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GeoInformatics-7-2009
interviews google's ed parson pleads for 'inspire plus' getting geospatial data to the community 26 an interview with bradley doorn agricultural monitoring using spaceborne imagery column photogrammetric week celebrates its centenary in stuttgart, germany 28 52 calendar advertisers index 62 62 page 14 bridging the great cad/gis divide there exists a real cultural divide between cad and gis. not only that: when autodesk recently held a workshop for local government professionals, over 50% cited the gulf between cad and gis as one of the major issues in their working lives. however, there are signs that this situation is improving, leading to faster completion of projects and no more duplication of time, money and effort. page 44 page 6 geolocation and time this year s 250-th anniversary of the invention of the famous watch h-4 that ultimately resolved the longitude problem and the 400-th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope is also an opportunity to look at geodesy as a science of measuring the earth s shape as a function of time. the paper gives an insight in some basic developments and describes on the cover: geospatial technology is emerging as the platform to support intelligent electric networks, argues bill meehan. see article on page 6. the historical development of geodesy by pointing out and demonstrating the relations between the earth s shape, geolocation and time measurements from the ancient times to the present time. latest news? visit www.geoinformatics.com 5 october/november 2009
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