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August 02, 2006
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Thank you for subscribing to GeoReport, the weekly geospatial
industry electronic newsletter brought to you by GeoTec Media,
publisher of GeoWorld magazine and developer of the Web portal
GeoPlace.com. Be sure to check
GeoPlace.com throughout the
week for news updates and daily press release postings.
We've switched to a new newsletter provider, and we think you'll
enjoy the new design as well as several new enhancements in customer
service.
Todd Danielson
Editor in Chief
GeoPlace.com/GeoReport
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GeoPlace Bookstore
Each week, GeoReport will feature a new book from the GeoPlace
Bookstore. Click on the book pictured above, and check out
Surveying: Principles and Applications by Barry F. Kavanagh.
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As a special addition to GeoReport, Analytical Graphics and Pixxures
share case studies and product features.
Analytical Graphics - Geodynamic Software
Pixxures - Intelligent Automated Vector Rectification
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GeoTech Colorado 2006
Cal-Wood Education Center
Boulder, CO
7/29/2006 - 8/3/2006
Fourth Annual Survey and GIS Summit
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
8/5/2006 - 8/8/2006
Sixth Annual ESRI Education User Conference
San Diego Convention Center
CA, San Diego
8/5/2006 - 8/8/2006
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Top News Stories from 7/25/2006 - 8/1/2006
(click
here to link
to all stories)
- Disaster-Monitoring Constellation to Expand
- Quebec: Canada's North Pole of Optoelectronics
- Satellite Photos Show Earthlike Topography on Saturn Moon
- Katrina, Rita May Have KO'd Islands
- LCC to Put GIS Courses on the Map
- An Ocean of Scientific Change
- Technology Breakdown: Location, Location, Location
- UTP Devises Method to Predict Sinkholes, Landslides
- GIS Market Well Positioned
- Global Coral Reef Assessment Built on NASA Images
- Nigeria: GIS Important for Influenza Control
- Google Tests Traffic-Enhanced Map Content for Mobile Users
- The Mammoth Site Receives GIS Grant
- GeoWeb 2006 Kicks off in Vancouver
- Sustainability Atlas Provides Statistical Spatial Maps
- Satellite Imaging and EarthData International Form Business
Alliance
- Sky Is Not the Limit
- Arirang-2 to Monitor North Korea
- Technology Documents World Heritage
- Humans Emerge as a Primary Vector for West Nile Virus
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Will GIS ever be integrated into IT?
Take This Survey
Publisher's Note:
Last week's GeoPoll asked what you believe is GIS/IT's main
barrier to true enterprise-wide integration. More than 41 percent say
there's not enough management support for integration; nearly 20
percent say there are too few geospatial professionals who understand
database technology; 17 percent believe that too few database
administrators understand GIS; and only 2 percent say that database
technology is too expensive. Nearly 20 percent fell into the "other"
category.
Most of the "others" believe it's a combination of "all of the
above." As one pointed out, many GIS professionals understand
database technology in general, but they may not be experts. On the
other hand, the average DBA would need to gain a comprehensive
knowledge of GIS.
A few pointed out some solutions to the problem--such as any GIS
training should require database modeling and design as a part of the
curricula, or that senior-level GIS job classifications should
require literacy in IT skills. As one pointed out, the situation
isn't static--some barriers have already been surpassed. Many
functionality issues in the software have been addressed in the last
couple of years, but implementation will take time.
This got us to wondering, how much time will it take before IT
and GIS are truly integrated. Will it ever happen? Or are they
destined to be standalone technologies? Please take a moment to
answer our survey, and we'll report back next week.
Jo Treadwell
VP/Group Publisher
jtreadwell@geoplace.com
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Technology Documents World Heritage
The world is losing its architectural and archeological cultural
heritage faster than it can be documented. Remarkably, for many
heritage sites, no survey records exist, and those that do exist lack
critical information.
Fannie Mae Foundation Launches DataPlace
Fannie Mae Foundation and its affiliated KnowledgePlex
online-resources project launched DataPlace, a "one-stop" source for
users such as affordable-housing specialists, community-development
professionals, nonprofit groups, the real-estate community and the
public.
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Professional Training -- Adult Learning Theory Meets GIS
As GISs are constantly applied in new disciplines and the
technology continuously evolves, it's vital that working
professionals receive the most effective training available. By
ensuring the technical acuity of its staff, a company/organization
benefits from increased efficiency and productivity.
GeoRSS: The Simplest Possible "Geo" for the Web
If you've written a blog or read the Web editions of major news
outlets such as The New York Times or CNN, then you've been using RSS
feeds. But RSS isn't just for news and blogs--it's a format for
breaking a piece of information down into its "atomic parts," such as
the author, date, headline and full content of a story.
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Hybrid GPS and TV Positioning Technology Focuses on Public Safety
Rosum Corp. has been working diligently over the last six years
to bring an assisted Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to
market that harnesses the power of television signals to augment the
GPS signal for indoor positioning.
Matt Ball, GeoWorld editor, spoke with Todd Young,
director of Rosum's Product and Business Development, about the
technology and its application.
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