Productions

Considering the scientific movements of Metrology toward Environmental and Terrestrial Sciences, the objective was to identify and correlate metrological tools that could contribute to decision-making on the quality of results generated by land use and cover methods. In this perspective, it was verified how the validation parameters of methods and the tools for guaranteeing the validity of internal results are aligned with characteristics of measurement and treatment of results generated by these methods. Based on this correlation, the Guide for Critical Analysis of Results of Land Use and Coverage was structured, which was used to evaluate the quality of the data generated by the Brazilian standard method of land use and cover. Next, the objective was to demonstrate the conformity of the guide for critical analysis of results and for decision-making on the quality of the examined geographic information. It was found that, although there is no direct use of metrological tools, the official Brazilian producer uses similar mechanisms to ensure the quality of geospatial data on land use and cover. Method validation parameters demonstrated the suitability of the method for the intended use of generating results within the acceptance standard established by the producer. Through the tools to guarantee the validity of internal results, the compliance of the treatments carried was verified to guarantee the quality of the results. Thus, the usefulness of the guide for critical analysis of results as a decision-making instrument about the quality of geographic information on land use and cover was confirmed. With this, the correlation between Metrology and Environmental and Terrestrial Sciences was insipidly established. In addition, was shown how these metrological tools contribute to data producers and users in the critical analysis to guarantee the quality of land use and cover results.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-022-00573-2

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This booklet refers to the Digital Image Processing (DIP) course. It was created to serve as a practical lesson plan for the DIP discipline, held at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) for the Geography course (Institute of Geography). It presents different tools for the analysis, processing, and manipulation of orbital images. The theoretical basis for its construction was the book "Introduction to Remote Sensing Image Processing" by Meneses et al. (2012). It is worth highlighting that our focus was to transpose procedures executed in DIP software to the world of programming, more specifically to the R software. Therefore, at the beginning of each chapter of the booklet, we mention the chapter(s) from the book by Meneses et al. (2012), so that our reader can complement their understanding of the procedures with this formidable theoretical basis. We hope that the Digital Image Processing in R manual can illustrate some of the numerous procedures associated with Digital Image Processing. Furthermore, we intend with this manual to demonstrate the analytical power of the R software, showing in a didactic and dynamic way how programming can be a differentiating resource in geoprocessing and its applications.

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Available at: https://rpubs.com/maximilianogobbo

​Faced with the challenge of establishing a regional mapping of anthromes as a tool for territorial planning, this study focused on analyzing land use and coverage data produced in Brazil by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The main objective was to identify essential data characteristics to serve as geospatial information for regional mapping. We performed exploratory analysis, data mining, manipulation, and plotting. Subsequently, we created static and interactive maps to analyze data spatialization and cartography construction, followed by validation and uncertainty studies to assess product quality. The results demonstrate that the data provided sufficient information for mapping construction. Additionally, statistical analyzes confirmed the mapping’s alignment with national and international indices, confirming the quality of the regional mapping of land use and cover anthromes. We established a geocomputational structure in R for national-scale application. Furthermore, as free code, this structure can be adapted to other territories, enabling replication and analysis in various contexts.

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​Available at: https://github.com/maximilianogobbo/brazilian-anthromes

The objective of this work was to critically analyze the demographic data indexed in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (Brazil) for use in the regionalization of Brazilian anthropogenic biomes. The ISO/IEC 17025 standard was used as a basic tool to structure the Guide for Critical Analysis of Demographic Results, thus establishing a connection between Metrology and Human Ecology to ensure the quality of the results. From this perspective, firstly, a conceptual and analytical transposition of the provisions of the standard applicable to the evaluation of methods and results was carried out, namely the parameters for method validation and the tools to ensure the validity of internal results. After the transposition, the manuals and technical reports, data, metadata, and results of the Brazilian census method were critically analyzed. The results showed that the official producer of results in Brazil uses resources for quality control that meet the characteristics of the devices transposed in this work. Thus, it was observed that the method meets the specific intended purpose of producing demographic results. It was also noted that it reduces the area covered by census information, especially, and significantly, population data for the regionalization of Brazilian anthropogenic biomes. Therefore, the quality of the demographic data was confirmed through an analytical system based on metrological principles. Furthermore, the method of critical analysis of demographic data presented itself as a tool that can assist other users of geospatial data in the qualitative evaluation of the conformity of the results with the intended use.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-022-00573-2

In this essay, the fundamental bases of the Urbanization Theories were analyzed through the perspective of the Environmental Biotechnology, aiming to contribute to the development of urban projects that help the maintenance of life. It sought to understand how, over the years, urban dynamics had an impact in the quality of life and well-being of the population and environment. Comparatively, it was investigated how power and domination structures influenced processes of socio-environmental risk and vulnerability, thereby influenced situations of environmental injustice that are replicated since the industrial cities of the 19th century to the urban structures of today. In addition, an attempt was made to establish a parallel between the capital circulation in the cities and the production of these urban spaces as a way to serve a select group of inhabitants from the centers and from the peripheries. The analysis allowed the identification of different factors in the foundations of Urbanization Theories which are articulated with the well-being and the quality of life of the population and environment. Throughout the discussion, relevant aspects of the capital, urban structure, gentrification process, centers and centralities were detailed, showing illustrative examples on the occurrence of urban events and their respective impacts on the production of urban space and on the human and environmental life. Therefore, it was inferred that the complementarity among sciences is essential to understand the complexity of urbanization and to attend the urban planning challenge.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/Hygeia1966557

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https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/66557

This research aimed to map the technological capabilities of land-use planning tools, in order to validate and demonstrate the alignment of the system for mapping anthropogens with such instruments. To this end, three keywords were defined to describe technological tools used in mapping land surfaces and that utilize geospatial data for cartographic production. From this perspective, four searches were conducted in four patent databases, using the three keywords separately and in combination. The results showed a history of international inventions in this area of ​​knowledge. Furthermore, it was evident that the patents reported in the searches align with mapping tools for land-use planning. On the other hand, it was found that, in Brazil, there are no patent records that meet the combination of the three search terms. Based on these observations, it was possible to highlight the characteristics of the system that demonstrate its alignment with products in the same segment, allowing its validation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.9771/cp.v16i6.55180

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Available at: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/nit/article/view/55180