Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Forest managers and others working and operating in forests have long depended upon the use and application of GIS. This technology has enabled them to establish forest inventory information upon which they have been able to integrate landscape change over time and to initiate operations. Mapping Forestry provides a glimpse into the ways forestry related
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
International conference on spatial data infrastructures 2010 has been held from 15th to 17th September 2010 at FON University in Skopje, Macedonia. The conference was organized by Geo-SEE (South-East Europe Research Association on Geo Sciences).
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
It has been a few years since Bentley Systems last held a large event in Europe, and one might think that the middle of an economic downturn would be an unlikely time to hold such an event. Not so. If the last few days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands are any indication, the infrastructure market continues
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
This book originally appeared in 1999 and has been updated and re-written a decade later. Geographic information system (GIS) modeling is the key to understanding GIS – and how to communicate to others about the world we live in through mapping and cartography. The information and knowledge included in ‘Modeling Our World’ is the foundation for
Monday, October 11th, 2010
The annual INTERGEO was held in Cologne, Germany last week where about 15,000 people were in attendance for the event under the theme ‘Knowledge and Action for Planet Earth’. Professor Karl-Friederich Thone, President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW) initiated the event. He spoke about the strength of INTERGEO and
Monday, October 11th, 2010
It is a truism that Canada and the United States share the longest undefended border in the world. What is often overlooked in the observation, though, is that much of the border is water. More than 300 lakes and innumerable streams and rivers are part of or cross the international boundary, accounting for 40 percent
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
If you are walking or cycling, and don’t want to (or are unable to) spend most of the time focusing on a screen, the use of mobile devices tends to be a frustrating experience. The same is true in bright sunlight or if your eyesight just isn’t good enough to see every detail on the
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
The annual Association for Geographic Information (AGI) conference in the United Kingdom was held last week in Stratford-Upon-Avon. With about 490 registered for the event, the conference was split into six sessions including Geospatial Foresight, The Power of Free, Geoweb and the Cloud, Governance and Management, Environmental Concerns and Delivering on Policy.
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
The reduction of land maintenance actions has determined a need for awareness about soil conservation issues. The main consequence is an increasing soil loss due to flash flood or similar phenomena. This issue needs a new approach leading to a continuous analysis and monitoring action. This part’s aim is to describe the main steps of
Friday, October 1st, 2010
One of the most powerful tools in the analytics toolkit for decision making is the development of mathematical models, also known as mathematical programming (MP). Mathematical programming encompasses a wide-range of techniques including linear programming (LP), dynamic programming (DP), simulation and others. In most applications of mathematical programming models, there is an overriding objective that
