TOP STORIES
Satellite data shows grim picture of Arctic ice melt
 The Arctic ice shelf which been melting for the last four years has reduced to its minimum over the century. This has been driven by buildup of greenhouse gases, which have led to rising temperatures. Scientists at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which have monitored the ice via satellites since 1978, reported that the total Arctic ice in 2005 will cover the smallest area since they started measuring.
Digital Topographic Maps for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last week Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Japanese International Development Agency presented a study on designing digital topographic maps in Bosnia and Herzegovina. New digital topographic maps have been designed for 21 towns.
EC provides support for post-tsunami reconstruction
As an essential contribution to help post-tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka, the European Commission (EC) has delivered to the Sri Lankan authorities high-resolution satellite imagery of the entire affected coastline of Sri Lanka before and after the tsunami.
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CONFERENCE REPORT
GRATICULE 2005
GRATICULE 2005 is the First Annual International
Conference and Exhibition of its kind, in Surveying,
Positioning and Locational Intelligence in Asia. The
conference was successfully held in Delhi between 3-4
October, 2005 and had some of the most significant
participants from the region and the technology
domain. A Report
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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The adoption of GPS in cropping agriculture
Robert Lorimer
Managing Partner
Position One Consulting
Brisbane,Australia
From the inception of GPS for commercial use, agriculture has been predicted as a large potential market. GPS can be used by growers, agronomists and agencies responsible for environmental and regulatory control. Applications cover the full gamut of GPS products from low cost handhelds to automated steering systems capable of centimeter accuracy.
Going beyond automatic vehicle location
Yichun Xie
Professor of Geography and Geology,
Eastern Michigan University, USA
Co-author : Dale Goby,Randall Raymond,Richard Pizzi
Automatic vehicle location (AVL) is a necessity for cost effective fleet management but, by itself, will not guarantee achieving the goal. The Integrated Student Transportation Management System (ISTMS) developed at Detroit Public Schools (DPS) is illustrated in this paper as a case study of integrating GIS and AVL in a school bus fleet management application
Read More Articles on POSITIONING SYSTEMS
Inertial navigation sensors for mobile mapping
GIS-GPS for distance-based user fee system
Using inertially-aided real-time kinematic technology as a land-based mapping tool
New approaches in GPS based location systems
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FEATURE OF THE WEEK
An eye from the sky searches the dead!
Tales of human atrocities are often hidden from the public eye. Mass graves are an expression of such unfortunate actions. However geospatial technologies have slowly touched upon this aspect. In fact they have been responsible in unearthing several such sites of mass graves around the world tapping on yet another domain for the geospatial sciences. Instances from Bosnia and Herezegovina, Iraq and Cambodia may be seen where Satellite imageries, GIS, GPS have made praiseworthy contribution in this direction!
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EVENTS
ISRS(International Symposium on Remote Sensing) 2005
Jeju Island
12 October - 14 October 2005
Organiser: The Korean Society of Remote Sensing
Seogwipo-city
KOREA
GeoBusiness Conference 2005
RICS Westminster Centre
13 October - 13 October 2005
London
United Kingdom
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Company Directory
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