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From: henebry@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Geoffrey M Henebry)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: availability of lowtran 7?
Date: 10 Sep 1992 15:07:09 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Keywords: remote sensing, radiometric correction

greetings!  does anyone have a lead on the availability of lowtran 7 over the
net? many thanks!  -- g. henebry aka henebry@matt.ksu.edu
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From:         JAC8@LEICESTER.AC.UK
Subject:      RE: GIS and archaeology - new publication

RE Darius posting re Gaffney's and Stancic's new archaeology book,

Oxbow Books Fax: +44 865 794449; Phone +44 865 241249
Address: Park End Place, Oxford, OX1 1HN, UK


John Castleford
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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:19:00 CDT
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From:         Y13MXJ1@NIU.BITNET
Subject:      Chinese GIS discussion list

To those who may want to be concerned:

The Association of Chinese Professionals in GIS (CPGIS) has been
formally formed in SUNY of Buffalo, August 16, 1992.  It has been
holding a e-mail discussion list called CPGIS-L.  To join or further
contact the CPGIS for more information, please subscribe or send
your request to:

        cpgis-l@ubvm.bitnet

Thanks for your attention.


Minhe Ji
Center for Governmental Studies - NIU
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From:         C558873@MIZZOU1.BITNET
Subject:      File: "MES DOC A1"

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO SUBSCRIBE GIS NETWORK?
THANK YOU.
NATHAN
C558873@UMCVMB.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis,comp.soft-sys.khoros
From: vthrc@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Danny Thomas)
Subject: (Q) calculating spatial density
Keywords: spatial density algorithm statistics
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:43:31 GMT


I've got a complex 2D shape with a set of points in it and need to 
generate a map of density of those points. I'm sure this topic must be 
well-explored but one complication is that there are holes in the shape 
too. 
    The relatively small size of this data-set does however allow points 
to be snapped to a fine pixel grid and areas calculated by pixel-
counting. A simple approach would be to:
1. count the number of data points in a circular radius around each grid-
point
2. calculate the area of holes in that radius by counting hole-pixels
3. subtract that area from that of the circle
4. divide the number of data-points by the non-hole area to give 
   a measure of the density

but I would be interested to learn of "more analytical" algorithms that 
don't depend on quantizing coordinates. It would also be interesting to 
read about techniques that can handle arbitrary weighting functions. eg 
if an inverse square weighting is applied to distances from a grid point 
to each data-point, what do you do when that vector crosses over a hole? 
Perhaps more accurately, how could you estimate a contribution from the 
points that would exist if that hole wasn't there?


The final step of converting a density grid into a contour map should be 
solvable with other tools we have.

PS I've already received a pointer to the bivar module from avs.ncsc.org, 
and apart from the fact it doesn't seem to account for holes (or edges), 
we don't have AVS. We only have Macs & PCs but are planning on an SGI 
Indigo XS24 soon, which means we are particularly interested in Explorer 
(& Khoros?).

because of server problems I'd appreciate an email copy of any replies 
posted to net-news. It might be worth reducing the number of groups any 
reply is sent to.

cheers,
X500: @c=AU [I'm about to update VTHRC entries, soon...]
       @o=University of Queensland
        @ou=Physiology and Pharmacology Department
         @ou=Vision Touch and Hearing
          @cn=Danny Thomas
           @rfc822Mailbox=vthrc@cc.uq.oz.au
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  <- return address


PS  & apologies for cross-posting, you'd think this a basic GIS function.

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From:         Phil Lidov <phil@SUPPORT.AVALANCHE.COM>
Subject:      Subscribe

subscribe foo-1 Philip A. Lidov
From: aoml@enh.nist.gov
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: GIS software for NeXTs
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:11:31 GMT
Organization: NIST

Does anyone know where I might be able to find GIS software that will run as a NeXTSTEP application or will compile on the NeXT as a UNIX application? We are interested in integrating some of our hurricane wind
field software developed on our NeXTs with a GIS and infrastructure
databases for emergency managment and recovery applications. Thanks!
Dr. Mark Powell NOAA Hurricane Research Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami Fl. 33149
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: GIS marketing packages available?
From: morgoth@otago.ac.nz
Date: 6 Sep 92 11:52:19 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand



Can anybody help:

 I trying to get a register of GIS marketing packages that work on either work stations or PC's.  These packages should be for the USA, Britain, and if there are any Australia and New Zealand.

