GIS Publications - June 2007

June 2007

Print Publications

GIM International (July 2007)

Using the Spatial Perspective
... demonstrate how GIS provides the spatial perspective in revealing the shifting geographies of executions and lynchings in Albama.

Best Regulation Cadastral Surveys
....tells about Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) changing cadastral regulation referred to as “Optimal Regulation”.

Geoinformation for Water-Related Objects
....highlights the implementation of Geo-Information Infrastructure (GII) by the Dutch Directorate for Public Works and Water Management (RWS) for the maintenance and development of water-related objects, based on OGC standards.

GeoWorld (June 2007)

Ireland Leaps Ahead with Land-Registration Records
The article gives the details of the land-registration digital mapping system developed by RMSI, Landmark Information Group, Proteus Solutions and Paper Dock for Ireland's (PRA).

Hit the Jackpot!
.....shows how AM/FM/GIS Division of the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) was able to meet its needs "as-builting" new construction and providing sets of maps to its customers.

Mapping Colombia's Coastline -- LIDAR Helps Preserve Fragile Marine Ecosystems
... shows how LIDAR technology can be used in creating high-quality geospatial databases for coastline administration.

Segmenting Our World
..... focusses on dynamic segmentation for consistent terrain configuration.

The American Surveyor (June, 2007)

Point to Point: The Ethics of Competence
....focusses on the significance of both competence and ethics for the protection of the public.Competence without ethics breeds chicanery.

$250 Fine or Imprisonment for Disturbing This Mark
...gives the importance of surveyor markers and make us aware of the responsoibility to ensure that they remain intact for future surveyors.

GIS Matters: Surveyors Working to Improve GIS
...tells how surveyors are working to improve the spatial accuracy of GIS layers in Montana.

Vantage Point: New Spellings of "Sustainable"
This article is full of intriguing variations and new approaches to land use that could allow to address our clients' projects a little differently.

GEOTIMES (June 2007)

Following a Floating Village
....depicts the historical, archaeological and geological landscape features of water dominated Combodia

Snowmelt on the rise in Greenland
The study, which uses satellite observations of Greenland's ice sheet, has showed that Greenland experienced more days of melting snow in 2006 than the country had averaged over recent decades.

Amazon emits a lot of methane
The article highlights that the Amazon Basin is actually emitting substantially higher volumes of methane than previously estimated.

Falling for Niagara
It highlights the wonders of the Niagara falls and places around it which have got rich geological history.

Geo: International Magazine (June 2007)

Paper to Digital-Part 2
...details how a new digital mapping system was created for the Property Registration Authority (PRA) in Ireland.

Data without a net
....highlights interactive mapping tool for early response providers.

Galileo Simulation
...focussses on the GSSF which provides a simulation environment that reproduces the functional and performance behavior of the Galileo system.

PositionIT (June 2007)

The use of GIS in primary health care
...highlights how GIS is being implemented in wide range of community development project designed to improve the health of communities.

Cape Town prioritises systems integration
...tells the massive restructuring of the City of Cape Town by the integration of IT and GIS.

Augmentation systems for GPS
This article discusses different types of augmentation systems and describes those that are available to users in southern Africa.

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Online Publications

GISuser (June 2007)

Map it, Find it, Get it, Share it - Search Local With Loki 2.0

...gives insight view of Loki, a powerful application that uses your location to harness even more power from the Internet.

Lat49 A Mashup Advertising Engine to help monetize map mashups

...focusses on map mashup development introduced by Google, which will get the ads served in a user-friendly setting, based on the geographic location being viewed by the map user.

POB Online (June 2007)

Measuring with Angular Momentum
...gives the first-hand account with gyroscopic alignment instrumentation in tunnel applications.

Piecing Together the Purépecha
The study shows the unveiling of the history through the use of total station and GPS technologies in archeological project of Mesoamerican civilization.

A Piece of the Old West
....tells how massive land title survey was successful in setting the boundaries for centuries old Atrisco land.

ASM (June 2007)

Settling Maritime Boundaries
It gives the East Timor's quest toward gaining secure maritime boundaries with her neighbours, Indonesia and Australia

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
...gives a brief review of the report issued by UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

PRINT PUBLICATIONS

GIM International

GeoWorld

The American Surveyor

GEOTIMES

Geo: International Magazine

PositionIT

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

GIS User

POB Online

ASM

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