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Abstract
Knoweldge-Based GIS for Site Suitability Assessment
Track: Application Development
Author(s): Vlado Veldic
This research sought to develop a practical approach for integrating the strength of GIS and Knowledge Based Systems in supporting site suitability assessment and environmental impact prediction. It is in this respect that a prototype of Knowledge-based GIS (KBGIS), which is able to anticipate development-environment conflicts at an early stage of project planning, has been prepared. The research is an example of GIS-KBS integration in which the elements of KBS techniques are actually one of the subroutines available inside GIS. The idea of the prototype KBGIS system design was to put the model, data, domain knowledge, and the system's knowledge acquisition and reasoning mechanism together into environment of GIS.
Vlado Veldic
Department of Town & Regional Planning
DTRP
Private Bag 0042
Gaborone , South African Region +267
Botswana
Phone: +267 365 8607
Fax: +267 313280
E-mail: vveldic@gov.bw