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NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation
 The Amazon, a vast tropical forest stretching across South America, is so large that is virtually impossible to study the evolving landscapes within the basin without the use of satellites. Scientists have used satellite imagery of the Amazon for more than 30 years to seek answers about this diverse ecosystem and the patterns and processes of land cover change.
New coastal remote sensing network to bet set up along East China Sea
Shanghai Fishery University will team up with the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to create a coastal remote sensor network that will monitor fishery resources and forecast natural disasters in the East China Sea. The network, China CoastWatch, is a satellite system that collects real-time basic data about the ocean environment.
Post tsunami satellite mapping study reveals forest cover change in Andaman and Nicobar islands
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests report says the tsunami has badly devastated the Andaman and Nicobar islands’ ecosystem. Conducted post-tsunami by ISRO through satellite mapping and released recently, the study found forest depletion of up to 27 per cent in islands like Nancowry and Trinkat.
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Agricultural management through Web GIS: the Catalan Vineyard Register
Jaume Royo Llobet
GIS Director
TAO-gedas
Co-authors : Maria del Mar Juan, Anna Guimet
In 2004, the Catalan Department of Agriculture (DARP) developed an innovative GIS to manage geographically all the information about crops and plots of the region. The first step of the corporate GIS, totally web based, was to modernize the Catalan Vineyard Register (CVR). The company TAO-gedas was given the responsibility of managing, developing and starting up both projects. The project officially started up in September 2003 and its total completion is scheduled for the end of 2005. New improvements, as field data capture through mobile devices are planned for 2006.
GML, WFS, SVG and the future of Internet GIS
Zhong-Ren Peng
Director
Center for Advanced Spatial Information Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
USA
This paper introduces a proposed standard-based framework of Interoperable Internet GIS. This framework uses GML as a coding and data transporting mechanism to achieve data interoperability, WFS as a data query mechanism to access and retrieve data at the feature level on the Web, and SVG to display GML data on the Web as vector graphics. The combination of the three standard technologies would influence the development of Internet GIS
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INTERVIEW
"GIS should be considered as part of GeoICT"
C Vincent Tao
Director
Geospatial Information and Communication Technology (GeoICT) Lab, Canada
Canada Research Chair in Geomatics
Dr Tao's expertise is in the integration of open and high performance spatial information technology, intelligent image processing and computer graphics technology with geomatics. Known for pioneering work in the development of geospatial information and communication technology (GeoICT), he shares his views with GIS@development
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OGC ANNOUNCEMENT
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