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GIS in Universities: the vital bridge



GeoConnexionUK


June/July 2008
Volume 6 · Issue 3
GIS in Universities: the vital bridge

GIS in Universities: the vital bridge

For a bright future the development of mutually supportive relationships with Industry is fundamental, explains Dr Kenneth Field...

 

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE:

 

The Future of Classification Systems

The Future of Classification Systems

This article will consider some issues around the sourcing of data and technological development and what impact these will have on the geo-demographics market in the future.

 

Flood risks through comprehensive modelling

Power substations and water treatment are examples of the many critical sites that could be at the highest levels of risk posed by natural hazards. These are rising and are predicted to rise further.

 

Open source and E-learning...

Suchith Anand from the university of Nottingham looks into how by combining the potential of e-learning tools and open source GIS, the academic community can strengthen education in GIScience providing students with holistic technical skills for industry and changing times.

 

GeoRisk - Infrastructure Issue

GeoRisk - Infrastructure Issue

Infrastructure: Crisis Point?

 

From the experts’ minds

From a review of their past accolades and present frenetic activity Cassettari and Jones of Cities Revealed, look towards exciting future developments

 

Avoiding the Pitfalls of GNSS

Working with the strengths and weaknesses of satellite navigation systems

 

Coastal cliff monitoring

The pros and cons of terrestrial LiDAR techniques, BGS’s surveying approaches and interesting findings for coastal erosions are discussed here by Peter Hobbs, BGS engineering geologist.

 

Getting the most out of ‘real-time’ information

Mobile and remote access technologies are being introduced across the public sector to provide better services for citizens and improve the working environment for staff.

 

Past Issues - Archive
NLPG improves electoral registers in Great Britain… More…
02 July 2008, 4:38pm
2008 NLPG and NSG Exemplar Awards Announced… More…
30 June 2008, 11:51am
Chinese Shortlist StreetMapper for 3D City Mapping… More…
30 June 2008, 10:56am
Bluesky Maps Rutland’s Historic Highways… More…
27 June 2008, 10:33am
Strategic Flooding… More…
20 June 2008, 10:21am
Tackling Climate Change… More…
20 June 2008, 10:16am
DHL, T-system and ITRI offer sponsorship!!!… More…
20 June 2008, 8:52am
‘Citizen Science’ takes off...… More…
03 June 2008, 5:54pm
Discover the wood and the trees… More…
20 December 2007, 10:11am
This Month's Burning Issue...
Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.
This month's burning issue:

‘Pump up the volume’
Data Volume & Geo-Processing

I generally like to try to keep ‘Eye on the web’ inline with the topics of the magazine and this month the seemed a great pair to combine with things such as the Open Source Spatial Databases and Web services and how we can best utilize the vast amount of information available via the Web.

Although the most popular Open Source database on the web is MySQL (23 million sites can’t be wrong!) it isn’t the best Open Source SPATIAL database – for this the trophy goes to PostgreSQL with the PostGIS extension. I do a lot of linking to back office systems and… More…


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