This will a great help for a study I am doing.  

		Thanks All

					Mike Speed
From: jacobsd@prism.cs.orst.edu (Dana Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: Re: 1991 GIS Bibliography-NCGIA
Date: 5 Sep 92 23:22:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Sep05.232240.3453
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept

In <GIS-L%92090417553734@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> onsrud.QM@OLYMPUS.UMESVE.MAINE.EDU (onsrud) writes:
>The GIS Bibliography for 1991 can be accessed through anonymous ftp at
>ncgia.ucsb.edu (128.111.254.105).  For those unfamiliar with the use of ftp, a
>detailed set of instructions in accessing the NCGIA ftp site is provided in the
>hardcopy document available at the address noted above.

>The bibliography is contained in five different files for the convenience of
>different users.  (Note:  These are the same versions that have been available
>at the ftp site since mid-summer of 1992 ).

>GIS91.PROCITE
>GIS91.REFER
>GIS91.LIB
>GIS91.PS
>GIS91.TXT

  In the incoming directory of ncgia.ucsb/edu, I've placed three new files.

gis91-corrected.ref is a refer file that has names in correct refer format
for use if you want to use refer on it (no other corrections have been made).
The old file GIS91.REFER has names in all sorts of different ways, which
refer doesn't like.

gis91.bib is a BibTeX version of the bibliography.  There are 2 X-windows
tools for manipulating BibTeX format files, both free.  There are also a
few text based programs, all free.  bibdb is available for IBMPC users.
For more information on BibTeX software, look at the comp.text.tex FAQ
or send me mail.

refer2bibtex.pl-0.8.0 is my perl script that translates refer format into
bibtex format.
--
Dana Jacobsen
jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.gov
jacobsd@cs.orst.edu
Bibliographies and tools available on cerberus.cor.epa.gov (134.67.4.48)
From: fly@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul D. Fly)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: Landsat type images for ftp
Date: 10 Sep 92 22:33:28 GMT
Organization: UB

Hi people.  I was able to find nice ftp sites for dems and dlgs using
archie, but have failed to find satellite images.  Could someone point
me in the direction of an ftp site.  Any format really, just images...

Thanks much

-- 
Paul Fly                      | "Thinking is more interesting than knowing,
fly@acsu.buffalo.edu          |  but less interesting than looking."
v092pxca@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu |    --Goethe
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Date:         Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:34:49 -0400
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From:         Eric Fielding <eric@GEOLOGY.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Re: Landsat type images for ftp

Landsat images are copyrighted data, so you should not be able to find them
available. This could change soon, as Congress is working on "decommercializing"
the Landsat program. The USGS DEMs and DLGs are public domain data.

			++Eric Fielding
eric@geology.cornell.edu
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From: kolovson@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (Curt Kolovson)
Subject: course announcement: "Intro to GIS", in Menlo Park area
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:37:20 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Palo Alto,CA

Title: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Instructor: Curtis P. Kolovson, HP Labs, Database Technology Dept
Course offered through UC Berkeley Extension's South Bay Program

Course description:

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computerized database management 
system which facilitates the management and analysis of spatial (locationally 
defined) data.  GISs combine geometric and/or image data processing systems, 
relational or object-oriented database management systems, and graphical user 
interfaces to provide new tools to help manage a broad range of problems in 
business, public services, and all levels of government.  

Some of the many fields in which GIS applications are now used include 
environmental monitoring, vehicle navigation, forest and land resource 
management, public safety, real estate sales and development, insurance risk 
analysis, market research, package delivery service routing, commercial site 
planning, power utilities, and oil and gas exploration.  GISs are also 
used in the social sciences, such as Archeology and Anthropology.  The number 
of applications for GIS technology is expanding rapidly, and the GIS industry 
is expected to undergo substantial growth throughout the 1990s and beyond.

This course explains the structure and function of GISs, including 
the properties of geographic data, conceptual data modeling issues, 
data representation techniques, user interfaces, and system architectures.
Several GIS application areas are surveyed, including examples of how GISs
may be used to solve particular problems.  The course also presents a 
historical perspective of early GISs, plus a look at future trends and 
research directions.

