My Research (Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

·       Internet mapping and Web-based GIS applications.

·       Mobile GIS and wireless communication

·       Multimedia cartography and user interface design.

·       Grid computing and geospatial cyberinfrastructure.

·       Web-enhanced geospatial technology education (integrating K-12, community college, and university GIS education).

PUBLICATIONS

Scholarly Books

Articles in Refereed Journals

·       Zhang, T. and Tsou, M.-H. (In Press. 2009). Developing a grid-enabled spatial Web portal for Internet GIServices and geospatial cyberinfrastructure, International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

·       Jankowski, P., Tsou M.-H., and Wright, R.D. (2007). Applying Internet Geographic Information System for Water Quality Monitoring. Geography Compass 1/6 (2007): 1315–1337. (PDF)

·       Zhang, T. and Tsou, M.-H. (2005) The Integration of Grid-enabled Internet GIServices and Geographic Semantic Web Technologies. In Special Issue on Distributed GIS, Geographic Information Science, 11 (1), pp. 15-23. (PDF)

·       Tsou, M.-H., Guo, L., and Howser, T. (2005). A Web-based Java Framework for Cross-Platform Mobile GIS and Remote Sensing Applications.  GIScience & Remote Sensing. 42(4).pp. 333-357. (PDF)

·       Tsou, M.-H. (2004). Integrated Mobile GIS and Wireless Internet Map Servers for Environmental Monitoring and Management, (the Special Issue on Mobile Mapping and Geographic Information Systems) in Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 31(3), pp. 153-165. (PDF)

·       Tsou, M.-H. (2004). Integrating Web-based GIS and On-line Remote Sensing Facilities for Environmental Monitoring and Management.  In special issue on the potential of Web-based GIS, the Journal of Geographical Systems. 6(2), pp. 155-174. (PDF)

·       Tsou, M.-H., Guo L., and Stow D. (2003). Web-based Remote Sensing Applications and Java Tools for Environmental Monitoring, Online Journal of Space Communication, No. 3,  http://satjournal.tcom.ohiou.edu/issue03/applications.html (PDF)

·       Tsou, M. H. and Buttenfield, B. P. (2002). A Dynamic Architecture for Distributing Geographic Information Services.  Transactions in GIS, 6(4), pp. 355-381. (PDF)

Chapters in Refereed Books

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang, (In Press, 2009). The Integration of Internet GIS and Wireless Mobile GIS. In Manual of GIS, edited by Marguerite Madden, published by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

·       Chang, Kuo-Chen and Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2008). Chapter 6. New Approaches for Integrating GIS layers and Remote Sensing Imagery for Online Mapping Services. In International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet. (edited by M. P Peterson). Berlin: Springer. pp. 91- 102. (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and Curran, Judd M. (2008). Chapter 20. User-Centered Design Approaches for Web Mapping Applications: A Case Study with USGS Hydrological Data in the United States. In International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet. (edited by M. P Peterson). Berlin: Springer., pp. 301-321. (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and Sun, Chin-Hong. (2007). Mobile GIServices Applications in Disaster Management, Book chapter in Dynamic and Mobile GIS: Investigating Change in Space and Time. (edited by Drummond, J, Billen, R., Forrest, D. and Joao, Ed. 2007. London: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis).  (Innovations in GIS book series), pp. 213-236. (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang. (2006). Bridging the Gap:  Connecting Internet-based Spatial Decision Support Systems to the Field-based Personnel with Real time Wireless Mobile GIS applications. Book chapter in Collaborative Geographic Information Systems (Edited by Shivanand Balram and Suzana Dragicevic). Hershey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group, Inc., pp. 316-339. (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2003). Chapter 14: An Intelligent Software Agent Architecture for Distributed Cartographic Knowledge Bases and Internet Mapping Services.  In Maps and the Internet, M. Peterson (ed), Oxford: Elsevier Press, pp. 229-243. (published on behalf of the International Cartographic Association). (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2002). An Operational Metadata Framework for Searching, Indexing, and Retrieving Distributed Geographic Information Services on the Internet.  In Geographic Information Science - Second International Conference GIScience 2002, M. Egenhofer and D. Mark (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 2478, Berlin: Springer. pp. 312-333.  (PDF)

·       Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and Buttenfield, Barbara P. (1997). A Direct Manipulation Interface for Geographical Information Processing. In: Kraak, M.J. and Melenaar, M. (eds.) Advances in GIS Research II.  Taylor & Francis, London, U.K., pp. 905-915. (PDF)

Published Encyclopedia Entries

1.     Tsou, M.H. (2008). Data Warehouse.  In Karen Kemp (editor).  Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 94-95).

