Issue 9

February - March 2004

Editorial - Jon Fairall

News Features

• Interview with Bob Moses
• Best Practice Report
• Hydro 2003
• NZ Prepares for Shelf Submission
• Cheapsats
• Help is on the Way

CARTOGRAPHY

Who Really Discovered the World Isn't Flat? - Jon Fairall

Fast Fire Mapping - Rae Stein

To be useful to firefighters, the mapping of bushfires needs to be done quickly

Inside XML - Jess Ngo, William Cartwright & Chris Bellman

Mobile mapping platforms are opening up the world, but finding a common language is a challenge.

MAPPING GREEN SUBURBS

Development for Ecology - Lucas Grenadier

Positioning is the key to creating environmental plans for green developments

Bringing the Dunes Back to Life - Jonathon Powers

Environmental benefit versus individual expectation: finding a balance in coastal rehabilitation

After the Storm - Sunil Bhaskaran, Trevor Neal, Bruce Forster & Bisun Datt

Even the most sophisticated technology will not predict some natural disasters, but it can help us to prepare, and to deal with the devastation that follows.

OTHER FEATURES

An Astronaut's Perspective - Stuart Holliday

Astronauts and space travellers wax long and lyrical about the beauty of Earth as seen from space. Some 100,000 of their photographs are now available on the Internet

Towards Precision LBS - Stephen Scott-Young & Adam Mowlam

Precision location-based services are the key to exciting new ways of getting where you want to go

Laser Scanning - Harvey Mitchell

Surveyors need not feel threatened by the onset of laser scanners - in fact, there are ways to transform threats into opportunity

Navigation in the Future - Paul Grad

Space navigation is trending towards greater complexity, but the reward will be better accuracy, availability and redundancy

GIS 4 Free - David Lestani

Life has become simpler for GIS managers since it became possible to corporatise mapping data with a free web map server

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Front Cover Credit: A striking panoramic view of the South Island of New Zealand, with the lower and central sections of the North Island visible in the background. The Earth's limb can be seen as a blue arch across the upper right of the scene, sharply defining the boundary between the atmosphere and the blackness of space. (NASA)

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

(This page last modified on 6 February 2004)