Contact:
Tel: +44 (0) 161-247 1574
Fax: +44 (0) 161-247 6318
Email: O.Chaudhry@mmu.ac.uk
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Omair Chaudhry is a lecturer in GIS at Manchester Metropolitan University and a tutor for UNIGIS UK.
Omair previously worked as a research associate at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of Great Britain. He obtained his PhD and MSc in GIS from the University of Edinburgh and his B.E. in computer software from National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan).
He has been involved in a number of GIS projects involving spatial database enrichment and automated cartography. His research interests lie in spatial data modelling, geo visualisation, map generalisation, design and implementation of spatial algorithms for pattern recognition and database enrichment.
Selected Publications
Chaudhry, O. Z, Mackaness, W.A. & Regnauld, N., (2009) A Functional perspective on Map Generalisation, Computer Environment and Urban Systems: Special Issue on Geo-Information Generalisation and Multiple Representation, 33 (5), pp. 349-362
Mackaness, W.A. & Chaudhry, O. Z. (2009). Generalization. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (eds N. Thrift & R. Kitchin). Elsevier, pp. 345-354
Chaudhry, O. Z. & Mackaness, W.A. (2008) Automatic Identification of Urban Settlement Boundaries for Multiple Representation Databases. Computer Environment and Urban Systems. 32(2), pp. 95-109
Chaudhry, O. Z. & Mackaness, W.A. (2008) Creating Mountains out of Mole Hills: Automatic Identification of Hills and Ranges Using Morphometric Analysis. Transactions in GIS. 12(5), pp. 567-589
Mackaness, W.A. & Chaudhry, O. Z. (2008). Generalization and Symbolization In Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science (eds S. Shekhar & H. Xiong), pp.330-339 Springer, New York.
Mackaness, W.A., Perikleous, S., & Chaudhry, O. Z. (2008) Representing Forested Regions at Small Scales: Automatic Derivation from the Very Large Scale. The Cartographic Journal, 45(1), pp.6-17
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