| Water is a basic necessity for the maintenance of life and the development of society. The management, protection and exploitation of our water resource will involve increasing challenges related to population growth and industrialization. For whatever usage of the resource, it is necessary to understand and predict the consequences of these exploitations. |  |
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Basic to a rational and viable management of water resources is reliable information on its availability and state, in combination with an in-depth understanding of the interaction between the water resource and the activities in the river basin. |
| The provisions of know-how and
relevant technologies, which can assist in reliable environmental and water resources
investigations have been pursued by the Danish
Hydraulic Institute (DHI) since the late 70s. DHI has developed and applied a number
of numerical modelling tools worldwide (and within many fields) and their integration with
GIS to analyze and provide solutions for viable management. Integration of numerical modeling tools with Geographical Information Systems greatly enhances the possibilities to perform integrated management of water and land resources. As Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Environmental Systems Research Institute, ESRI, DHI has during the recent years focused on combining its numerical simulation models with ARC/INFO and ArcView GIS. |
This has generated a suite of new
tools with ArcView GIS used as GUI. Recently, ESRI and DHI have announced a strategic
relationship, which will enhance the water resources modelling capabilities of GIS even
further. This partnership ensures that users of DHI Software can feel confident that their
modelling software also provides the best possible links to the GIS world. With this CD-ROM we are happy to present a sample of our software developments and applications integrating GIS and numerical water resources modelling.
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| Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) is a research and consulting
organisation developing and applying advanced methods and technologies within hydraulic
and water resources engineering. DHI offers a broad spectrum of services, software tools and model test facilities related to offshore, coastal, port, river, water resources, urban hydraulics and environmental engineering For DHI it has always been fundamental to establish a thorough understanding of the physics behind the hydraulic phenomena - and then develop the appropriate tools |
DHI’s consultancy work thus
combines sound physical understanding with the most advanced methodologies available.
Since the establishment in 1964, projects have been undertaken in more than 120 countries. DHI is an independent self-supporting organisation. Affiliated to the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, it is a member of a group of specialised institutes, which cover a wide spectrum of applied technologies and engineering services. The DHI staff numbers 235 (1998) of whom two thirds hold PhD or MSc degrees. |
| The videos on the CD-ROM need a
playing program to run. The program is submitted on the CD-ROM in the directory
\GISHYDRO\Player. The playing program is called Player.exe, which can be directly launched
or you can install the Player program on your PC by activating the program Player11.exe
located in the directory \GISHYDRO\Player. Below follows a browser dependent guide to the
installation of the playing program. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Install the player program 'Player.exe' as described above. Activate the videos on the CD, and let your browser open it with the program 'Player.exe'. |
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.02 In order to use the Player program you must define the program name and the video file extensions. Go to 'View', 'Options', 'Programs' and press the button 'File Types'. Press 'New Type', write 'Video FLC format' in the 'Description of Type' field, write 'flc' in the 'Associated Extensions' field, and write 'Application/Player' in the 'Content Type (MIME)' field. Press the 'New' button and write 'Open' in the 'Action' field and browse your way to the program Player.exe in the 'Application used to perform action' field. Use either the Player.exe on the CD, or install the Player.exe on your PC as described above. |
| Netscape Navigator 3.04 In order to use the Player program you must define the file extensions and program name in your browser. Go to 'Options', 'General Preferences', Helpers'. Here you must create a new type by pressing 'Create New Type'. In the dialog box you type 'Video' under Mime Type, and 'FLC files' under Mime Subtype. Hereafter you must write 'flc' in the 'File Extensions field'. Under 'Action' select 'Launch the Application', and browse your way to the program Player.exe. Use either the Player.exe on the CD, or install the Player.exe on your PC as described above. |
Netscape Navigator 4.04 In order to use the Player program you must define the file extensions and program name in your browser. Go to 'Edit' and select 'Preferences'. Click the category 'Applications' under 'Navigator'. Press the button 'New Type', write 'Video FLC format' in the 'Description of Type' field, write 'flc' in the 'File Extensions' field, and write 'Application/Player' in the 'MIME Type' field. Browse your way to the program Player.exe in the 'Application to use' field. Use either the Player.exe on the CD, or install the Player.exe on your PC as described above. |
