Land Administration and Geospatial Information Hard Talk: A Critical Evaluation
Anthony Beck, Vladimir V. Evtimov and Keith Clifford Bell
Coordinates is pleased to publish an exclusive interview of three world experts, whose collective experience amounts to almost one century, provide a striking candor as they convey their respective deep knowledge and understanding to respond to Coordinates’ deep-dive questions on critical issues concerning land administration and geospatial information. This interview is a hallmark of truth to power in addressing the often- contentious topics spanned by the far-reaching land administration and geospatial information disciplines...... [more]

Understanding the RINEX format for GNSS data transfer and storage
Volker Janssen
This paper has presented a brief history of the RINEX format and explained recent RINEX format versions using examples relevant to the surveying profession. This included outlining the short and long RINEX file naming conventions and the editing of RINEX observation files to ensure correctness of the header information... [more]

The ubiquitous dimensions of Surveying and Mapping deliverables in Nigeria
Pepple, G.T., Udoh, O.J., West, E.B., and Lazarus, B.V.
The nature or type of information to be extracted is what determines the type of map production or combination. Hence, the importance of survey in every sector to harness both human and material resources while monitoring the finance and growth of the sector can never be over emphasized... [more]