ACSM Bulletin

No. 228, August 2007

 

Richard E. Lomax National Trig-Star scholarships and Teaching Excellence awards.

Trig Star Committee announcement. 6-7.

 

A brand-new Trig Star Scholarship Award. By John Chagnon. 9.

 

Kendra Rose Levanen: the first to receivethe new Trig Star Scholarship awarded to student choosing surveying as their career. By Randy W. Thomas. 11.

 

Disseminating NOAA PORTSR data via the U.S. Coast Guard’s Automatic Identification System.

By Darren Wright and Brian Tetreault. 12-16.

 

Mashups. By Elena Malykhina. 17-19.

 

Ask Vic! A column by Victor O’Schinnerer. 20.

 

Ballots, 2008: AAGS, CaGIS, GLIS, NSPS. 22-30.

 

Deploying wireless connectivity in subterranean world. By Ed Sullivan. 31-32.

 

Dealing with GIS staffing issues. By Tracy Moy. 35-36. 

 

One map to rule them all…. By Frank, posted at WebMapping. 37.

 

GIS notes. By Ilse Genovese. 38.

 

Plenitude of lobby issues in 2007. Report by Laurence Socci. 40-43.

 

The FIG Report vol. II, no. 4: Report from FIG Commission 1, by Curt Sumner;

Report from FIG Commission 2, by Steven Frank; Report from FIG Commission 2:

Science is Knowledge Symposium, by Steven Frank; and Report from FIG Commission 3, by R. Charles Pearson. 43-45.

 

Ask Dr. Map: Lost in space. Dr. Map. 47-48.

 

Industry news. Compiled by Ilse Genovese. 49-50.

 

New Orleans: Testing defences and patience.

By Peter Whoriskey and Ilse Genovese. 52-53.

 

New Books. 33, 54.