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December 12, 2009Creating an Ergonomic Workspace – A Guide to Reducing PainCareer, FeaturesIf you’ve spent hours hunched over your computer creating data and maps, you’ve probably started to feel the effects of your day through bleary eyes, an aching back and sore wrists. In particular, the repetitive use of the mouse in map making can easily lead to wrist pain and eventually carpal tunnel syndrome if left ... read more December 8, 2009 Real-time GPS Mapping and GIS Solution Aids Efficient Disaster ManagementFeatures, GPSSaturday, February 7, 2009 will forever be known as Black Saturday in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the midst of a 10-year drought, a record-breaking heat wave descended upon the state, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius (110-120 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking all-time record highs in some cities. Under these severe weather conditions, fallen power ... read more December 1, 2009 USGS Celebrates 125 Years of Topographic MappingData, Features, GIS NewsDecember 3rd, 2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the national program for topographic mapping for the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS was founded in 1879 by an act of Congress and tasked with the “classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain“. ... read more August 19, 2009 American Red Cross Uses Trimble Technology and RDMS to Speed Hurricane Disaster ReliefFeatures, GPSSince 1881, the American Red Cross has been the United State’s premier emergency response organization. In addition to offering neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, the American Red Cross also distinguishes itself by aiding victims of devastating natural disasters, from floods to earthquakes to hurricanes. Each year, in communities large and small, victims ... read more August 18, 2009GIS AcronymsFeaturesGrowing list of acronyms commonly encountered in the fields of GIS, GPS, cartography, surveying and remote sensing. To submit an acronym, please email editor@gislounge.com. read more...August 5, 2009 Managing Auckland’s Roads With GPSFeatures, GPSIn October 2008, the New Zealand Transport Agency formed the Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA), a compilation of businesses, consultants, and transportation thought leaders tasked with managing Auckland’s motorway network. The consultants—chosen, in part, for their technology expertise—felt confident they would be able implement plans to manage the 186 mile (300 km) long road network more ... read more September 20, 2008Making a Mountain out of a HillFeatures, GPSIt’s a case of life imitating the reverse of art. In 1995, Hugh Grant played a cartographer who tried to turn a Welsh mountain into a hill by remeasuring. The film “The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain” was set in 1917 in a small Welsh town. Fast forward to ... read more September 10, 2008 Heidelberg-3D – Interactive 3D City Mapping Based on OGC StandardsFeaturesRecently a first version of the interactive 3D city information system Heidelberg-3D.de was made available online. It can be used freely by anybody. The core of the system is one of the first implementations of the OpenGIS Web 3D Service (OGC W3DS) discussion paper. The system comes with a free 3D-Client called <XNavigator>. This client ... read more September 4, 2008GIS Used to Help Find Lost HikerFeatures, GIS NewsGovernment Technology has an story about how GIS was used in the effort to find Dean Christy, a retired educator, who became disoriented due to fog while hiking in the San Bernardino Mountains, California. The search and rescue effort benefited from San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s (SBSD) Mobile Mapping Unit which helped prepare maps pinpointing ... read more August 30, 2008Online Mapping is Not the Death Knell for MapsCartography, FeaturesMary Spence, the President of the British Cartographic Society, recently sent the geoblog world atwitter with her pronouncement that Internet mapping is responsible for removing broad strokes of history and local geography through the practice of what she referred to as ‘corporate blankwash’: “Corporate cartographers are demolishing thousands of years of history – not to ... read more |
