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Digitizing the Geo-Cover of Greater Cairo Metropolis Supporting the Time of Transformation

Authors:
Ahmed Abdelhalim Hassan

Keywords: Keywords-digital geo-cover; Greater Cairo physiography; rock unit classification

Abstract:
Abstract—Nowadays, many cities in developing countries are striving for reconstruction and sustainable growth after a long time of corruption and conflict. Hence, the planners of different trends need to access different types of information easily and work firmly by the use of modern technology. Accordingly, this paper aims to present the geological and physiographic setting of Greater Cairo metropolis in the perspective of a digital city and reintroduce the geo-map concern to the whole area. To achieve that, this study tends to use the remote sensing techniques to differentiate the rock cover types and describe the topographic relief of the area dominated Greater Cairo. The applied classification and nomenclatures were based on field observations that take the previous geological studies published on the concerned area and its neighborhoods into strong consideration. As a general result, eleven units representing all rock outcrops have been observed, described, and classified. Analyzing of the digital elevation model (DEM) delineated the structure relief of the study area. These outputs could support the stakeholders and earth-scientists to refine and develop a geological data bank in a digital form, to be directly processed by suitable software. And also, the familiarity with the geo-setting of such a megacity would help to detect the rapid spatial changes in some protected areas.

Pages: 32 to 38

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-251-6

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013