Course participants gain a fundamental understanding of GIS concepts, with
an emphasis on system planning and design, applications, technical issues,
and project management.

Prerequisite:  Some background in Computer Science, Geography, or Earth
Sciences would be helpful, but not required.

10 evenings: Sept 23 to Dec 2, Wed, 6:30-9:30 pm
(no meeting Nov 25)

Location: Menlo Park area (contact UC Berkeley Extension for details)

Cost: $325

Contact: UC Berkeley Extension, (415) 323-8141 or (510) 642-4111
refer to course EDP #388710
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From:         "Virginia R. Hetrick" <IARGRAF@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Mcrosoft Fortran 77

Since a direct reply didn't work, I'll take a chance on the list.
Everybody else, please excuse this message.

 To:  Spathira@elli.une.edu.au

I would suspect that you have something, probably an array or a
vector, which is bigger than 64Kbytes.  Since I usually run into
this problem in image processing applications, I usually define
a humongous virtual disk (2 to 8 Mbytes) and copy the file(s)
to be dealt with onto the virtual disk and read in the pieces I
need as I need them.  It's slower than working with the things in
memory, but it beats not being able to work with them at all.

HTH.

virginia
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From:         Stephen Ervin <stephen_ervin@VENUS.GSD.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Stream Data

        Reply to:   RE>Stream Data
re stream-data, my colleague the hydro-ecologist notes:

Thanks for the stream-gaging note.  I have connections with a company in
Boulder that produces CD's with much more than just 1948-1988 stream gaging,
but they are very expensive ($500 per CD: 4 CD's [for each data type] cover the
U.S. for all instrumented time for each of daily discharge, daily rainfall,
water quality measurements, etc.  They also have begun collecting Canadian
data).  If your correspondents are interested, the company name is EarthInfo
Inc., and their phone number is (or used to be two years ago) 303-938-1788.

*******************************************************
Stephen Ervin            Dept. Landscape Architecture  Harvard U.     G.S.D.
servin@gsd.harvard.edu
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From: jjunker@sdf.lonestar.org (Jon Junker)
Subject: Re: Does GIS-L still exist??
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:36:54 GMT

Would someone (please) send me more information about GIS-L?  Or how to
subscribe.

Thanks,
Jon
jjunker@sdf.lonestar.org

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From:         koop@CC.RUU.NL
Subject:      RE: electronic atlases

>
>You may contact Prof. Ferjan Ormeling at Utrecht University of
>Netherland. He has done a considerable amount of research on
>electronic atlases.  His e-mail address is karto@cc.ruu.nl
>
>Minhe Ji
>Center for Governmental Studies
>Northern Illinois University

Sorry, the e-mail adress of Prof. Ferjan Ormeling is currently
ormeling@cc.ruu.nl
You may also contact me at the address in the signature below
Olev
===============================================
Olev Koop                                             E-Mail: koop@cc.ruu.nl
Cartography Section                             Phone :  +31 30 531379
Faculty of Geographic Sciences
Utrecht University
The Netherlands
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From:         Graeme Greenwood <greenwoo@SOL.SURV.UTAS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      CalComp Elec. Plotters

To all sites with a Calcomp Electostatic plotter installed:

We have had one of the u-beut new Calcomp 68436 machines on site for over
four months now, and have only this week managed to get the beast to do what
its supposed to - produce coloured plots!

Following the frustrations of dealing with CalComp and their agents Datamatic
- neither of whom were in the least bit keen to help us out - we're now at the
stage of acceptable response. However, we still are getting heavy random dotting
of solid fills, particularly in the paler yellow/green/blue colours.

Has anyone else experienced major problems with this device and if so, how
have you managed to overcome them (especially the dotting problem)?

If there is any response, I'll compile user's experiences and fixes, and mail
back to the List. Looking forward to a more colourful future...!
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From: ij27@sol.acs.unt.edu (Gaddamanugu Vishwa Prasad)
Subject: Info. requested to convert ERDAS files on to GRASS
Keywords: ERDAS 2 GRASS
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:33:14 GMT

I would like to know the conversion of ERDAS files on to GRASS.

I have been trying to figure it out for a couple of weeks & I 
was not successful.

I would be greatful if somebody could help me out.

People who would like to share this information with me can
either send e-mail to the following address or post it in this
group. The latter would be helpful for the fellow netters also.

