Some of this publicity relates to the UK’s developments in the area of detecting GNSS interference, specifically the GAARDIAN program (for GNSS Availability, Accuracy, Reliability anD Integrity Assessment for Timing and Navigation). This was a wide collaboration between government, academia, and industry to develop a robust system for analyzing interference phenomena associated with GPS and eLoran systems and the effects on their use in safetyand mission-critical applications.

The United Nations Programme on Space Applications, the Offi ce for Outer Space Affairs held the United Nations International Meeting on Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems at the United Nations Offi ce at Vienna, Vienna International Centre, in Vienna from 12 to 16 December 2011. The Meeting was co-sponsored by the United States of America through International Committee on GNSS (ICG).

September 2012:
ION GNSS 2012, September 17-21(Tutorials and CGSIC: September 17-18),
NAshville Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. www.ion.org;

On August 6, 2012 Mankind accomplishes another feat,
When our curiosity to locate life Beyond the Earth,
Finally, landed Curiosity – the NASAs Rover, on Mars.

SEGS: A pro-poor agenda is paramount: Christiaan Lemmen, Christopher H Barlow, Dave Doyle, Ian Harper, Juerg Kaufmann, Keith Clifford Bell, Neil Pullar, Pierre Vincent, Rachael Knight, Robin McLaren, Stig Enemark, Teo CheeHai, Tony Burns;
A case for financing the `data’ as part of infrastructure: Dr Mahavir, Prabh Bedi;
Mobile Technology dynamics and industry economics: Ali Sarwar;

Objective of accuracy investigation In this study, accuracy investigation of the corrected MMS measurement data by LMU and the mapping data derived from these corrected data were carried out to establish the most appropriate land mark point asignment (position intervaletc.) method at GPS invisible period. The target mapping scale is 1/500 and required accuracy is 25cm RMS for both horizontaland vertical.

Significantly, this was the first annual conference that dedicated a specific stream to spatial information. The full day workshop convened by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the World Bank “Spatially Enabling Government and Societies (SEGS) for Sustainable Land Administration and Management” was an excellent complement to the overall conference theme on land governance.

Predominantly, two references bind the subscriber to the carrier for identifi cation, authentication and authorization i.e. Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and billing number. Near future could see mobile stores selling mobile phones without SIM cards. Inbuilt system-on-chip may require the subscriber to sign-in using their apple or Google accounts to access email, Skype and so forth

Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structure needed for the operation of a society. These are a set of interconnected structural elements of services and facilities that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development necessary for an economy to function.

Surveyors have a rich history and recognized longstanding contribution to societies worldwide. This will always be part of the surveyors’ identity and I don’t think using new technology will change that. I don’t think maintaining domain identity is exclusive of integration. There is a big difference between integrating technologies and integrating professions. Surveyors have many new tools producing large amounts of data, such as LiDAR, highprecision imagery, and GPS.