GIS Publications - June 2008

June 2008

Print Publications

Geo: International (June 2008)

An Interview With Mladen Stojic
What is in a name? Geo:Connexion Investigates ERDAS, Inc.

Towards SDI In A Small Economy – Greenland
Martin Bjærge Jensen and Karl Brix Zinglersen present the case for Greenland’s national geospatial web Portal

Agroview - GIS Software For EU Farmers
GAF AG’s Agroview assists more than 24,000 farmers in managing agricultural subsidy applications

Cross Domain Spatial Data Infrastructure
Chris Tucker looks at spatial data infrastructure implementation across domains

Global Magazine (June 2008)

GIS data compression and its need for LBS
Imagine if your MP3 player could store only 20 songs, or if you are unable to send...

Location Based Services: A collaborative approach
For many decades, it has made good business sense to a high-end technology like Geospatial Technology to create a viable...

Keeping Digital Maps Fresh
Digital maps are no longer just about helping people get from one point to another. In fact, they have heralded...

LBS in weather and geophysical services
Weather information carries little meaning unless it is related to a specific geographical location...

A new dimension for navigation services
By combining the growing amount of user generated geo-content, 3D visualisations and open standards...

GPS World (June 2008)

Seen + Heard — 'Flying Priest' Lost at Sea
A Brazilian priest has vanished along with his GPS device during a lawnchair balloon flight, while an Oregon man who made a successful flight last summer plans to lift off again. Also, GPS at the Boston Marathon with MyAthlete

The Business — TomTom-Tele Atlas Deal Approved
TomTom-Tele Atlas Deal Approved; Spirent Improves GSS8000 and Pens China Deal; KVH, NovAtel Integrate GPS, Fiber Optic Gyros; Trimble Introduces Copernicus II; NXP, Siemens to Develop Private Car Toll System

Out in Front — Say You Want a Revolution
Galileo's satellite now transmitting the interoperable MBOC, and GPS L5 broadcast capability rising soon, together will usher in applications like unto which we have not yet seen.

Corporate Profile Leadership Series 2008:

GIM International (June 2008)

Landscape Issues in Poland

Smart RTS

Internet GIS

Supporting the Construction Market

Robotic Total Stations

Point of Beginning (June 2008)

Dodging the Curve

Editor’s Points: A Great Day

On the Level: The Surveyor and Pro Bono Services

Highlights in Surveying

GEO TIMES (June 2008)

Salt of the Earth
For nearly a century, iodine has been added to table salt to combat iodine deficiency. Now health officials in Guyana are using salt to deliver a parasite-killing drug in the hopes of eradicating a debilitating disease. But will it work?

Beer or Biofuels
Headlines all over the world proclaim that food — and beer — prices are climbing as supplies are short because of biofuels production. No doubt beer and food are costing more, but are biofuels really to blame?

Oil and War
Oil is not as important to U.S. national security as politicians might think. The United States needs to understand that trying to influence oil supply with military force is counterproductive

The American Surveyor (June 2008)

Point to Point: Our Niche of the Law

The Receding Railroads

Wow Factor: TDS Nomad

Conference Review: SPAR 2008

Fresh Boundaries Bring Hope to Bugala

From Service Station to Reference Station

PositionIT (May - June 2008)

The ultimate integrated surveying solution
Information from Optron Geomatics Einstein once said that “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Trimble agrees - and has always aimed high to develop the most innovative, leading-edge products but at the same time ensuring ease-of-use.

The case for long term electronic data archiving

GIS and integrated water resource management

Obituaries: Frank Hewitt and Dirk Hölscher

The shift to data discovery

Snakes and surveying

Gauteng branch AGM

GeoconnexionUK (June - July 2008)

The Future of Classification Systems
This article will consider some issues around the sourcing of data and technological development and what impact these will have on the geo-demographics market in the future.

Open source and E-learning...
Suchith Anand from the university of Nottingham looks into how by combining the potential of e-learning tools and open source GIS, the academic community can strengthen education in GIScience providing students with holistic technical skills for industry and changing times.

From the experts’ minds
From a review of their past accolades and present frenetic activity Cassettari and Jones of Cities Revealed, look towards exciting future developments

Avoiding the Pitfalls of GNSS
Working with the strengths and weaknesses of satellite navigation systems

Coastal cliff monitoring
The pros and cons of terrestrial LiDAR techniques, BGS’s surveying approaches and interesting findings for coastal erosions are discussed here by Peter Hobbs, BGS engineering geologist.

Location
Bi-Monthly Magazine
A Bi-Monthly Publication on Positioning & Navigation

Regional Publications
(Portuguese)	(Spanish)	Info GNSS in Portuguese

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Online Publications

Directions Magazine (June 2008)

The Open Geospatial Consortium: Fostering a Climate for Collaboration
This article highlights how organizations come together and enhance efforts including national spatial data infrastructures and the global spatial data infrastructure.

Seven Questions about Contigo's New Mobile Items Monitoring Patent
Contigo received a patent earlier this year for monitoring the locations of mobile items. The patent is not linked to a specific location technology, meaning it applies to existing and perhaps future technologies.

Five Questions (Plus One) About TRF and the New Version of PolicyMap
The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) updated its PolicyMap online application which serves organizations and individuals interested in redeveloping and revitalizing neighborhoods.

Vector 1 Media (June 2008)

Measuring Carbon Footprints in U.S. Forests
How do we retrace our ecological footprints? Where will the footprints lead? Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) are tracking carbon footprints across the globe starting with U.S. forests.

Climate Change and Urban Forests: A Dynamic Relationship
Human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil and gasoline), are among those activities that have substantially increased emissions of greenhouse gases into the environment.

Sustainable Urban Environments – Challenge & Opportunity for AEC Industry Change
Our understanding of the critical nature of climate change is converging with the migration of the world’s population to urban environments.

Position Magazine (June - July 2008)

Canada, Oh Canada!
The Canadian government has vetoed a sale that would have transferred ownership of the Radarsats to the US.

Bridge Movement
Using GPS to monitor the deflections of the Forth Road Bridge

Iran’s Ambitions in Space
A test flight in the north of Iran has caused much concern in the US and Israel. But for Iranian remote sensors, it’s a source of pride.

Professional Surveyor (June-July 2008)

Feature: Survey Technology in the Media
Increased attention puts surveying technology up in lights.

Feature: Trail Mapping Made Easier
Surveyors in Upstate New York have launched a trail-mapping service using advanced GPS equipment. Having proven their concept on snowmobile trails in the region, they see potential for other venues as well

Feature: Survey Technology in the Media
Increased attention puts surveying technology up in lights.

PRINT PUBLICATIONS

	GIS Development Global Magazine
	Geo: International
	GeoconnexionUK
	Gim International
	GEO TIMES
	GPS World
	The American Surveyor
	Point of Beginning
	Professional Surveyor
	Position Magazine
	Position IT

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

Directions Magazine

Vector 1 Media

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