Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) technologies are now universally regarded as critical elements within modern transport, energy and communications infrastructures. However, GNSS is also vulnerable to faults and failures at system, signal and service levels which can severely impact the service and degrade performance.
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Cartography and geomatics are rapidly changing. These changes are impacting the needs for a highly trained and capable workforce. Education is attempting to adapt and to provide a solution to these demanding and changing circumstances. Education professionals in the Czech Republic have developed a unique geomatics curriculum on themes related to “the relation of cartography
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
As the chief seaport and capital city of Angola, Luanda is undergoing major reconstruction with the development of infrastructure projects that include new public housing, highways, and business and commercial space. The African nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war before a cease fire was reached in 2002, and the Angolan government has
Friday, January 8th, 2010
The World Forestry Congress (WFC) took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 18 to 23 October 2009. In this paper, we will set out some of the results and findings. We have attempted to identify a number of trends and to indicate what their significance may be for us as forestry specialists. We have had
Friday, December 18th, 2009
The goal to perform 2D/3D surveys of preserved areas have been implemented in such a way to define an easily reproducible methodology, which could be easily applied to several survey sites for the implementation of a GIS based project. The analysis of thematic maps through the integration of Satellite Navigation Systems with Remote Sensing (RS)
Friday, November 13th, 2009
3D visualisation models have a variety of applications in geography and urban studies, including site location analysis, emergency facilities planning, design review and marketing. A pressing problem facing many of these models is their general inability to engage the vast majority of their users and the people whose lives they influence in a meaningful and
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
As humans, we have an innate and natural tendency to establish patterns and associations in our environment. Consider for a moment, the capability of the human brain to “process millions of visual, acoustic, olfactory, tactile, and motor data, and…the astonishing ability to learn from experience, generalize from learned rules, recognize patterns, and make decisions”.
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Antipolo City is located in the northern half of Rizal Province, which is within the eastern boundary of metropolitan Manila in the Philippines. Antipolo City is the second largest city in Rizal Province, with a total land area of 38,575 hectares. The topography is rugged, rising from the coastal plain at elevations of about 6
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
The interaction between science and technology is inevitable. Scientific studies produce information and cause advances in technology while on the other hand technological progress provides us better circumstances on scientific research. Today data deluge is a growing concern in Earth sciences and providing a solution for the analysis of these upcoming data is an extensive
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
In June, 1909, Dr. Carl Pulfrich sent out a call for participants for a first “Vacation Course in Stereo Photogrammetry”. He, the founder of the stereo comparator (above photo) realized that after the introduction of this versatile instrument, some stimulus was needed to broaden the applications of terrestrial photogrammetry. The first course attracted 46 participants
