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Geoinformatics_06-2009
geoinformatics provides coverage, analysis and commentary with respect to the international surveying, mapping and gis industry. publisher ruud groothuis rgroothuis@geoinformatics.com editor-in-chief eric van rees evanrees@geoinformatics.com editors frank artes fartes@geoinformatics.com florian fischer ffischer@geoinformatics.com job van haaften jvanhaaften@geoinformatics.com huibert-jan lekkerkerk hlekkerkerk@geoinformatics.com remco takken rtakken@geoinformatics.com joc triglav jtriglav@geoinformatics.com contributing writers joc triglav alan m. aindow brett black benjamin sullivan huibert-jan lekkerkerk leon van der poel raj singh michael w. dobson cori keeton pope on the move even in summertime, the field of geoinformatics is on the move . on paper, blogs and at industry conferences i sense a shared optimism to make things work better and faster for the end user. i hope the same optimism pervades through the articles in this magazine, that should give an overview of what s happening in the industry at the moment. and there is a lot going on at this moment. with hindsight, i am proud of the inclusion of several open source articles in the last six months, an idea that originated from intergeo last year. with so much media exposure on this topic at the moment, this seems as a wise decision now. the debate on open source versus closed source continues and we will keep on informing you on new initiatives in this field. another discussion that was mentioned somewhere else focused on the lack of innovation in the industry. it seems some people cannot overcome the idea that the revolution in geo industry was merely an outcome of the google revolution combined with hardware innovations (server technology, more data storage capacities). right now there s an interesting debate going on about how data should be shared between governments and users. the discussion focuses on what data should be shared, what it looks like and how to offer it to users. although i don t have the answers to these questions, i think that the conviction that there s a need to share data is a breakthrough in the way of thinking about sharing data. data needs to be unlocked and shared, that s why it s there in the first place. this conviction is something new and major gis vendors are now picking up on it because their costumers ask for it. specially for the coming intergeo event in karlsruhe, germany, we put together a number of surveying related articles, ranging from product reviews, case studies and interviews with captains of national and international surveying organizations. i am happy to announce that geoinformatics will be present with a large booth at intergeo where you have a chance to meet up in person and share your thoughts on this magazine, that also will be distributed everywhere at the event. enjoy your reading and meet you at intergeo! alejandro egido miquel garcia marco caparrini mary jo wagner gordon petrie robert marschallinger fritz zobl adrijana car petra jenewein account manager wilfred westerhof wwesterhof@geoinformatics.com subscriptions geoinformatics is available against a yearly subscription rate (8 issues) of 89,00. to subscribe, fill in and return the electronic reply card on our website or contact janneke bijleveld at services@geoinformatics.com advertising/reprints all enquiries should be submitted to ruud groothuis rgroothuis@geoinformatics.com world wide web geoinformatics can be found at: www.geoinformatics.com graphic design sander van der kolk svanderkolk@geoinformatics.com issn 13870858 eric van rees evanrees@geoinformatics.com © copyright 2009. geoinformatics: no material may be reproduced without written permission. geoinformatics is published by cmedia productions bv postal address: p.o. box 231 8300 ae emmeloord the netherlands tel.: +31 (0) 527 619 000 fax: +31 (0) 527 620 989 e-mail: mailbox@geoinformatics.com corporate member sustaining member 3 september 2009
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