GIS in LBS June 2008 Vol. 12 Issue 6 Past Volumes CONTENTS Editorial ARTICLES Location enabled devices: Changing the nature of geographic information and its use As a person walks from store to store in a mall, a path is created. In this era... Sumit Sen Keeping Digital Maps Fresh Digital maps are no longer just about helping people get from one point to another. In fact, they have heralded... Arnout Desmet 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... Naoki Ueda 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... Saurabh Bagaria, Devyani Sharma, Garima Tiwari LBS in weather and geophysical services Weather information carries little meaning unless it is related to a specific geographical location... LEE Lap-shun A new dimension for navigation services By combining the growing amount of user generated geo-content, 3D visualisations and open standards... Alexander Zipf, Michael Bauer Location aware APPLICATIONS Harsha Vardhan GPS in LBS: The future… Dr. Satyaprakash INTERVIEW Stanley Wing Fai Ng CEO, MapAsia.com About GIS Development Editorial Profile Circulation Readership Profile Editorial Guideline Advertisers Profile Advertisers Guideline Editorial Schedule Subscription Form Editorial Contact