illustration of spatial accessibility analysis, specifically via the Generalized Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (G2SFCA) method. Our findings shed light on the transformative potential of such an integrative strategy, offer fresh perspectives for enhancing the RRE in geospatial analysis and craft a well-structured, intuitive, and extensive GIS knowledge tree.
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- 2024
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3. Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME
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Lingbo Liu, Xiaokang Fu, Tobias Kötter, Kevin Sturm, Carsten Haubold, Weihe Wendy Guan, Shuming Bao, and Fahui Wang
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Geospatial analytics ,KNIME analytics platform ,GIS ,Visual programming ,Replicability and reproducibility ,Computer software ,QA76.75-76.765 - Abstract
The Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME (GAEK) is an innovative tool designed to integrate visual programming with geospatial analytics, streamlining GIS education and research in social sciences. GAEK simplifies access for users with an intuitive, visual interface for complex spatial analysis tasks and contributes to the organization of the GIS Knowledge Tree through its geospatial analytics nodes. This paper discusses GAEK's architecture, functionalities, and its transformative impact on GIS applications. While GAEK significantly enhances user experience and research reproducibility, future updates aim to expand its functionality and optimize its bundled environment.
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- 2024
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4. Taking the pulse of COVID-19: a spatiotemporal perspective
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Chaowei Yang, Dexuan Sha, Qian Liu, Yun Li, Hai Lan, Weihe Wendy Guan, Tao Hu, Zhenlong Li, Zhiran Zhang, John Hoot Thompson, Zifu Wang, David Wong, Shiyang Ruan, Manzhu Yu, Douglas Richardson, Luyao Zhang, Ruizhi Hou, You Zhou, Cheng Zhong, Yifei Tian, Fayez Beaini, Kyla Carte, Colin Flynn, Wei Liu, Dieter Pfoser, Shuming Bao, Mei Li, Haoyuan Zhang, Chunbo Liu, Jie Jiang, Shihong Du, Liang Zhao, Mingyue Lu, Lin Li, Huan Zhou, and Andrew Ding
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big data ,earth system ,emergency ,geospatial sciences ,epidemics ,applications ,Mathematical geography. Cartography ,GA1-1776 - Abstract
The sudden outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept across the world in early 2020, triggering the lockdowns of several billion people across many countries, including China, Spain, India, the U.K., Italy, France, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and the U.S. The transmission of the virus accelerated rapidly with the most confirmed cases in the U.S., India, Russia, and Brazil. In response to this national and global emergency, the NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center brought together a taskforce of international researchers and assembled implementation strategies to rapidly respond to this crisis, for supporting research, saving lives, and protecting the health of global citizens. This perspective paper presents our collective view on the global health emergency and our effort in collecting, analyzing, and sharing relevant data on global policy and government responses, human mobility, environmental impact, socioeconomical impact; in developing research capabilities and mitigation measures with global scientists, promoting collaborative research on outbreak dynamics, and reflecting on the dynamic responses from human societies.
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- 2020
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5. Large-Scale High-Resolution Coastal Mangrove Forests Mapping Across West Africa With Machine Learning Ensemble and Satellite Big Data
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Xue Liu, Temilola E. Fatoyinbo, Nathan M. Thomas, Weihe Wendy Guan, Yanni Zhan, Pinki Mondal, David Lagomasino, Marc Simard, Carl C. Trettin, Rinki Deo, and Abigail Barenblitt
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coastal environment ,land cover and land use ,mangrove forests ,remote sensing ,machine learning ,high resolution ,Science - Abstract
Coastal mangrove forests provide important ecosystem goods and services, including carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and hazard mitigation. However, they are being destroyed at an alarming rate by human activities. To characterize mangrove forest changes, evaluate their impacts, and support relevant protection and restoration decision making, accurate and up-to-date mangrove extent mapping at large spatial scales is essential. Available large-scale mangrove extent data products use a single machine learning method commonly with 30 m Landsat imagery, and significant inconsistencies remain among these data products. With huge amounts of satellite data involved and the heterogeneity of land surface characteristics across large geographic areas, finding the most suitable method for large-scale high-resolution mangrove mapping is a challenge. The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of a machine learning ensemble for mangrove forest mapping at 20 m spatial resolution across West Africa using Sentinel-2 (optical) and Sentinel-1 (radar) imagery. The machine learning ensemble integrates three commonly used machine learning methods in land cover and land use mapping, including Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), and Neural Network (NN). The cloud-based big geospatial data processing platform Google Earth Engine (GEE) was used for pre-processing Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 data. Extensive validation has demonstrated that the machine learning ensemble can generate mangrove extent maps at high accuracies for all study regions in West Africa (92%–99% Producer’s Accuracy, 98%–100% User’s Accuracy, 95%–99% Overall Accuracy). This is the first-time that mangrove extent has been mapped at a 20 m spatial resolution across West Africa. The machine learning ensemble has the potential to be applied to other regions of the world and is therefore capable of producing high-resolution mangrove extent maps at global scales periodically.
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- 2021
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6. Assessing Reliability of Chinese Geotagged Social Media Data for Spatiotemporal Representation of Human Mobility
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Lingbo Liu, Ru Wang, Weihe Wendy Guan, Shuming Bao, Hanchen Yu, Xiaokang Fu, and Hongqiang Liu
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human mobility ,social media ,geotagged ,Sina Weibo ,Baidu Qianxi ,LBS ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
Understanding the space-time dynamics of human activities is essential in studying human security issues such as climate change impacts, pandemic spreading, or urban sustainability. Geotagged social media posts provide an open and space-time continuous data source with user locations which is convenient for studying human movement. However, the reliability of Chinese geotagged social media data for representing human mobility remains unclear. This study compares human movement data derived from the posts of Sina Weibo, one of the largest social media software in China, and that of Baidu Qianxi, a high-resolution human movement dataset from ‘Baidu Map’, a popular location-based service in China with 1.3 billion users. Correlation analysis was conducted from multiple dimensions of time periods (weekly and monthly), geographic scales (cities and provinces), and flow directions (inflow and outflow), and a case study on COVID-19 transmission was further explored with such data. The result shows that Sina Weibo data can reveal similar patterns as that of Baidu Qianxi, and that the correlation is higher at the provincial level than at the city level and higher at the monthly scale than at the weekly scale. The study also revealed spatial variations in the degree of similarity between the two sources. Findings from this study reveal the values and properties and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of human mobility data extracted from Weibo tweets, providing a reference for the proper use of social media posts as the data sources for human mobility studies.
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- 2022
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