Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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International Session (Oral)

Symbol H (Human Geosciences) » H-TT Technology & Techniques

[H-TT07_28AM1] GIS

Mon. Apr 28, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM 422 (4F)

Convener:*Takashi Oguchi(Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo), Yuji Murayama(Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences), Ryosuke Shibasaki(Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo), Shin Yoshikawa(Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology), Chair:Yuji Murayama(Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences)

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[HTT07-04] Viewshed analysis of the trails in SriPada mountain area in Sri Lanka

*Halgamage malinda SIRIWARDANA1 (1.University of Tsukuba)

Each year about 3 millions of people climb SriPada Mountain. The trail system around SriPada in the Peak Wilderness has been used over centuries in good harmony. According to local people, there used to be 18 trails to reach the top of SriPada Mountain. Some of those trails were rarely used and thus getting vanished over time. This research focuses on analyzing Viewshed and the flow of people alone some of the trails.