ACSM Bulletin | April 2008 | #232
EDITORIAL
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wire-lessWireless communication is a huge field. From radio and TV broadcasting to pagers, mobile phones, iPods, and satellite communications, its reach into the business and private worlds is unstoppable. more >> |
WIRELESS WORLD
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Mapping the invisible worldWireless communications technology is making traditional landline telephones obsolete. This is not an exaggeration; it's a fact. In 2005, for instance, there were, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 213 million U.S. wireless telephone subscribers. more >> |
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Audio Tours + Egocentric Maps on Mobile Music Players = maPodWalksMobile music players are becoming increasingly popular, especially among young people who are carrying a large amount of digital music content in these small digital audio devices. The mobile music players are also often used for listening to a variety of other types of audio content, such as audio books and other educational material, audio tours, and voice recordings of meetings and other events. more>> |
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Technology's watchful conveniencesThe tracking begins shortly after we wake up. All through the day, from walking out of our houses to go to work, to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records our movements and preferences. Welcome to the 21st century. more>> |
ENVIRONMENT
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Planning before plantingNOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) operates a network of 200 long-term water level stations on all U.S. coasts, called the National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON)...While CO-OPS and its predecessor have historically supported navigation and mapping through water level observation, growing concern for coastal issues such as the ecological effects of climate change and fsea level rise, vulnerability to storm surge and inundation, and conservation and restoration of wetland habitats has led to this information being applied in new ways. more>> |
PHOTOGRAMMETRY
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Invention in the Alaskan wildernessSurvey team assembles an ingenious, low-cost, high-definition 3D aerial survey system using a leased helicopter, an off-the-shelf digital camera, and Topcon's new PI-3000 software. more>> |
COMENTARY
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An enduring giftEach year, the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., explodes in soft pink, and crows of Americans and visitors from around the world come to the Nation's capital on a pilgrimage of friendship. The two-week festival organized annually in the City commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the City of Washington as a symbol of the growing friendship between the people of the United States and Japan. more>> |
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New issues addressedThe ACSM Congress, which is comprised of voting representatives from each of its member organizations and non-voting representative from each of its associate organizations, acted on a number of important matters during its recent annual meeting in Spokane. more>> |