GEO: connexion

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Articles in March, 2007 issue of GEO: connexion

• Visualising in real-time: visualising information in real-time has many benefits. It can reveal areas of interest quicker, saving time and cost.
  by Cowan, Brian J.; Geitner, Kerstin; Skov, Ole H.
• Selected in 4 cities.
• ESA updates site.
• Participate: remote sensing professionals can now participate in developing research with new ideas.
• GPS camera.
• Can do.
• Unique in Europe; Construction is in full swing on one of Germany's largest and most modern facilities: the international congress center Stuttgart (ICS), an exhibition center able to accommodate 9,300 attendees.
• Appointed.
• New scanner.
• New in the field.
• New degree program.
• Agro-information.
• Beyond the curve: adopting new software and training staff to meet project needs quickly, can be a daunting task. The Netherlands based engineering firm Oranjewoud lives up to the challenge and accelerates beyond the learning curve while increasing produc
• EU noise mapping: the EU environmental noise directive (end) obligates the EU member states to map environmental noise in urban agglomerations, along main roads and main railways, and in the surroundings of major airports as well as to draw up action plan
  by Czerwinski, Angela; Kolbe, Thomas H.; Plumer, Lutz; Stocker-Meier, Elke
• Stock watch: a short summary of recent stock market events and emerging GI related business information.
• Earth / geology mapping.
• On the road again: improved road monitoring technology is helping to improve road safety.
• More RSS.
• Views of the Earth: recent trends have shown an outstanding rise in the importance of computer-based visualisation in geo-sciences. Chris Hormann explains how Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) is being used to produce high quality visualisations f
  by Hormann, Chris
• NATO contract awarded.
• Extend yourself.
• SARscape.
• Spot + Google: new imagery and updated resolution is providing Virtual Globe users with new opportunities--clearly.
• Data supplied.
• Product review: iX104C3 Tablet PC; The Tablet PC continues to gain market share internationally as mobile computing applications grow with a mobile workforce. Xplore Technologies has developed the iX104C3 Tablet PC to meet this growing need.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Facts behind the fanfare: Phil Arsenault and Michael Cuddy glance through time and discuss some of the technical advances which have led to the development of the Optech ALTM Gemini.
  by Arsenault, Phil; Cuddy, Michael
• New at SBG.
• Robots on patrol.
• Gnss ready.
• More accurate, more value.
• Crossing the divide: can geo-communication and maps form a society's culture? Lars Brodersen ponders the role maps play in contributing toward culture.
  by Brodersen, Lars
• Partnership.
• Flight management.
• USB rechargeables.
• New sat.
• New Compressor.
• Change detection: Finnish researchers have been exploring and developing new image segmentation techniques that create 'imagelets' from larger satellite images which can then be queried through content based image retrieval via a browser to determine spec
  by Hame, Tuomas; Laaksonen, Jorma; Molinier, Matthieu
• Newly appointed.
• Develop and create.
• GPS enabled phone.
• More 3D Content.
• Smart GPS.
• Mergers and acquisitions: Kevin Challen discusses some of the issues surrounding the integration of disparate spatial database systems--the GIS nightmare.
  by Challen, Kevin
• GIS as strategic tool: Susanne Gluhak and Markus Biberacher describe how new tools are being developed for use in the energy industry to provide decision-makers at the strategic level with more understanding and addtional perspectives.
  by Biberacher, Markus; Gluhak, Susanne
• Working together.
• USGS approval.
• Deep traffic.
• Roads to propsperity.
• Geo-hedging: spatial information and geotechnology are fueling investment instruments related to weather.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Land in a new space: Robert Widz explores the impact technology is now having on the historic world of cadastre or land management.
  by Widz, Robert
• Partners.
• Point zero France: all roads lead to the heart of Paris--the surveyed beginning point.
• Eagle eye.
• Problem solved.
• Report back.
• MapWorld Forum, Hyderabad: in the biggest event of its kind staged to date, India revealed how geoinformation is helping overcome challenges as it transforms itself into an economic superpower.
• Sustainable Vietnam--Part 2: in the first of this two-part series, David Fraser described how geospatial technologies are being used to build capacity and lead toward sustainable communities. He now turns his attention to the research models being used.
  by Fraser, David
• Associate sponsorship.
• Smart UAV.
• Highly innovative.
• New mobile Navigator.
• All-in-one Earthmate.