JUPEM is working in tune with new technologies. One of the biggest project is e-Cadastre project. The project has started this year and will be completed by the end of next year. The project envisages a complete digital cadastral database of high quality and integrity. For this purpose, advance techniques and methodologies have been employed like GPS etc.
October 2007
9th South-East Asian Survey Congress
28 October – 2 November, Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm/surveyors2007/
Nav 07
30 Oct 2007 -01 Nov 2007
www.rin.org.uk, conference@rin.org.uk
November 2007
IMTA (Asia Pacific) Annual Conference & Trade Show 2007
November 2 – 3, Gold Coast, Australia
imtaaspac@chariot.net.au,
http://www.maptrade.org/events/displayevent.php?id=79
International Symposium and Exhibition on Geoinformation & International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
05 – 07 Nov 2007, Johar Bahru, Malaysia
http://www.fksg.utm.my/isg07/index1.html
Trimble Dimensions 2007
November …
In particular the comfortable and mobile access to the internet were here the driving factors. Access points can nowadays be found in our daily environment, e.g. in many office buildings, public spaces and in urban areas. Parallel to this development there is meanwhile substantial interest in offering the user information which refers to the current location of the user (so-called Location Based Services LBS). Such Location Based Services, however, will be accepted by the user only if the cost performance ratio is satisfactory. If existing infrastructure such as WiFi without additional hardware installation can be used for location determination, then the realization costs are small and the service can be offered under attractive conditions. Several systems are nowadays available for location determination using WiFi signals. Their major application is the location determination of persons and objects inside buildings.
EC issues Galileo restructuring plan
The European Commission has proposed changes in running and funding the Galileo and Egnos satellite navigation systems, but deferred proposals on procurement competition and private sector involvement. The proposed revamp was recently submitted to the European Parliament and the European Council, which in June agreed to abandon the public-private partnership arrangement that had been set up to manage and fund deployment of the 30-satellite system.
Lack of clear governance was pegged as a major shortcoming of the original managing structure. Under the new setup, the Parliament and Council are to be fully responsible for political and program oversight, the latter through a new European Global Navigation Satellite System Program Committee. The European Commission will act as owner or sponsor of the project, under the supervision of the GNSS Committee.
The European Space Agency will act as prime contractor, under contract to the EC, with responsibility for the In Orbit Validation (IOV) spacecraft, the 26 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites and the related ground segment. The agency will report regularly to the Parliament and Council on program progress. The GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA), which had been created to manage negotiations with the private sector under the original public-private partnership scheme, was given a new job. The GSA will be beefed up and made responsible for preparing market services, handle accrediation/certification, and serve as advisor to the Commission.
The EC determined that the cost of building and deploying the system would not exceed 3.4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) – in line with earlier estimates – provided that there are no further delays or major changes in procurement policy. www.aviationweek.com
Multiple benefits from LIDAR and ortho imagery
Forestal Arauco S.A., a leading forest products companies in South America is using LIDAR and imagery and realizing significant benefits to their operations. It has contracted Digimapas Chile to acquire, process and map 7,500,000 hectares of aerial LIDAR and ortho photo data of forested areas in Chile. On a weekly basis, Digimapas is delivering DTM, DSM; LIDAR intensity images; true ortho images in RGB and CIR; and LIDAR wave form data. It is being used for updating general forest inventory.
VNU-HCM plans to establish the Institute of Space Science and Technology
Vietnam National University – Hochiminh City (VNU-HCM) plans to establish the Institute of Space Science and Technology (ISST) to educate and carry on research in the disciplines of space science and technology, to develop applications of space technology for socio-economy. It will also aim at collaboration with other scientific institutions. With this mission, President Board of VNU-HCM expects collaborations, supports from international institutions on space science and technology. Dr. Tran Vinh Phuoc, Associate Professor in GIS & RS of the VNU-HCM is assigned to hold the Head of the Project Establishing the ISST.
GPS-enabled mobile gaming gets out of the lab in Germany
Students from the University of Bonn, with the game publisher Ravensburger Spiele and T-Mobile have invented Scotland Yard – to go!, a wireless version. The players are equipped with a Ultra Mobile PC including a GPRS connectivity and a GPS receiver. The GPS-enabled device provides the current location of the different players which is fed to a webserver. www.gpsbusinessnews.com
Testing of location systems using WiFi in indoor environments
GUENTHER RETSCHER, ESMOND MOK
Facilitating land-sea interface through seamless SDI
SHEELAN VAEZ, ABBAS RAJABIFARD, IAN P WILLIAMSON
The Potential of VSOP2
WEI ERHU, LIU JINGNAN, YAN WEI
e-Governance
A K JAIN
It is not just having computers in offices or creating websites, but it involves the creation of systems; integrating technology with administrative processes; human resources and dispensing information and services faster to the citizens. e-Governance offers a number of advantages for the government as well as the public. It shifts the centre of power from human agencies to technology, which is easier to deal with. For example, if a citizen wants some information on building codes, he/she has to go to the office of the local authority to get it, often shuttling from one table to another. If such information is made available on websites, it makes things easier for the citizens as well as the authorities.
October 2007
36th Annual ILA Convention and Technical Symposium!
October 14-17, at the Embassy Suites Orlando International
Drive Orlando, Florida, USA
9th South-East Asian Survey Congress
28 October – 2 November,
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.conference.co.nz/ index.cfm/surveyors2007/The
Nav 07 Navigation Conference & Exhibition
30 Oct 2007 -01 Nov 2007
http://www.rin.org.uk
conference@rin.org.uk
27th INCA International Congress
Visakhapatnam, India
21-23 November 2007
www.hydrobharat.nic.in/Ist_Circular_INCA_2007.pdf
14th Session of the Asia-Paci?cRegional Space Agency Forum
21-23 November
Bangalore, India
www.aprsaf.org/text/ap14_info.html
ESRI …
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