Issue 23

June - July 2006

Editorial - Jon Fairall

News Features

  • Mushrooms to Microsoft
  • Information: Still the Key?
  • ASIBA Battles Water Rights
  • The History of Mars
  • CRC Hits its Stride

Dredging up the Facts - Hazel Baker

    Moves to deepen the access channel to the Port of Melbourne have pitted environmentalists against government and business. The controversy has obscured moves to find out the truth about the Port Phillip ecosystem.

Planning for the Big Move - Derek Tickner

    Where are all the Sea Changers going to live? Using fuzzy logic in GIS for urban site selection in coastal areas may give urban planners some help.

Small is Beautiful - Paul Dare

    Small format airborne remote sensing systems have many advantages for mapping coastal zones.

Celebrate Surveying - Frank Blanchfield

    Surveyors met in the ACT recently to begin a round of functions that commemorate 400 years of map making in Australia.

Cyclone - Marji Puotinen

    Cyclones obviously do damage one can see; they also do enormous damage that is hidden beneath the waves. GIS is an essential tool for predicting cyclone damage to coral reefs.

When the Ice Melts - MICHAEL KUHN et al

    A team of scientists has recently calculated the amount of flooding that the South East Asian region would experience in the event of a catastrophic melt.

Scanning the New England Highway - Alison Gouws

    A novel way of using laser scanning to effect a very accurate linear survey proves there is no such thing as a free lunch. The price you pay for detail is a massive dataset.

A Virtual City - Kilian Ulm

    3D city models for local government require state-of-the-art interactive and web-based 3D visualisation.

What is GNSS? - Robert Lorimer

    With the launch of the first Galileo satellite, the infrastructure associated with radio positioning is becoming more complicated. The service will be much better, however.

Inside Melbpos - Jonathon Powers

    The people behind the new Melbpos positioning service say it will revolutionise surveying around Melbourne.

The Ghost Machine - Paul Grad

    Automated mining is now a practical proposition, but the return on investment is still somewhat uncertain.

Columns

Editorial

Letters

News

Interview: Edric Keighan

Opinion

Companies

Featured Product: Leica's System 1200 Evolution

New Products

SSI

Calendar

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History of Mapping/Surveying

On the Horizon

Remote Sensing

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Front Cover Image: A lonely beach. For many people this is paradise, but if too many people have the same dream, paradise will be postponed. GIS can help.

If you would like to contribute to any of these features, email the editor jon@positionmag.com.au

 


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