3 magazines, 10 new geofumadas of August
At least three magazines this month have come up with interesting articles for the geospatial environment, and some of our geek hobbies, then I suggest 10 themes for your healthy reading times.
Geoinformatics
My favorite within a Wide range of magazines, Comes with interest in the following topics:
- ISIP, the Integrated Information System for Production Support. The article describes the remodeling of its infrastructure, using a multilayer assembled model About Java, Integrating Geoserver for geoportal, OpenLayers for data deployment, GeoWeb Caché to optimize spatial indexing and JBoss as an application server.
- The Quantum GIS project. In continuity with FOSS applications, this article documents the experience of use and impact it is having in Tanzania QGIS, Which by the way of its recent version already exist almost 200,000 downloads.
- The role of surveyors. A valuable article, although it has been a topic crushed in recent times, is worth for its systematic contribution and its vision that although brief, quite focused on the irreversible trend of intelligent modeling (BIM) and the marked need of geographic data managers .
- Ruins of Ostia. Archaeological survey project one of the most important ruins of the Roman empire.
It is noteworthy an announcement of a full page of the SHELL oil company, which is seeking 5 consultants in the geospatial field that can apply before the 23 of September.
Land lines
A great publication of the Lincoln Institute, which maintains its theme within territorial planning, with special emphasis on urban development. This cover shows an impressive image of the Liede Bridge, in Guangzhou (China), the same city that we call Canton and where the most widespread Chinese food in our cities comes from, including Chop suey, which literally means “leftover from all meals ”.
The magazine has interesting articles like:
- Urban development and climate change in China's Pearl River Delta
Climate change represents a significant challenge in the continued development of the Pearl River Delta due to its coastal geography, population density, and intense economic development and infrastructure.
- Extending the scale of conservation of the great landscapes
Many financiers and their public partners are trying to focus on cooperative efforts for landscape conservation, so the community of land trusts has an excellent opportunity to leverage its good work by embarking on more partnerships.
- Recent experience with the recovery of capital gains in São Paulo, Brazil
The application of the principle of the social function of property, which forms part of the Strategic Plan of Territorial Planning of São Paulo of 2002, allowed the enactment of municipal legislation that clearly separates the right to property from the right to building.
- Cities and infrastructure: a difficult road to go
As national economies and local government revenues recover, one of the key priorities will be to balance current services expenditures with longer-term investments in infrastructure.
After the printed version disappeared, then the Hispanic one, it remained without a face that gave the personal touch and the general lines of each edition. The novelty of the September edition is that Dan Costa rises as editor and surprises us with a greeting where he asks us for help with his new position; It seems ironic but the tone with which it is posed and the value it offers to the readers is clearly worked out.
I don't know, but in my opinion one of the most significant suggestions will be that the magazine needs to change its name, for some time now there is more talk about the iPad, iPhone and Apple than about the PC itself. As the cover article shows is “The 100 applications for iPad more used".
- John C. Dvorak. I enjoy reading it, perhaps because I identify a lot with its nostalgic touch and irony in the face of the resistance that the adaptation of technology requires. In this issue he makes a grotesque mockery of Ted Koppel in the flowery years of Nightline, pretending to tell the future about typewriters in 1985. Not least the article is called "The Year of Living Ignorance."
- Social networks. The best 20 applications for Facebook, interesting to know that there is more than farm animals.
