GIS Development The Global Geospatial Magazine Here follows the content of the latest issue (May 2008): “SDI is not a business model nor will it ever be” Jeff Thurston “Industry will move towards Google type of commercial model” Huibert-Jan Lekkerkerk “Less users want or need, an SDI or interoperability” Jon Fairall “Service is becoming more important than physical data” Sisi Zlatanova Geo-Information Trends and Developments Matthais Lemmens GIS Education in Canada An Insight Antonio Páez
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Geo:International Monthly Magazine on Geoinformation Technologies Here follows the content of the latest issue (May 2008): Karstero Soil Erosion Model For Lebanon The authors describe a model for predicting soil erosion hazard created with ArcGIS ModelBuilder Software Development The Agile Way No paperwork, no promises, not even chairs. Sounds crazy? Sounds Agile, discovers Carl Hancock The Vienna Laser Scanning Survey The capital of Austria was digitized at an average of 20 points per square meter Geosensor Networks Workshop Report The EuroSDR and ISPRS Workshop on Geosensor Networks was held in Hannover, Germany, 20-22 February 2008 Africa's Geo Challenge And Opportunity Craig Schwabe on the role of geoinformation in African development
GeoConnexionUK Bi-monthly Magazine on Geoinformation Technologies Here follows the content of the latest issue (April/May 2008): Consolidate Your Data – Why & How? Ian Holmes and Orla power of eSpatial demonstrate the advantages of Oracle Spatial technology Metadata for utility network data 1Spatial shows how the use of the concepts of ontology and metadata can help. Interoperability: The essential element for maximising the value of GIS Technologies, Standards and NLPG: Tim Maxwell of GGP explores The UK as hub of global geodemographics Dr Martin Bradbury, of Eurodirect discusses the UK roots and the market leadership in geodemographics Aerial Photography to tickle the imagination …and Dudley Metropolitan Council is the trigger in breaking down the barriers Facing the flood facts – a location intelligent view Pitney Bowes MapInfo GIS Risk Modelling in Britain’s FRSs The use of a GIS Risk Model known as FSEC plays a key role in how the Britain’s Fire and Rescue Services plan their emergency response. Innogistic’s Daniel Ormsby explains
Point of Beginning Here follows the content of the latest issue (May 2008 ): Professional Paybacks The GPS Observer: Satellite launches and orbits Professional Topography: Climbing the value pyramid. Whole Lotta Shakin` Goin` On
GeoTimes Monthly News Magazine of the Earth Sciences Published by the American Geological Institute Here follows the content of the latest issue (May 2008): Venturing to Venus Scientists suspect that Earth and Venus formed from the same parent material 4.5 billion years ago. They know that the two planets are similar in size, makeup and distance from the sun. But what they don’t know is why Earth developed into a planet able to support life while Venus degenerated into a scorching wasteland. New missions should help scientists get to the bottom of this mystery. byErin Wayman Destination Moon When we last set foot on the moon in 1972, no one imagined it would be more than three decades before we would return. Plans to return humans to the moon are under way — but will the moon be a stepping stone to Mars or a destination all its own? byCarolyn Gramling Space Travels in Geology: Io: A Different Kind of Hell With more than 400 erupting volcanoes, Jupiter's closest moon is the most geologically active body in our solar system. Despite all the hot lava, however, Io is deathly cold — not a site you would want to visit on your summer vacation. by Mary Caperton Morton A POLITICAL COMMENT ON... California’s Battle over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards Late last year, the Environmental Protection Agency denied a request by California to adopt its own emissions standards for new automobiles. California appealed, and now the battle is back in court. by Marcy Gallo
