Issue 31

December 1998 - January 1999

Editorial

Towards the Information Infrastructure

Jon Fairall

Features

Fire in the Top End

The use of NOAA-AVHRR for fire management in Australia's tropical savannas

Richard Smith, Ron Craig, Mike Steber, Jackie Marsden, Carolyn McMillan and John Adams

Core Data

Not all states are equal when it comes to the use of fundamental data sets

Jennie Bentley

Inside BEST

BEST started slowly, but is making up for lost time

Geoff Spring

The Application of Metadata

Practical metadata is not an oxymoron

Phil Parent

GIS Education

Into a brave new world?

Hazel Baker

Some major spatial information sciences education resources available at tertiary level in Australia and New Zealand

Spatial Sciences Accreditation Authority established

Quick Pipe Fix

City West Water fast tracks new corporate GIS

Intelligent Cars

New systems on both sides of the Tasman will introduce sophisticated mapping technology to the general public in their cars

Phil Parent and Jon Fairall

LOCAL GOVERNMENT FEATURE

Diffusion

Why isn't anyone using the GIS?

Phillip Dooley

Flood Mapping

GIS creates Benalla flood inundation maps

Vince Hazel

Planning Houses in Kalgoorlie

GIS supports housing study in the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Graeme Smith and Victoria Maxwell

Maximum Returns

Eurobodalla maximises return on investment with GIS technology

Columns

Point of View

Remote Sensing in Asia

Bob Ryerson

News

New Products

Calendar


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