Issue 31

October - November 2007

Editorial - Jon Fairall

News Features

  • GITA 2007
  • Title Troubles in Tasmania
  • Spatially Enabled Government Conference 2007
  • ISPRS 2008
  • Street Maps Hot Up
  • The Reluctant Surveyor

National Data - Louise Thomas

    A new geospatial strategy for New Zealand

Oblique Photography - Jon Fairall

    Everything old is new again

Landsat Resurrection - Jonathon Powers

    A roadmap has emerged for the future of Landsat that should ensure its continuity to the middle of the next decade.

New Uses for Old Orthos - I Richard Lemon

    A new online application in NSW should be of interest to social historians.

Mapping Reefs - Chris Roelfsema and Stuart Phinn

    Queensland researchers develop a photo mapping technique for benthic habitats.

Remember Venus - Tony Sprent

    The transit of Venus sundial.

Predicting Earthquakes - Louise Thomas

    There is a way to go in Earthquake prediction. But the trends are encouraging.

Government Democracy and the Spatial Sciences - Derek Tickner

    Can spatial information empower citizens?

Geo Connections - Brad Spencer

    Canada shows the way

Commercial Open Source - Cameron Shorter

    It sounds contradictory, but open source is about to become big business.

Software for Surveyors - William Gates

    The surveying profession is changing; so is the software that surveyors use.

Regulation 13 - Martin Hale, Peter Ramm and Jude Wallace

    The widespread use of Continuously Operating Reference requires a new legal definition of position.

Columns

Editorial

Interview: Ray O'Connor

News

Companies

Featured Product: MapGuide Enterprise 2008

New Products

Calendar

Next Issue

Annual directory of products and services

State mapping

On the Horizon

If you would like to contribue a story to the February issue, or you have ideas for interesting content, please contact the editor, Jon Fairall, on +61-2-9565-2223 before the end of October 2007.

Front Cover Image: Front cover: The flag on Capitol Hill in Canberra flies over the deliberations in Parliament House. Those deliberations are important, but the methods used by government are at least as important for the lives of citizens as the direction of the national debate. The increasing use of IT has made substantial changes to the way we are governed and the complexity of regulation. Spatial enablement of government IT will only increase those trends.

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

 


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