ACSM Bulletin 238
What's inside
The April issue of the ACSM Bulletin has five features contributed by members and the magazine's readers. The first, written by N.W. J. Hazelton, asks a pressing question: Why Does Surveying Exist? Then follows an interview the ACSM Bulletin conducted with Josh Greenfeld, a long-time ACSM-GLIS member. In the third article, Coleen M. Hohnson, Jan Van Sickle, and Milton Denny make a strong case for using land surveys to improve landbase accuracy. Readers interested in enhancing digital mapping systems can delve into Roman Dudarev's algorithms in his paper on Cartographic Object Visualization Using WPF. And if you are wondering which part of your geospatial business is subject to taxation, read Harry D. Shapiro's and Seth Groman's legal interpretation on the issue. The Bulletin's book review program is off to a vigorous start with four book reviews appearing in the April issue. Tom Tibbitt reviewed Thinking About GIS, 3rd ed., by Roger Tomlinson. Matthew Basanta follows with a review of Mike Kataoka's GIS for Homeland Security, and John Freemayer leads us on "adventures in management" in his review of two humorous "epistles"--The Honeywood File and The Honeywood Settlement. The fourth review, by Landon Blake, gives a thorough overview of Applications of 3D Measurements from Images. Apart from a "bumper crop" of book reviews we also received comments from readers on the February issue of the ACSM Bulletin. Two of them are published on the Editor's page. There is also a new Careers section, where Dawn James profiles two NSPS Award winners and the different trajectories that that they took to chose surveying as a profession.. No issue of the ACSM Bulletin would be complete without John Hohol's FIG Report (on the recent FIG-World Bank meeting in Washington, D.C.); Laurence Socci's report on advocacy issues addressed by ACSM's Joint Government Affairs Committee; and Dr. Map's column featuring cartographic "curia". Interspersed in the magazine are various newsy GeoScan items, such as an article about new machine control solutions from Magellan Professional and Carlson Software, and an announcement on the appointment of Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., as the new NOAA administrator.
Among the issue's returning advertisers are: Barnette Industries,Topcon Posititioning Systems,and Trimble Navigation. PennState-Mont Alto is seeking a part-time Surveying Program Lab Coordinator and Advisor, and the NSPS CST program has an ad inviting surveying technicians to become certified. Forthcoming conferences are advertised in an ad by the 2009 ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit, and by FIG on its XXIV FIG International Congress 2010.
Editorial Submissions
Submit bylined articles, news, event information, and other pertinent editorial to the editor of the magazine, Ilse Genovese, at ilse.genovese@acsm.net. For information on the style and format of the contributions, access Contributing to the ACSM Bulletin.