Download complete magazine (6.1 MB) In this issue: Editorial Articles by Dr. Markus Lupp Dr. David Hastings Dr. Derek Clarke Prof. Dr. Josef Strob Dr. Hamim Srebro Fernando Pizzuti Dr.-ing. Phisan Santitamnont Joseph R. Francicia Tech Horizon A. R. Dasgupta Maneesh Prasad Crystal Ball In case of problem in viewing this newsletter Click Here To Unsubscribe the e-version of GIS Development The Global Geospatial Magazine send an email to Unsubscribe The Global Geospatial Magazine Mail comments to : info@GISdevelopment.net Editorial The winds of Change The change has always been subtle. Although on a Year-On-Year basis perhaps the change detection would not have been so explosive as compared to what it appears in a decade or two. Maneesh Prasad Managing Editor & Chief Operating Officer maneesh.prasad@gisdevelopment.net Get the full editorial | Get the PDF (71 KB) Article The usage of OGC standards in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia The current standing of the use of OGC standards in the development of NSDI and similar projects... Dr. Markus Lupp, lat/lon, Kupang-NTT, Indonesia markus.lupp@lat-lon.de Get the full article | Get the PDF (2.30 MB) Article Geoinformatics in 2008: Convergence bringing exciting opportunities Exciting opportunities in the Geospatial industry as a result if convergence in the business models, technological innovations, social requirements and more... Dr. David Hastings, Sace Technology Applications, UNESCAP, bangkok, thailand hastingsd@un.org Get the full article | Get the PDF (274 KB) Article Status of GIS in Africa The use of GIS by the government departments in the execution of their functions... Dr. Derek Clarke, Chief Director, Chief Directorate, Survey & Mapping, South Africa dclarke@sli.wcape.gov.za Get the full article | Get the PDF (714 KB) Article Status of GIS in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities Overview of the Geospatial Industry in Europe with respect to GNSS, SDI etc... Prof. Dr. Josef Strobl, Director, Z_GIS Centre for Geoinformatic, Unicersity of Salzburg,& Director, Geographic Information Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria josef.strobl@abg.ac.at, josef.strobl@oewa.ac.at Get the full article | Get the PDF (449 KB) Article Geospatial Initiatives in Israel Objectives of the Survey of Israel's National Geospatial Portal... Dr. Hamim Srebro, Director General, Survey of Israel haim@mapi.gov.il Get the full article | Get the PDF (761 KB) Article Public Private partnership in Middle East Implementation of PPP model in Middle East... Fernando Pizzuti, Pictometry Niddle East, Dubai, UAE fernando.pizzuti@pictometryme.com Get the full article | Get the PDF (58 KB) Article Geo-information in the age of Instant Access Various application, product initiatives and their regional usage overview... Dr.-ing. Phisan Santitamnont, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand phisan_chula@yahoo.com Get the full article | Get the PDF (2.47 MB) Article Geospatial Technology takes centre stage Taking stock of technological developments in 2007... Joseph R. Francicia, Editor-in-Chief & Vice Publisher, Directions Media Joe.francicia@directionsmag.com Get the full article | Get the PDF (415 KB) Tech Horizon Katmai: New kid on the block Geography is being redefined by Technology. geography is also becoming ubiquitous. An address is not just a picture and a location on a satellite image... A. R. Dasgupta, GIS Development arup.dasgupta@gisdevelopment.net Get the full article | Get the PDF (129 KB) Tech Horizon Magitti: The Intelligent Mobile Platform The software codename Magitti, comes from two early design concepts: 'Magic Scope' and 'Graffiti System'... Maneesh Prasad Managing Editor & Chief Operating Officer GIS Development maneesh.prasad@GISdevelopment.net Get the full article | Get the PDF (122 KB) Crystal Ball Sensing in 2015 Remote Sensing tools for Disaster Management in the year 2015... Dr. Satyaprakash, satya@gisdevelopment.net Get the full article | Get the PDF (357 KB) © GIS Development. All rights reserved.