Thanking You in advance.

           Vishwa Prasad Gaddamanugu
             ij27@sol.acs.unt.edu

Bye

Vishwa
From: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Subject: Re: Copyright protection or myth?
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:24:05 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

There is a nasty case in the Texas courts at the present time which
relates directly to spatial data. Many of the private mapping companies
have joined together to fight it. While I am not a lawyer, it would appear
to remove all protection from detailed and highly accurate databases (e.g.,
urban streets and property boundaries).

If such protection is no longer available, who will invest in the creation
of these databases? (For those outside the U.S., the federal government
does not do base mapping at scales better than 1:24K; TIGER files are
built only to support enumeration activities of the Census and are in
many cases of low accuracy.)
-- 
Duane F. Marble			       E-mail: dmarble@magnus.acs.osu.edu
Department of Geography                Telephone: (614) 292-2250
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210                   Fax: (614) 292-6213
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From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Subject: Re: SUBSCRIBE franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:08:18 GMT

In <92Sep11.125144adt.26899@ug.cs.dal.ca> franklin@UG.CS.DAL.CA (Steve Franklin) writes:

>Damn I hope this works... I'm not quite sure who's going to get this,
>but realize that my humble apologies accompany this letter if I have
>made a mistake.
>   steve
   Apparently I screwed up... I didnt' even pnews - I mailed 
a maillist I thought was for GRASS... Dammit, I'm peeved 8) No mail 
please, but realize I will have questions to ask in the near future.

steve

p.s. oh well, everyone should follow up to themselves ONCE during their
usenet lifetimes.

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From:         u4901ac@SUN7.LRZ-MUENCHEN.DE
Subject:      Does GIS-L still exist??
              4 Sep 1992 10:35:29 +0200
              <9209040742.AA20903@sun7.lrz-muenchen.de>

GIS-L is still alive !
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Date:         Sat, 5 Sep 1992 05:08:38 -0400
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From:         hoffmann@URZDFN.KARTOGRAPHIE.TU-DRESDEN.DBP.DE
Subject:      Thanks for "US banking hints..."

Thank you all, dear colleagues at MAPS-L and GIS-L, for providing me (TUD)
with a lot of hints for paying... it seems to me that even the system within
"Wild East" of Germany's banking has some good sides compared with...
Thank you all,
Frank Hoffmann, TUD
From: Energy and Climate Information Exch <ecixdy@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Date: 08 Sep 92 13:23 PDT
Subject: GIS/LIS Conf Info?
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1622800007:000:720
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!ecixdy    Sep  8 13:23:00 1992


I would appreciate any pointers to online information about
the GIS/LIS conference scheduled for San Jose, CA, in mid
November.  My requests to the conference management for
registration information have not been answered. Thanks.

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From: mem@bnr.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems
Subject: Global working
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:37:43 GMT
Reply-To: mem@bnr.co.uk ()
Organization: BNR Europe Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, GB


Have you had any experience with working with people at a site remote
to you? Do you telework? Do you have to communicate with colleagues in
a different continent? If so, I'd be interested to hear about the
triumphs and the woes. 

How did you communicate with your colleagues?  What kinds of systems
did you use e.g. phone, fax, groupware, etc?  What worked well and why? What
were the problems you encountered? What adaptations to your behaviour
did you have to make in order to cope with the remoteness of your
colleagues? How did the physical distance between you affect your
working practices? How were the social/managerial relationships in the
group affected? How did you feel about having to work with colleagues
you couldn't meet on a daily basis?

Please email your anecdotes, thoughts, etc. etc. on teleworking and
global communication to:

M.E.Morris@bnr.co.uk

Many thanks ... Michele



From: mem@bnr.co.uk ()
From: yooho@ursula.ic.cmc.ca (Yoo Ho Cho)
Subject: WAIS clients ?
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:53:22 GMT


Sorry if this is an FAQ.

I am looking for a WAIS client to run on a Sparcstation IPC. I've just
started reading this group and it seems to me that WAIS is somewhat 
commercial in nature so I'm assuming that the bulk, if not all, of the 
client software is commercial but if there is source code available, 
I'll appreciate any pointers to ftp locations etc.

On another thread, what is the availability of server software for Suns ?

Thanks

Yoo Ho Cho