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Study to monitor bears and hunters by GPS
 West Virginia University and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in US are using GPS to study black bears. The collaborative research project will monitor the movement of Maryland's black bears by using global positioning radio collars and determining hunter movements through the use of GPS armband units.
Researchers to create Tsunami Hazard Maps for East Coast
Two University of Rhode Island researchers have been awarded an $86,000 grant from FM Global, property insurers, to create maps of the East Coast of the U.S. that will identify potential flooding and damage that could occur if a tsunami struck the region.
Envisat monitors China's largest lake
Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode rapid-revisit images employed as part of ESA's Dragon Programme have charted the hydrological cycle of China's largest freshwater body, Poyang Lake, whose area fluctuates more than threefold annually. Poyang Lake is situated in Jiangxi Province.
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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What You See Is What You Get
Dr James R. Williamson
123 Photogrammetry
Texas, USA
When I first started working with photogrammetry the standard commercial method of collecting the photography was with large format cameras of one kind/type/brand or another. The view was almost always straight down from an aircraft (platform) flying in regular patterns/flight-lines and at a constant altitude. Since that time not much has changed, except the platform, camera, method of collection, processing, analysis procedures and time from start to finish.
Reconstructing the Great Buddha of Bamiyan
A Gruen
Professor and Head
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Switzerland
Co- Authors:
Fabio Remondino
Li Zhang
Statues of Bamiyan were cut from the sandstone cliffs and they were covered with a mixture of mud and straw to model the expression of the face, the hands, the arms and the folds of the robe. Two such colossal statues were demolished on March 2001. After the destruction, the Afghanistan Institute & Museum, Bubendorf (Switzerland) and the New7Wonders Society & Foundation, Zurich (Switzerland), launched a campaign to reconstruct the Great Buddha at original shape, size and place.
Read More Articles on PHOTOGRAMMETRY
Digital Orthoimage Generation from Large-Scale Aerial Photography
Preliminary Classification of Infrared Aerial Photographs using an Advanced Algorithm
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INTERVIEW
‘Photogrammetry has always been technology led.’
Ian Dowman
President,ISPRS
Ian Dowman, the President of ISPRS shares his thoughts on the developments in the realm of Photogrammetry along with the key achievements and future plans of the ISPRS in an exclusive interview with GIS Development.
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BOOK
The British Society For Plant Biologist has been at forefront of several initiatives while The Systematic Association has a long-standing involvement in computer based species identification. The book presents papers covering diverse areas like biological abstracts, GIS, probabilistic identification systems and electronic teaching aids.
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EVENT
First International Symposium on Health GIS
1 - 2 December 2005
Montien Riverside Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
ESRI India User Meet
1 - 2 December 2005
Hotel Radisson MBD
India
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Company Directory
View numerous companies across the world with details of their competences enlisted and updated in the directory of
companies at GISdevelopment.net every month in 11 different categories.
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