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Oct 2006 | Comments Off on The ‘Namuru’ Open GNSS Research Receiver: An update
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Development of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based GNSS receiver platform has been underway at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) ‘SNAP’ lab since 2004. The receiver now has a name; ‘Namuru’ that means ‘to see the way’ in the language of the Eora people who inhabited an area around Sydney, including the UNSW campus, before the arrival of the British. The receiver was introduced in the Coordinates January 2006 edition and in this article we first provide a brief recap and then look at the latest developments and results from testing. But before launching into this, the question of why such a research and development platform is desirable must be answered.

Oct 2006 | Comments Off on NEWSBRIEFS – Galileo update

EU and the Republic of Korea seal their agreement
During the EU/South Korea summit held in Helsinki, the two parties formally signed an agreement on cooperation on the European satellite radio navigation programme GALILEO. The agreement provides for numerous areas of co-operation, including cooperative activities in the areas of scientific research and training, industrial cooperation, trade and market development, standards, certification and regulatory measures. http://europa.eu.int

Oct 2006 | Comments Off on NEWSBRIEFS – GPS

Innovative battlefield learning experience for soldiers
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has introduced an innovative training and learning system for its soldiers called Battlefield Instrumentation (BFI). Utilising modern laser and informationcommunication technologies, BFI System brings together soldiers, weapon systems and fighting platforms. It uses the GPS, computer simulation and data communication to record details of battlefield engagements between opposing forces. www.channelnewsasia.com

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on Everest in England 1825-1830
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For anyone serving in India during the 19th and early 20th century life …

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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Second International Symposium on Geoinformation and Disaster …

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on ESRI’s user conference highlights new developments in GIS
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A report on the 26th ESRI user conference, 7 – 11 August, San Diego, USA.

ESRI President Jack Dangermond set the tone for the company’s …

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on Planning planned cities

 
 
 

 

Delhi itself gives the glimpse of the status of cities of India.
The stress of increasing population, lack of …

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on Cartography as a tool in study of dredging
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Mumbai acquired its port importance only with the advent of the Portuguese in 1508. Francis Almeida sailed into this harbour and called it as Bom Bahia or the Good Bay. The British corrupted the Portuguese name “Bom Baia” to “Bombay”. The Kolis used to call the islands “Mumba” after Mumbadevi.
It was the British who developed it into a centre of commerce to rival any other centres in the country then. The British embarked upon large-scale reclamations and engineering works to consolidate the seven islands. In 1803 Bombay was connected with Salsette by a causeway at Sion. A causeway now called Colaba Causeway joined the island of Colaba to Bombay in 1838 and the Causeway connecting Mahim and Bandra was completed in 1845. This gave access to the rich hinterland of the Deccan providing further impetus for the growth of then Bombay.

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on Volume II, Issue 9, September 2006
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Positional accuracy enhancement of an INS/DGPS integrated system using cascade denoising algorithm KAI-WEI CHIANG, YUN-WEN HUANG, CHRIS GOODWALL AND NASER EL-SHEIMY
The end of ’Last Orders‘ in spatio-temporal representation? M MORAD, A ADAMU,
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Cartography as a tool in study of dredging SACHIN S PENDSE

Sep 2006 | Comments Off on The end of ‘Last Orders’ in spatiotemporal representation?
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Despite the rapid advances in software and hardware technologies, the development of temporal databases capable of dealing with the evolution of geographical entities remains a challenging task. The aim of this paper is to discuss a proposed model that is able to handle spatial entities over time as a continuum.