GPS World Global Positioning Technology Monthly Here follows the content of the latest issue (April 2008): Feature :Shaping Aviation Integrity By Todd Walter , Juan Blanch , Per Enge , Boris Pervan , Livio Gratton Relative RAIM and absolute RAIM both enable an aircraft to raise a flag within seconds of receiving faulty data. This article evaluates the protection-level equations for both methods, and examines them in the light of GNSS constellations optimized for 24, 27, and 30 satellites. Seen + Heard By Tracy Cozzens Which Way to the Castle?; Oh, Deer, They?re Tracking Me!; Plotting New Uses The Business : Navigation No Bit Player at CeBIT Navigation No Bit Player at CeBIT; Lawyers, Investors in League Against Industry Leader; Leica Unveils Quad-Constellation Antenna; Booming Ag Market Grows Hemisphere Revenues; more Expert Advice : Prepare for GIOVE-B Liftoff By Jörg Hahn , Valter Alpe A at the end of this month, on the 27th of April, Europe will add a new cornerstone to the Galileo programme and to global satellite navigation as a whole. GIOVE-B, the second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) satellite, will rise into a medium-Earth orbit aboard a Soyuz launcher from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Leadership Talks: Anomaly Response By Don Jewell Don Jewell, contributing editor for GPS World's military and government section, interviewed Col. Mark Crews (pictured above), chief engineer at the GPS Wing, U.S. Space Missile Command, regarding GPS anomalies that occurred in October 2007 that resulted in a great deal of concern in the international user and monitoring community. Expert Advice : In Defense of SiRF By Stephen Colwell On February 11, GPS World's Navigate! e-news daily reported that a Pennsylvania law firm made SiRF Technology the object of a class-action lawsuit following the company's February 5 fourth-quarter earnings report. On February 14, we reported a second action. More than a dozen firms have now filed against SiRF. The System : A Healthy Constellation By Alan Cameron GPS Constellation by the Numbers: All 31 active GPS satellites and all 16 active GLONASS satellites are set healthy, for a total combined constellation of 47 satellites; Galileo, Compass on Collision Course; GLONASS Faces Doubters Business Outlook : UWB Location Tech on a Roll By Stephen Colwell Ultra-wideband location applications envisioned or already created support emergency services, asset tracking, and manufacturing inventory management. Innovation:A GNSS Odometer By Andreas Wieser To reduce road-maintenance costs, some administrations are charging per kilometer of travel with data coming from an odometer recording. To fairly implement such schemes, accurate odometers are critical. Could an odometer based on GNSS be a solution? Out in Front : Hit the Road, Jack By Alan Cameron We may have neglected those other great mechanical metaphors of our times, the automobile and the delivery truck. We may hardly ever think about the defining institution of our age, the highway — and just how GPS-enabled all those rolling boxes and sprawling concrete ribbons could be.
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Position Magazine Here follows the content of the latest issue (April - May 2008): Integration of CAD and GIS - Peter Kinne Is it really a technology issue? Re-Alignment - Alison Allan One recipe for fixing an ongoing problem in GIS is to use familiar software in a new way. Landslides in New Zealand - Paul Grad A new monitoring system based on robotic survey equipment will provide warning of land movement.
Professional Surveyor Here follows the content of the latest issue ( April 2008 ): Feature: At the Forefront of Wetland Restoration A long-term project to return a former Army airfield in northern California to wetlands involves all types of surveying. Feature: Lidar Fact and Fiction Most surveyors know something about aerial lidar, but because many are new to this tech-tech area, misconceptions abound. This will give you some perspective. Feature: Life Gets Easier After adopting a new software package, a Swiss aerial mapping and photogrammetry firm sees the benefits of an integrated enterprise production environment for delivering data. Feature: Quick Return on Investment Installing GPS machine control systems on its bulldozers increases profits for a New Jersey construction company. Northern Lights: Plum Jobs A Canadian writes about a couple of "easy" surveying jobs during the endless light of two northern summers. 3D Scanning: Using Multiple Laser Scanners on Projects The Next Generation: My Biggest Learning Experience Yet Meet Surveying's Future. Business Angle: What to Do When There's Not Much to Do Ideas on handling the slowdown and turning downtime into productive time. Intersect: Attributes: How do you make a surveyor understand the importance of all the attributes, not just the X/Y/Z coordinates?? 2 Professionals … 2 Opinions … 2 Points of View.
