The Antikythera mechanism: Discerning its role in ancient navigation
James E. (Jim) Wyse
Many researchers and writers proffer that the Antikythera Mechanism served no substantive navigational purpose. This paper challenges that assertion and delineates an important potential role for the Mechanism in a navigational process practiced by mariners in the 18th and 19th centuries ... [more]

Cadastre forensics, para surveyor and mobile app for land registration
Trias Aditya
The latest trend in the utilization of mobile technology as a field data collector for land-related data collections and lessons learnt from other countries on how innovations can reform land administration have motivated local land offices and project executors to use a mobile application to collect land boundaries and their associated formal data for land registration purposes. ... [more]

"In Japan, navigation technology is now mainly based on satellite positioning technology, which is now widely used for land and sea operations"
says Kiyokazu Minami and Takeyasu Sakai Kiyokazu Minami and Takeyasu Sakai of Japan Institute of Navigation

Integrated UAV photogrammetry and automatic feature extraction for cadastral mapping
Oluibukun Gbenga Ajayi and Emmanuel Oruma
The principal objective of this research is to investigate the applicability of UAV photogrammetry integrated with automatic feature extraction for cadastral mapping. We present first part of the paper in this issue. The concluding part will be published in the next issue ... [more]