Nenand and others,

Sorry to deviate from topic, but I would have to say that while GIS might be considered a tool for some, that for others, it is a science. I'm also sure we have scientists that go back and forth between using it as a tool while also doing GIScience, so I totally disagree with the perspective that GIS is just a tool. The stances on this topic has been debated for quite some time. Even way back to 1997...

http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/annals.html

While I and others might use GIS as a tool, we should be aware that there are scientists who study the science of GIS. The contributions that they contribute could prove to be valuable to those of us who use GIS as a tool.

You can try the Saga and ArcGis tool named "sextante", which has some script to evaluate geodiversity of a geostatistical population.

Thank you!

Dear Neven,

We are using ArcGIS here at NSDNR to establish a list and map of geoheritage sites in Nova Scotia. Our GIS co-ordinator is Brian Fisher: his email is [email protected] We have not used GIS asa primary tool for identifying sites, as I personally see that it is important to understand the geology at a site and to be able to convey that knowledge first. Nonetheless, i am sure that Brian will respond with details as they are.

John

Thank you, John!

This will be very helpful!

Hi,

Please try enclosed papers.

If you are interested in geodiversity please write me your e-mail for future contacts.

Zbigniew Zwolinski

Hello,

GIS is a powerfull tool but just a tool and it should be understood in that way. I think that it has no "role" in conservation or protection. It can help to understand spatial context of geodiversity, to help in inventarisation, evaluation and selecting potential geosites. But all of this depend on the researcher skill.

There are nice papers about use of GIS in geoheritage assesment, like from L. Melelli or P. Pereira.

Examples:

a/ http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-13881.pdf

b/ http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2011-13881_presentation.ppsx

c/ http://www.intechopen.com/download/get/type/pdfs/id/27095

d/ http://www.unil.ch/webdav/site/igul/shared/Geovisions/Geovisions35/Geovisions35_IGUL_8_Giardino%20et%20al.pdf

e/ http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/18/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00267-013-0100-2.pdf?auth66=1392906615_42ecb0f23ed3cb5b54ed9ed37e55b04e&ext=.pdf

etc.

Nenand and others,

Sorry to deviate from topic, but I would have to say that while GIS might be considered a tool for some, that for others, it is a science. I'm also sure we have scientists that go back and forth between using it as a tool while also doing GIScience, so I totally disagree with the perspective that GIS is just a tool. The stances on this topic has been debated for quite some time. Even way back to 1997...

http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/annals.html

While I and others might use GIS as a tool, we should be aware that there are scientists who study the science of GIS. The contributions that they contribute could prove to be valuable to those of us who use GIS as a tool.

Arvind, I agree with your point of view. I did not want to degrade anyone's contribution to GIS, since we all (common users) that just use GIS are gratefull to all of you GIS scientists that make use of GIS possible in the way it evolved in last XX years. But in this case & use it is a tool. Very usefull tool that makes research faster & more efficient. So - my respect..

Cheers.

There is one interesting book about GIS and Geoheritage (I think is possible the free download) called: "Mapping Geoheritage", its editors are: Geraldine Regolini-Bissig and Emmanuel Reynard.

Also there is one paper of Inés Fuertes Gutiérrez very interesting about the use of GIS in Geoheritage.

I am working in water heritage, using GIS for the analysis of the heritage, any question just write me: [email protected]

A paper about the relationship between topographic abd biological diversity, not exactly what you are looking for but maybe of interest

http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?pid=S0378-18442008000200004&script=sci_arttext

Dear Neven,

Ican recommend the following book "Satellite Remote Sensing: A New Tool for Archaeology", Springer, 2012, by Rosa Lasaponara and Nicola Masini (Eds).

Best

Lev

Dear Neven and others,

here are some references... The authors of the papers use GIS-based predictive modelling (and have produced a large suite of predictive modelling papers not particularly related to geodiversity):

*Hjort, J. and Luoto, M.: Geodiversity of high-latitude landscapes in northern Finland, Geomorphology, 115, 109–116, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.039, 2010.

*Hjort, J. and Luoto, M.: Can geodiversity be predicted from space?, Geomorphology, 153-154, 74–80, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.010, 2012.

and here's another one:

Benito-Calvo, A., Pérez-González, A., Magri, O., and Meza, P.: Assessing regional geodiversity: the Iberian Peninsula, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 34, 1433–1445, doi:10.1002/esp.1840, 2009.

Mario Panizza deals with geoMORPHOdiversity that can be assessed using digital geomorphometry:

Panizza, M.: The Geomorphodiversity of the Dolomites (Italy): A Key of Geoheritage Assessment, Geoheritage, 1, 33–42, doi:10.1007/s12371-009-0003-z, 2009.

Good luck with your research !

Tobias

Dear all,

here's another one, though less accessible because it's written in French:

Lambiel C., Reynard E. et Scapozza C. (Eds) (2011). La géomorphologie alpine: entre patrimoine et contrainte. Actes du colloque de la Société Suisse de Géomorphologie, 3-5 septembre 2009, Olivone (Géovisions n° 36). Institut de géographie, Université de Lausanne.

The contribution of Simon Martin (p. 35ff) deals with GIS-based assessment of "richness and diversity of geoheritage" in Switzerland.

The book is published, if I remember correctly, on the website of the "Institut de Géographie" at Lausanne university.

Cheers

Tobias

Tobias, thank you very much!

Neven