
c o n t e n t 6 articles sonar data for sea floor mapping ping to chart land-use mapping in australia satellite imagery and property management pci geomatics prolines geoimaging server faster project completion with gpu processing and automation mobilemapper 6 and lti rangefinder making alaskan airfield approaches safer desktop gis mapping the planet with open source 10 14 16 18 page 28 hp expands portfolio large format printers faster 1120-series for cad/gis-use digital documentation 2009 a report on the glasgow conference from silos to open data fields lithuania s inspired sdi gnss update frequenting frequencies 22 from silos to open data fields lithuanian agencies have taken their ad hoc collection and use of geospatial data into a new era of access and interactivity. find out how they successfully created a unified spatial data infrastructure (sdi) to meet the inspire directive s impending deadline to develop a european-wide infrastructure for spatial information, and in the process also decreased duplication and improved efficiency to the tune of nearly $5 million euro in cost savings. 24 28 34 paving the way for european spatial data infrastructure intergraph solutions and integration of diverse geospatial data 42 cicade & dimac systems an interesting mother & daughter combination 44 map production at the national geographic society past, present and future importance of maps explained 48 creating the digital infrastructure for a sustainable economy harnessing the stimulus avoiding the overload autodesk on saving our cities 50 60 page 36 esri, bentley and intergraph on the today s gis industry the gis world is constantly changing and expanding: on the one hand we see the increasing software and hardware technology, on the other hand we see the spread of webgis and a further going integration between different disciplines, such as cad. every company has its own view and solutions to some of these challenges that face the gis industry. that s why we asked three major gis vendors to share their views on topics as deskgis versus webgis, gis-cad integration and the current economic downturn, to name a few. june 2009 4