2.     Tsou, M.H. (2008). Distributed GIS.  In Karen Kemp (editor).  Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 115-118).

3.     Tsou, M.H. (2008). Spatial Data Server.  In Karen Kemp (editor).  Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 404-406).

4.     Tsou, M.H. (2008). Web Services.  In Karen Kemp (editor).  Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 513-514).

Articles in Refereed Proceedings

·            Tsou, M.H. and Buttenfield, B.P. (1998). Client/Server Components and Metadata Objects for Distributed Geographic Information Services. Proceedings, GIS/LIS '98, Fort Worth, TX, November, 1998: 590-599.  (PDF)

·            Tsou, M.H. and Buttenfield, B.P. (1998). An Agent-based, Global User Interface for Distributed Geographic Information Services. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Vancouver, British Columbia, July, 1998: 603-612. (PDF)

Refereed Extended Abstracts

1. Tsou, M.H. and Buttenfield, B.P. (2000). Extended Abstract: Agent-based Mechanisms for Distributing Geographic Information Services on the Internet, GIScience 2000 Abstract: First International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Octorber 28-31, Savannah, Georgia, pp. 30-32. (PDF)

Book Review

1. Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2008). Book Review: Map-based Mobile Services: Theories, Methods, and Implementations by Liqui Meng, Alexander Zipf, and Tumasch Reichenbacher (Eds.). Geographic Information Science. 14(1), p. 76.

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Invited Articles in Major GIS Professional Magazines and Newsletters

Extramural Support

2009    PI (Tsou). International Community Foundation.  “Baja-Eco-Info Mapping Tool: Mapping Conservation and Threats for the Gulf of California”, $11,500. (nine months, Jan 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009).

2008     PI (Tsou). San Diego County, Office of Education. “Geographic Information System for the Splash Station”, $3,784, (1.5 months, July 15, 2008 – August 31, 2008). Completed

2008     Senior Personnel (Tsou), National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE) program: National Geospatial Technology Center (GeoTech Center) Project Period: 09/1/08-2008/30/2012.  Total Budget: $4,999,997.  PI: Dr. Philip Davis (Del Mar College, Texas).  SDSU Sub-award: $180,000 (four years).  Tsou is the project manager for the SDSU Sub-award.

2006     PI (Tsou).  San Diego Coast Keeper.  “Multimedia GIS Research Project”. $9,125. (seven months – Jan 10, 2006 – August 31, 2006). Completed.

2004    CO-PI (Tsou):  National Science Foundation, Advanced Technology Education Program (NSF-ATE): “A Scalable Skills Certification Program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)” PI: Dr. Kendra Jeffcoat at San Diego Mesa College.  Total Funding Amount: $749,847.  SDSU sub-award: $222,060 (Tsou is the project director for the SDSU sub-award) (four years, 2004-2008, started from October 1, 2004).

2004    CO-PI (Tsou):  City of San Diego.  “The San Diego Watershed Common Grounds Project”.  PI: Karen Henry at City of San Diego, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program.  Total funding amount: $1 million. SDSU Funding Amount: $ 400,000. (30 months, started from July 1, 2004 to 2006).  (completed)

2004    CO-PI (Tsou):  South Coast Resource Conservation Development Council (State funding). “Development of a Web-based Tool for Non-Point Source Pollution in the Newport Bay and Tijuana River Watersheds”/ PI: Dr. Richard Wright. Total funding amount: $123,589. (20 months, started from November, 2004). (completed)

2003    CO-Investigator (Tsou):  NASA Research, Education and Applications Solution Network (REASoN) Project: “A Border Security Decision Support System Driven by Remotely Sensed Data Inputs”. PI: Dr. Douglas Stow. Funding Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). $1,837,771. (Five years, 2003-2008). 

 2002   PI (Tsou): NASA ARC Project: “Integrated Mobile GIS and Wireless Internet Image Servers for Environmental Monitoring and Management”. Funding Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). $70,500 (12 months, completed). 

 2001   PI (Tsou): NASA ARC Project: “Web-based Geospatial Information Services For Natural Habitat Conservation and Management”.   $41,000 (12 months, completed).

Intramural Support

2000    PI: Grant-In-Aid Award: “Software Agent Communication Mechanism for Distributing GIServices on the Internet”.  Funding Agency: San Diego State University Foundation.  Funding Amount: $8,000 (completed).  

2000    PI: Faculty Development Program Award.  “Developing a Dynamic Architecture for Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices”, Funding Agency: San Diego State University.  Funding Amount: $5,000 (completed).