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SpatialNews.com Press Release
URISA Announces Two New Publication Titles
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July 15, 2005 (PARK RIDGE, IL) – URISA is pleased to announce the publication of two new titles in its Quick Study Series:
Going Mobile: Mobile Technologies and GIS
LIDAR Guidebook: Concepts, Project Design and Practical Applications
Going Mobile: Mobile Technologies and GIS
By David R. Green
This Quick Study Guide provides an introduction to mobile technologies for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how they might be used for data collection and access to spatial information. The Guide provides readers with background information about the availability of mobile hardware as well as mobile GIS software, and the potential for utilizing this rapidly evolving technology for geospatial data collection in the field. The reader is also given information about GPS and how they may be used with mobile computing technology for field-data collection. Field-data collection using large-scale airborne platforms for remote sensing is also touched upon. Examples of a number of applications of this technology in day-to-day data-gathering operations provide information on how this technology is already being used.
LIDAR Guidebook: Concepts, Project Design and Practical Applications
By Brian Raber and James Cannistra
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) over recent years has become widely accepted as an input tool for generating extremely accurate terrain models that are used in a variety of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications. This publication first provides an overview of LIDAR technology. It additionally addresses the advances in LIDAR over the years, how it can be used to meet different map accuracy standards, and how conventional photogrammetry still plays a role in the development of terrain modeling, and it outlines quality control measures used to verify this data set. This Quick Study Guide also describes potential applications and provides examples and case studies of how this data has been used by various agencies throughout the United States.
Both publications can be purchased via the URISA website, www.urisa.org. For more information about URISA publications and programs, call 847/824-6300.
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