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Evaporating Professionalism

Some fifteen years ago I was president of The Netherlands Society for Photogrammetry. At that time there was some concern that photogrammetry was taught only at university and not at...

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Key Role for GIS in Developing Africa

Around six hundred participants attended the fifth conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) held in Nairobi, Kenya from 17th to 22nd October 2004. The...

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GITA White Paper

The Geospatial Information and Technology Association (CO, USA) has published a white paper on use of its Geospatial Technology Report as a GIS benchmarking tool. The author is Jeffrey Myerson,...

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Disaster

Sometimes, it’s all about where you are on this world instead of who or what you are. At least, as far as it goes for danger from natural disasters. The...

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Geo-data, Disasters, and Beyond

Disaster risks stem from sudden energy release in one of the three basic environmental compartments: air, water and land. Today risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery are of major...

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RedSpider Web v3.2

IONIC (Belgium) has released RedSpider Web version 3.2, with support for both English and French. The product offers the functionality for building an interoperable Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) within an...

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management

An integrated approach towards coastal zone management requires relevant, credible and reliable (geo-)data. However, the legends of geo-information covering coastal zones vary so much between the various European countries that...

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Today and Tomorrow

The 4th International Conference and Exhibition Laser Scanning and Digital Aerial Photography was recently successfully held with the theme of ‘Today and Tomorrow’. More than 170 participants from twelve countries...

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No Management without Measurement

GIS specialists in Africa are quickly seeing the horizon with respect to Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI); it is the bottom line that is proving elusive. Financial, budgeting and accounting measures...

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