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PositionIT May-June 08






LEAD EDITORIAL

Location, location, location






COVER STORY

Mapping your future

Information from Surveys and Mapping

Eager young students crawl through a trapdoor, onto a flat rooftop clutching handheld GPS receivers. They blink into the sunshine and survey the view of Devils Peak, Rhodes Memorial, the University of Cape Town and beyond to the sea.



VIEWS and OPINION

Geospatial open source conference

Letter to the Editor, PositionIT

Mapping your future

Comments on article in PositionIT March/April 2008

Future Events

Comment on "Projections and coordinate systems made easy"


INSTITUTE NEWS

Exposing learners and teachers to GIS

Western Cape GIS Week 2008

Mine surveying conference coming up

GIS and the geography curriculum

History of cartography symposium

Traffic accommodation for engineering surveys

Report on Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2008

UNIVERSITY NEWS

Top surveying and GIS students


Project achieves notable milestones


Software donation for geomatics students



SURVEYING

Integration of GPS and total station technologies

Surface surveying on the Gautrain project

GIS

Spatial enabling of the marine mining environment

Crime mapping and analysis: filling the gaps


DATA VISUALISATION

In the large-format printer lab

3D laser mapping from a moving vehicle

The evolution of stereo photogrammetry

APPLICATIONS

GIS as a tool in business intelligence

Using CSI to support African peace operations (Part 1)


SURVEYING NEWS

User conference for surveyors

For hazardous environments

One instrument, limitless applications

Rotating lasers for precise grade control

Aerial company goes hyperspectral

Construction site surveying

Wireless tilt monitoring

Rugged, economical total stations

Faster accurate grading















GIS NEWS

Joburg GIS Week 2008

GIS and the Gautrain project

Real-time asset management

Annual GIS workshop

Durable hand-held computer

Mineral rights management solutions

Innovative customisation of project software

Multifunctional printing machines

High-speed colour laser printing solution


DATA VISUALISATION NEWS

Updated national colour mosaic released

New mashup capabilities

Geospatial solutions company goes lidar

Map printing

Land cover mapping provider

Field mapping and data collection

Image processing chains

New technology for scanner

Rigid, thick document scanning

New map data set

Open source mapping release














APPLICATION NEWS

Income prediction tool

Location intelligence for insurers

Marine navigation deal

New navigation opportunities for southern Africa

Communicating for safety and security

GPS-based damage prevention application

Vehicle tracking and diagnostics device

Navigation satellite launched

Anti-jamming GPS receiver



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