EDITORIAL

Top of the Year

by Ilse Genovese

As I sit here gathering my thoughts to write the last editorial for 2007, my mind goes through headlines ubiquitous this time of the year .... more >>

REMOTE SENSING

Landsat Program on Track

by Barbara J. Ryan and Bruce K. Quirk

After years of uncertainty, the United States took decisive steps in 2007 toward ensuring the continued availability of moderate-resolution satellite image data to support global land monitoring activities for years to come. more>>

GEODESY

		Triangulation Adjustments in Buenos Aires by Albert H J Christensen A long time ago, 40 years precisely, a colleague and a friend, Alfredo V. Elias, and I worked on the adjustment of the triangulation known as the Argentinean Fundamental Network. more>>
		Iraqi Geospatial Reference System by Wisam Al Hasani Geodetic and mapping work in Iraq goes back at least a century. The Surveying and Mapping Directorate where I work was established by the British after they occupied Iraq in 1921. They also built Iraq's first-order horizontal and vertical networks and produced the first national map of Iraq. more >>
		Tidelands, Law of the Seas, and Other Matters by Gunther Greulich Surveyors have been the guardians of private property rights and of the public trust doctrine ever since the enactment of the Colonial Ordinance in Massachusetts in 1641 to regulate the use of tidelands. more >>

HISTORY

Commemorating the start of a Nation

by Ilse Genovese

The 2007's highest-profile event, undoubtedly, was the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first English colony in the new world. The tens-of-millions-of-dollar festivities organized by Virginia from May to November were steeped in history and pride. more >>