Managing fresh water networks in Africa
Access to water for life is a basic human need and a fundamental human right. Yet in our increasingly prosperous world, more than 1 billion people are denied the right to clean water and 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation.

Geo Information Systems - An easier Way
Even small communities are investing in the technology in the hope of liberating plans and data from their past obscurity to make them accessible to colleagues and members of the public in the digital realm.

Maps to facilitate noise control
How the German Federal State of Bavaria achieved an integrated database for noise cadastre.

The How -To Guide to Successful Surface Modeling Part 2
We're going to take a look at the actual mechanics of constructing a good digital terrain model.

Survey Says Drill Here
Tasked to directionally drill five new water-intake shafts, the challenge for Boart was to align their drill rig in the correct position and inclination at the surface.

Those Old Non-conforming Lots
Many of us have had this experience: a client wants to develop a lot from an old subdivision map, but the lot doesn't conform to current zoning requirements. Can the lot be grandfathered to force approval?

Why a Federal Surveying Manual is Relevant to the States
Why would the various General Land Office (GLO) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Manual[s] of Surveying Instructions be relevant to the state licensed land surveyor? What if the lands in a state were surveyed prior to when even the first official federal Manual was introduced?

The Speed of Integration
Integrated mobile GIS streamlines project completion by combining in-the-field GIS capabilities with survey-grade accuracy.

Jumping the Technology Curve
Developing countries such as Benin face many obstacles to build and develop a sustainable economic base. One of the most insidious problems is the lack of adequate land titling and record systems.

Back to Basics: Fieldwork tips
Numerous strategies are used by surveyors to simplify their fieldwork. This column describes a few successful procedures that I have used personally or have heard of others using.

Scanning a Fishy Business
The once common fish tugs, fishing docks, shanties and net reels--the icons of more than a century of Great Lakes fisheries--have nearly disappeared, taking with them the memories of the extensive role that the commercial fisheries once played in the Great Lakes.

Leaving our Mark
The short to medium-term plans for economic recovery in Zimbabwe include empowering young people to take an active role in industry and commerce.

Riparian Buffer Evaluation
Years of environmental neglect and deforestation on CFB Gagetown have unfortunately caused sedimentation in the more than 2,400km of streams on the base.

The Greater Wall of China
A study conducted by the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping in thirteen provinces, regions and municipalities, has revealed no less then 3,850km of unknown sections of the Great Wall

Could GIS prove to be BI’s missing link?
Geographic business intelligence – the merger of BI and GIS – is currently experiencing a dramatic upsurge in popularity worldwide.

Using supply chain management to improve GIS units
Supply chain management is used in the manufacturing industry to manage the production of motor vehicles, electronic goods and pharmaceutical products.

Fuzzy logic: Identifying areas for mineral development
The article looks at the application of fuzzy logic set theory in GIS to identify potential areas for mineral development.

A-GPS Antenna Performance: Over-the-Air Test Method
As a key enabling LBS technology, A-GPS offers customers higher position accuracy, quicker location fixes, and improved service coverage in difficult locations, such as urban and in-building environments.

CONGO: First GPS/GIOVE Tracking Network for Science, Research
The article suggests that the GeNeRx channels can track either the data or the pilot component, but not both. This is not correct. The GeNeRx receivers do track pilot and data together.

Innovation: One Year in Orbit
The second Galileo test satellite GIOVE-B, was launched on April 27, 2008, and began transmitting navigation signals a few days later. It joined its older sibling, GIOVE-A, which was placed in orbit two years earlier.

Spatially Enabled Decision Making
Andy Millard, GIS Analyst at Rolta UK, gives his views on why the latest generation of Web GIS coupled with Business Intelligence solutions is giving managers an unprecedented level of support in decision making.

Location: the hidden ‘integrator’
Peter Beaumont, a NAVTEQ Director, looks at the rise of location as the key to data accessibility and integration

Location Intelligent Based Services
Stephen Salmon of Pitney Bowes Business Insight highlights the need for the mobile telecommunications industry to harness the power of location intelligence, to understand the practical implementation of geo-based applications if they wish to take full advantage and truly unleash the ‘anywhere, anytime, anyhow’ potential of LBS.

The View from Here: The Geoblogosphere in 2009
Just about three years ago, Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg wrote "A Reader's Guide to Geoblogs." As summer 2009 ends, she returns to the topic to examine what's changed and postulates on the reasons why.

Geoparsing Maps the Future of Text Documents
How do you create a unique geographically referenced feature from plain text? "Geoparsing offers the promise of modern geospatial alchemy ... the ability to turn text documents into geospatial databases," says author Douglas Caldwell.

In Search of the Next Killer App
Andrew Ross offers a primer on geospatial technology and then looks at possible reasons for its growth, the Ingres'geospatial project, and the role of open source as a protocol for business. They may all be part of the "next killer app."

Understanding Project Operations in the GIS Environment
Some GIS managers don't consider "operations management" a part of managing a GIS project. The difference between operations and projects can be confusing but significant. Dr. Mohamed Kayyali explains.

New Product Assesses Imagery Data Accuracy
How accurate is the imagery your vendor just delivered? Do you know? Spatial Informations Solutions (SIS) recently released Accuracy Analyst to answer that question.

Service Oriented Architecture for Earth Sciences
The interaction between science and technology is inevitable. Scientific studies produce information and cause advances in technology while on the other hand technological progress provides us better circumstances on scientific research.

100 Years “The Photogrammetry Week Series”
1909: In June Dr. Carl Pulfrich, the founder of the stereo comparator (cover figure) realized that after the introduction of this versatile instrument for mapping (1901), some stimulus was needed to broaden the applications of terrestrial photogrammetry.

Utility Improves Reliability and Efficiency of Philippine Water Supply
Antipolo City is the second largest city in Rizal Province, with a total land area of 38,575 hectares. The new Manila Water Optimization System benefits more than 709,000 people, equating to more than 140,000 households.