Fractal Geometry and its Application in Geographic Information Science

Thomas U. Omali¹

1. Bio-resources Development Centre (BIODEC) Isanlu [National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)], Nigeria.

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.11 , pp.116-120, Nov-2023

Online published on Nov 30, 2023

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Abstract :
The revolutionary article about the length of the Britain’s coastline was published over a half-century ago by the late mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot. The article directly culminated in the birth of fractal geometry, which has been significantly applied in many disciplines including Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The plethora of recent research demonstrate how potent fractal geometry is in GIScience. Thus, this study is a review of fractal geometry and its application in GIScience. The relevant academic literature were identified through a harmonised search in the electronic records. Furthermore, the search result was analysed using various keywords. The result presents the selected principles upon which fractal geometry is based, including scale measure, self-similarity, self-affinity, and fractal dimension. Other results of the review present a method of generating fractals, and the fractal-based analysis in GIScience.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Complex, dimension, scale, self-affinity, self-similarity, shape

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