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Using Geographical Information System for Implementing Resettlement Strategies in Mining Areas in Kosovo
Abstract
In this paper is presented a modern approach for developing and implementing resettlement strategy in mining areas in Kosovo using Geographic Information System. The main aim of such Geographic Information System is to digitally represent various geographical collected data linked to location. The geological map of Kosovo was analogous until year 2000. The lack of a modern information system about miming and settlement areas was deemed as one of the obstacles or difficulties faced by investment decision-makers. The property issues are considered to be directly related with expropriation. Properties registered in the register of rights over immovable property may not be deregistered for any purpose except for public needs. The developed information system will support the calculation of social impacts on the settlements in mining areas and will provide data visualization that will help when creating perceptions regarding mineral source utilization. The full local development benefits of mining can only effectively be realized if local settlement members support and understand mining activities. The most affected area is Kosovo coal basin, which has a surface about 270 km2 and about 44.021 inhabitants with many public, cult, business and industrial buildings. The final graphical and textual data is prepared in shape file stored in data base, which offers the possibility of usage by many geographic information systems. This software application is developed using latest ASP.NET platform, C# as programming language and Microsoft SQL as database server. It shall server as unique tool for governmental decision makers and to contribute inputs to future policy and management decision-making in the mining and spatial sector.
... A first step for Timor-Leste, as a recently independent country with relatively low national income, would be to establish a national SDI to constrain expenses in spatial data generation. Existing SDI may have lessons to impart in terms of implementation and experience, both from developed countries (for example, the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure -ASDI; ANZLIC Committee on Surveying and Mapping, 2016;Clarke, Hedberg, & Watkins, 2003), and from recently independent countries (for example, the Kosovo National Spatial Data Infrastructure -KNSDI; Meha, Rexha, Shala, & Dragusha, 2011;Nushi, van Loenen, Besemer, & Crompvoets, 2012). Although there was a significant level of spatial data to support development in Kosovo, as a new country engaged in developing infrastructure, the development of KNSDI, steered by an SDI committee, was nonetheless found necessary to facilitate data sharing between institutions and prevent work duplication in terms of spatial data collection, through initiatives such as LIS, data standards and addressing systems (Meha et al., 2012;Nushi et al., 2012), and Timor-Leste can look to this for guidance as the country develops its land information infrastructure. ...
Land data is critical for planning and administration, yet in developing countries this resource is often poorly managed and inaccessible. In recently independent countries, the problem is exacerbated through removal of data, necessitating a fresh start. To address the problem, we investigate and suggest solutions for legal, administrative and technical issues of land data integration in Timor‐Leste. A data access interface was scoped with users, prototyped and tested. The prototype's viability and usefulness to the national land agency and stakeholders (private and public) was measured. The prototype was found to be viable, and helpful in anticipating the form that a future Land Information System (LIS) should take for Timor‐Leste.
This article points out existing problems in organizing oversea petroleum maps, such as the absence of uniform standards, data formats and styles. It unifies the style and legend of the map. Furthermore, the mapping standard as well as two versions of the legend library has been accomplished. A feasible working procedure is proposed for mapping and integrating graphical resources. The proposed working procedure favors to integrate spatial graphics data of different formats, to enrich service ability of spatial data, and to realize resource communion and increment. The proposed standards have improved the efficiency of map compilation and international level, well adapted to the expedition characteristics of the overseas projects, and strongly supported research and evaluation of overseas oil and gas projects.
A good decision making is partially based on a good quality of data and/or information provided by information systems. Without input data at an appropriate level of quality, information systems cannot provide quality information. Therefore, many standards and data quality models have been developed. Later on, spatially oriented decision-making have become more important, so attention was focused on spatial data too. Quality evaluation of spatial data requires special standards because of the special properties of spatial data. The contribution is mainly focused on raster data models. At first, a brief description of spatial data quality evaluation is provided. Then, a set of quality characteristics and parameters for raster data within the framework of existing ISO standards is proposed. Finally, the proposed set is used to evaluate two example data sets and several practical examples connected to the raster data quality and its influence on spatial modelling are described.
In this paper is presented a novel approach for fulfilling the data security criteria in a Student Lifecycle Management System at the University of Prishtina. The four main criteria of data security such as: privacy, authentication, integrity and non-repudiation are fulfilled through carefully selected security policies. Student data privacy is achieved using the Secure Socket Layer protocol for web communication with web server. Each user, being student, academic or administrative staff is provided with unique user name and initial password in the Student Lifecycle Management System. Data integrity and non-repudiation are fulfilled using digital signatures. The novelty of implemented solution is based on extending the certificate for securing student grades, which is in full compliance with the Kosovo Law on Information Society. Public Key Infrastructure and X.509 digital certificates have been established as the most trustworthy methods for assuring data security criteria in modern software applications. Access to private key stored in a smart card is protected by Personal Identification Number, known only by smart card holder. This implementation was installed at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has successfully passed a six semester testing period.
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