GIM International Here follows the content of the latest issue (May 2008): Feature: OPeNDAP New Web-GIS Architecture Feature: Satellite Mapping in Bhutan High-Resolution Imagery in Generating Spacial Information Feature: GPS and GIS for the Blind A Navigation Kit for the Visually Impaired Interview GSDI: Twelve Years, Ten Conferences GIM International Interviews Past President Jarno Ratia A Visit to... National Mapping Agency of Belgium With a history stretching back to 1831, the National Mapping Agency (NMA) of Belgium has always respected the scientific approach. In 2006 it underwent a complete restructuring of work processes to become what it is today, an ultramodern organisation headed for the past five years by Ingrid Vanden Berghe. GIMasters and Disasters Laser Scanning By Norbert Pfeifer, Professor of Photogrammetry, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Review International Lidar Mapping Forum Rapidly Increasing Acquisition Capabilities Pinpoint The One and Only By Dr Mathias Lemmens, editor-in-chief, GIM International Insider's View Life after Retirement By Shunji Murai, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, Japan OGC Column: GIS and the UK Oil and Electricity Portals FIG Page : FIG Annual Review ICA Page: On the Naming of Parts ISPRS Page: U.V. Helava Award
The American Surveyor Here follows the content of the latest issue (April 2008): Reconnaissance: The Stories They Tell Gary Kent, LS The Wow Factor: Loyola's RTK-Net Management Portal Cheves Media Bad Pass Archaeology Laura L. Scheiber, Judson Byrd Finley, and Maureen P. Boyle Rapid Surveyor—Mapping the Built Environment and Beyond Dr. Anthony Denniss RTN­101: Network Geometry—­Design Meets Reality (Part 12) Gavin Schrock, LS Equipment Review: Leica System 1200 (Part 2 of 2) Shawn Billings, LS Software Review: Prefiniti from Center Line Services Joseph H. Bell, LS Vantage Point: Just Say "No" Wendy Lathrop, LS, CFM
GEOWORLD Here follows the content of the latest issue (April - 2008): Column: Is It Better to Ask Permission or Beg Forgiveness? Mark Dolezel & Janet Jackson understand the love/hate relationship that can exist when IT and GIS professionals use similar technologies for different reasons and to achieve different outcomes. This new GeoWorld column hopes to help readers "intersect" these professions whenever possible. Beyond Mapping : Twisting the Perspective of Map Surfaces According to Josephy Berry, this month’s "Beyond Mapping" theme grabs some earlier concepts and adds an eye of newt and a twist of perspective to concoct a slightly shaken (not stirred) new perception of map surfaces. Position : No GIS Left Behind Todd Danielson asks what can be done on a much more regular basis to improve geographic literacy? An obvious answer is to promote more GIS use in the educational system, particularly at the K-12 levels. Tech Time : Is It Time to Change Database Architectures? According to Peter Batty, current mainstream database architectures already can be outperformed by an order of magnitude or more by specialized systems in specific application areas. Feature : A Mine Sweeper: Kentucky Delivers Maps of Abandoned Mines Online Keeping track of abandoned mines isn’t easy, especially in a state with more than 30,000 of them. As famous for its rich coal-mining history as its horse racing, the commonwealth of Kentucky launched an ambitious tracking project: The Kentucky Mine Mapping Initiative. Analysis : Help the Land: Federal Agency Uses Image Analysis to Improve Efficiency The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has adopted and implemented a customized geospatial solution to handle large quantities of site-specific aerial photography. As a result, NRCS is experiencing immediate cost savings by producing and maintaining only the most accurate images. Education : GIS Elevates Public Education For better or worse, computers have revolutionized every aspect of our lives. As we quickly transition from an industrial to an information age, computer literacy skills have become a necessity. Teaching GIS may be the boost that the public educational system needs to adequately prepare students for entrance into the emerging global society. Online Exclusive : Data, Data Everywhere and Not a Bit to Link While we are awash in a sea of data, the use of relevant information often is restricted because of compatibility and/or security issues. The European Union is keenly aware of this paradox and the critical need to develop clear methodology to encourage greater use of e-government transactions.
PositionIT Here follows the content of the latest issue (March/April 2008): Surveying West coast heavy mineral mine gets lidar treatment Mine surveying and the law: A changing landscape GIS GIS and integrated water resource management Spatial integration for airport management DATA VISUALISATION Projections and coordinate systems made easy Potential of 3D-weed density maps in precision farming APPLICATIONS The need to spatially enable business intelligence Addressing and the new postcode system COVER STORY The ultimate integrated surveying solution