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Written by Vector1Media Monday, 19 January 2009 17:00

Volume 3 / Issue 3/ January 20, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES
  
    Do localised GIS, and spatially related textbooks for teaching and education, matter?   

"People understand and relate to issues and problems that are near to them more quickly and effectively. This is particularly the case in Europe. While basic GIS concepts are universal and are needed and applied in a similar fashion around the globe, a case can be made for including local / regional data, spatial issues and related background information into teaching and instructional materials."   

Jeff Thurston - Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

TOP STORIES

FEATURES

Some 50,000 islands and thousands of narrow fjords cut into the mountainous countryside along Norway’s jagged coastline. Diesel-fueled ferries have transported people and goods between the islands and across the fjords for decades, but a new fleet of natural gas-powered ferries is now improving mobility without emitting noxious fumes that pollute the marine environment.  
 
 
Carbon dioxide is not always the villain. It can actually be quite beneficial for companies like Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, which is using the greenhouse gas for enhanced oil recovery, a process that involves injecting otherwise tapped out wells with CO2 to produce additional oil. Anadarko uses GIS to track pipeline maintenance, view land reclamation, and keep up with revegetation of native grasses. By calling up layers on a GIS-based map, they can map every piece of infrastructure fom flow lines, pipelines, buildings and wells.
TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK  
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Geology.com
  2. Australia's Maritime World
  3. Forest and the Trees - Data visualisation with Flex and Flash
  4. Buildings Europe Blog 
  5. City Net - Network of Local Authorities that Promotes Sustainable Urban Improvement Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Broadband Community Search - Map view of rural development projects to increase broadband accessibility.
  2. Picturing Smart Growth - A visualization exercise prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
  3. Ushahidi - A platform for crowdsourced data collection for crisis situations.
  4. Planet Earth Online - Environmetnal research and news.
  5. MapStats - A blog stats package that maps the location of your visitors.
Reader´s Links of the Week

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COLUMN  
  GIS is a Means of Communication
thumb_basic_communication_model80.jpg A GIS-user looks for information that makes it possible for him to solve an actual task. If the GIS-user feels that the information allows correct, safe and fast task-solving, then the producer has gained the user’s favour. Then the good question will be, what the GIS-producer needs to be capable of for the purpose of ‘being good in GIS’, so that the GIS actually delivers that information that allows the user to solve his task?
INTERVIEWS  
Greater Transparency at EPA Has Geospatial Implications
johnston_photo.jpgThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been a user of geospatial technology, and they’ve created many web-based applications to improve communication with constituents. A new agency-wide initiative for better information management and transparency in now underway, and there are implications for greater integration of sensor and geospatial systems to aid this effort. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with Jerry Johnston, the agency’s geospatial information officer (GIO), about his vision for greater GIS use at the agency.
The Concept of Ecology Returns to Prominence
gale_tony.gifEcology and Environment, Inc. is a publicly traded company founded in 1970 that has been working on sustainability initiatives, and applying GIS technology to these problems, for decades. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with Tony Gale, principal consultant, about the company’s use of GIS and geospatially enabled software-as-a-service applications to tackle broad problems, and provide measurable metrics, for sustainability problems.
Bentley Sustaining Infrastructure
HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

GIS Ostrava 2009 , Jan. 25-29, Ostrav, Czech Republic

Spatial Information for Sustainable Management of Urban Areas, Feb. 2-4, Mainz, Germany

International Workshop of Experts on Global Environmental Change , Feb. 9-11,  Pretoria, South Africa

First Global Summit On Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 2008 , Feb. 7-9, Raipur, India

The Arabian World Construction Summit , Feb. 9-11, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Workshop on High-Impact Weather Predictability and Information System for Africa , Feb 9 - 12, Trieste, Italy

Map World Forum , Feb. 10-13, Hyderabad, India

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TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
  1. Entropa - Czech's Controversial Map of Europe
  2. ILA - GLONASS, Earth Imaging, Euro Fight
  3. First A-Level GIS Text Book for UK
  4. Toronto - Lufthansa - TerraSAR-X
  5. Geospatial Thought of the Day
  1. World Ball Teaches Geography
  2. Weigh in on OGC Consensus Standards
  3. Map that Smell
  4. Harnessing GIS for Incentive-Based Programs
  5. Circuit City Succumbs
BOOKSTORE  
 

Expert Systems and Geographic Information Systems for Impact Assessment (2004)

 

By Augustin Rodriguez-Bachiller and John Glasson

This book discusses the potential of integrating these two well known computer technologies to help with the process of Impact Assessment.

  By Peter Morris

A guide to how EIAs are, and should be, carried out for specific environment components such as air, water and ecological systems

By Lynn E. Johnson

The text focuses on how GIS data can be applied to water resource analysis models. Such applications include water supply demand forecasting, hydrologic modeling watersheds, modeling erosion, and non-point sources of water pollution.

 

 

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