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Geomatics World GeomaticsWorld JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2011 Issue No 2 : Volume 19 Surveying for geographical and spatial information in the 21st century Scanning and Addressing How to get the Why is this woman Cadastral Surveying Milan problems solved, best students for important in the headache after Cathedral. for some. surveying. history of Iraq? NZ’s big shift. 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Pat Collins, Professor Michael Cooper, Richard Groom, Alan Haugh, James Kavanagh, Professor Jon Mills, p.14 Surveying the spire of Milan Cathedral Dr Stuart Robson, Dr Martin Smith, David A Wallis About to undergo extensive restoration work, Prof Carlo Ponti and his Overseas Sources team have captured a 3D model of the duomo using various techniques. Roy Dale – New Zealand Nick Day – USA p.17 SPAR Europe Editorial and advertising: e-mail: [email protected] This inaugural event reflects how rapidly 3D scanning is catching on Web: www.pvpubs.com but doubts remain about several aspects, says our reporter Pat Collins. T: +44 (0) 1438 352617 F: +44 (0) 1438 351989 p.18 Inspiring event rewards UK Rail Mailing: PV Publications Ltd Bentley’s “Be Inspired” awards attracted delegates from around the globe 2B North Road but Richard Groom also found potential rewards for chartered surveyors. Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 4AT United Kingdom Material to be Published p.20 Leica HDS conference and a new game While all material submitted for publication will be With worldwide sales and conference attendance up, Adam Spring handled with care and every reasonable effort is made also found new games to play at this popular annual event. to ensure the accuracy of content in Geomatics World, the publishers will have no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content. Furthermore, the views p.23 Lidar Forum captures right note and opinions expressed in Geomatics World are not A trip to the Hague for this first time event finds plenty to interest necessarily those of the RICS. the Editor from cliff monitoring to modern art. Reprints: Reprints of all articles (including articles from earlier issues) are available. Call +44 (0)1438 p.24 Promoting the Surveying Profession 352617 for details. An aging profession has forced Australian surveyors to come up with Advertising: Information about advertisement rates, new ideas to attract youngsters. Craig Roberts and Ian Iredale explain. schedules etc. are available in the media pack. Telephone, fax or write to PV Publications. p.27 Gertrude Bell: surveyor, mapper & kingmaker Subscriptions: Yearly subscription (six issues) is £45 90 years ago an extraordinary English woman had a lasting impact on (UK) £49 (worldwide). For more details, including the shape and politics of Iraq, explains Professor Michael Cooper. special offers, go to: www.pvpubs.com No material may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of PV Publications Ltd. Regulars © 2011 ISSN 1567-5882 Printing: The Manson Group, St Albans, UK p.5 Editorial p.30 Overcurrents p.6 News p.32 Book review + OS’s new hq PV Publications Ltd 2B North Road, p.7 Calendar p.33 Downunder Currents Stevenage, Herts SG1 4AT p.10 Undercurrents p.34 Products & Services T: +44(0)1438 352617 W: www.pvpubs.com p.13 Chair p.35 Classified COVER STORY Would you like to receive the electronic version of GW? Our main image From this issue RICS overseas members may receive only an electronic shows a plan of a version unless they have confirmed their requirements. Please go to belvedere on Milan Cathedral as part of http://www.pvpubs.com/OverseasRICS to register. a project to record Other readers and subscribers can also receive the electronic version, which is the entire dome of sent ahead of the printed copy, by emailing [email protected] the structure using a range of techniques including scanning, Next issue photogrammetry, and total station. The next issue of GW will be that for March / April 2011. Full story begins page 14. Copy dates are: Editorial: 07 February Advertising: 18 February January / February 2011 Geomatics World 03 SURVEY AT SPEED IP-S2: Capture geo-referenced 360 degree images and point clouds with any car in your fleet e d . r u t n e g a e b r e w - t i f a r g www.topcon.eu Editorial Addressing the new age of 3D t is not often you get a text message "No for the "plateau of productivity". What I can tell lecture tonight. Full riot in progress", especially you is that the first issue of GW for 2011 again Iin connection with an RICS event. Such was has a strong 3D focus with articles reporting on the scenario that attended last year's stalled events in the closing weeks of last year (Leica's Christmas Lecture for Geomatics members and HDS conference, Bentley's Be Inspired Awards, the Michael Barrett Award (now re-scheduled the European Lidar Forum and SPAR Europe) for Monday 10 January). Once RICS personnel and a superb edited paper previously presented were safely evacuated, I understand the rioting at FIG Sydney last year on the problems and students who managed to get into the building difficulties in surveying and modelling the Rioting and didn't stay long once they discovered the joining Duomo of Milan Cathedral. addressing may fees! I digress, because this editorial is not In between we have another FIG paper on meant to take any sides in the UK's recent spate promoting the profession and how to catch seem unrelated but of protests over rising university fees, but is young people's attention. A very worthwhile dig a little and there meant to be about addressing. However, the report that other institutions should study are similarities. latter is a subject not entirely unrelated to carefully. There are no easy solutions or magic rioting. Both can be very confusing, involve bullets; just sustained action as we compete Meanwhile, the large numbers of people who have no idea against so many other career opportunities, relentless rise of 3D what's going on, are highly dynamic and will some initially more attractive but less remain work in progress. rewarding than surveying. surveying and It is extremely good news, as we report on The final article I commend to you is modelling continues. page 12, that at last the British Government Professor Michael Cooper's study of Gertrude Bell has grasped the addressing nettle and forced (not Gertrude Lawrence, an Edwardian actress, But has it reached a the Ordnance Survey and NLPG address as I promised readers in the last editorial. A critical point yet? datasets into a merger. Geocoding of special "thank you" to John Harries who alerted addresses, a bit like policing a riot, looks easy me to this possibly Freudian typo and apologies to control until you start to examine the issues to anyone hoping to read a racy account of in detail. How do you cope with buildings in thespians). However, like the actress, Gertrude multiple occupancy? What about places Bell has probably much to answer for; for it was without letterboxes - war memorials, electricity she who was responsible for surveying and substations, public toilets - venues whence mapping the then ill-defined territory of emergency services may be summoned? The Mesopotamia and recommending the borders of Post Office Address file, developed over 40 modern Iraq, borders contested to this day.
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