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From:         KRYBCZUK@VAX1.TCD.IE
Subject:      Re: GIS and water pollution

Trinity College Dublin has just received a contract from the Dept. of the
Environment to undertake Groundwater Vulnerability Assessments and the
development of Acquifer Protection Plans for Ireland.
Essentially there are three aims:
i) to investigate the usefullness of Geographic Information System technology
to handle groundwater vulnerability data and as an aid in producing acquifer
protection schemes
ii) to quantigfy the relationship between water quality variability and
acquifer vulnerability so as to provide a rapid means of prioritising
groundwater sources
iii) to determine the most appropriate means of delimiting well head
protection areas.

Part of the project funding allows for the appointment of a research
student/research assistant for two years to deal mainly with the
GIS aspects of the project. As we hope to start the project asap we
are looking to make an appointment during the next 3/4 weeks.

If you know of anyone who might be interested with a GIS/Physical
Geography background could you please ask them to contact one of
the following:
Dr. K. Rybaczuk
Environmental Science Unit
Trinity College
Dublin 2
EIRE
Tel: +353-1-702-1576
Email Krybczuk@tcd.vax1.ie

Mr. Paul Mills
(at the same address)
Tel: +353-1-702-1244
Email pmills@vax1.tcd.ie

Krysia Rybaczuk
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From:         hoffmann@URZDFN.KARTOGRAPHIE.TU-DRESDEN.DBP.DE
Subject:      RE: New Booklet

And how much the Europeans have to add for the G&S tax?
Are they willing to ship over the Pont too?

F.H., Dresden
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From:         "mw. S.H. Chu, afd. ALD, k1217" <CHU@MINOS.LNV.AGRO.NL>
Subject:      Re: Arc/Info AML question by Rusty Dodson
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Rusty,

In Arc/Info V6 it is easy to verify if an item exist.
Both ARC and ARCEDIT have the command COLUMNS <database> <table> which returns
a table containing the item descriptions. The function [SHOW COLUMNS ...]
returns a string with the item names or a null string if the item does not
exist.
This string can be searched with [VERIFY] or &IF %string% CN searchvalue.

Shoe-Hong
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From:         Stacey Poulson <stacey@GIS.WSC.MONASH.EDU.AU>
Subject:      AGNPS
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Hello,

I am looking for the E-mail addresses of R. Srinivasan and B.A. Engel,
from Purdue University.  If anyone knows how I could contact them
via E-mail, please send me a note at stacey@gis.wsc.monash.edu.au.

Thank you
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From:         Hermani Vieira <IGF01001@UFRJ.BITNET>
Subject:      MOSS

GIS-subscribers,

    Does someone know a list dedicated to MOSS, not PCMOSS, or even

a group?

    Please let me know at:  igf01001@ufrj.bitnet   or
                            hermani@ipanema.nce.ufrj.br

    Thanks in anticipation,

    Hermani Vieira

Departamento de Geografia - UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil

18:00 p.m
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From:         E7G4HEM@TOWSONVX.BITNET
Subject:      PE&RS Cover Disk

Hi Y'all,
  The August issue of PE&RS is in the mail, and some folks have already
gotten it.  There's a disk enclosed with every issue.  There's a digital
orthophoto on the cover, and the digital image, along with viewing
software is on the disk.
  A few complaints so far about being unable to read the disk.  The problem
seems to be that some of them have gotten bent in shipment.  We can offer
the following fix: hold the disk by its corners and run the closed edges
across the edge of a desk or table.  This tends to cause the jacket to
spread a bit, loosening up the disk inside and allowing it to spin properly.
If that doesn't work, you may want to try slitting open the jacket and
transferring the magnetic platter to another jacket and retrying.
  Additional copies of the journal and the disk will be given away at the
ASPRS booth during the ISPRS Congress.

Don Hemenway, ASPRS    e7g4hem@towsonvx.bitnet
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From: brian@jaeger.geog.ubc.ca (Brian Klinkenberg)
Subject: Postscript Problems
Keywords: postscript, arc/info, ps interpreter
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:39:42 GMT

Hi, 

    We are attempting to produce a series of maps using
Arc/Info, and due to reproduction costs have to produce
b&w maps.  We have version 6.01 of A/I, and are attempting
to produce postscript output. However, our printer (and
every postscript interpreter we have) refuses to accept
the A/I produced postscript file. (There is always a
complaint about some undefined s or j.)

My question: has anyone else experienced this problem,
and knows a way around it. (We have tried using
Separator, Illustrator and Postscript -- all of the
different ways in A/I to produce ps output.  All fail
similarly.)  It should be noted that the final postscript
file is BIG, about 1.3 mb.

One thing that might be a big assistance would be 
a postscript interpreter which informs the user
where the error in the ps code occurs.  If someone
knows of such a beast I would appreciate hearing
about it.

(I know we shouldn't ask A/I questions, but our
local A/I office knows nothing of postscript --they
assume peoply only use plotters to produce maps.)

Many thanks for any replies.

cheers, klink

(brian@geog.ubc.ca)

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From: lbgjd@rivm.nl (Josh Dorf)
Subject: World Data Center
Organization: RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:24:50 GMT

Hello, One simple question:
Does anybody know the address (mail or e-mail) for the World Data Center
in Boulder, CO.?
Also, If anyone has any input for me on designing a policy for the
distribution of GIS data, I'd appreciate it. I'm working on a paper
comparing different policies (technical, legal, costs, etc.) for the
distribution of GIS data. Any comments, suggestions, would be great.
Thank-You,  Josh Dorf
Please e-mail me directly, if possible. lbgjd@rivm38.rivm.nl


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From:         bob moore <moore@NODENAME.B30.INGR.COM>
Subject:      Value of Advanced Technology (a reposting)
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 I offer the following:

a.	The transfer of technology to the developing world, for example, with
	proper training and support, benefits everyone. In fact, the intro-
	duction of a new technology, such as teaching someone to write,
	only facilitates communication in which a conduit is established
	for sharing information. "New technology" is only new to those
	that have never been exposed to it before. The group which intro-
	duces a new technology to another can usually expect a return
	equivalent to the orginal technology transfer. This may be
	in the form of a "new" technology such as being taught that
	eating a particular herb makes your hair grow, your back stop
	hurting, or your eyesight improve.

b.	The only way to stop the equalization process is to stop
	communicating. For example, someone that is an expert in a
	particular field that does not share their knowledge will remain
	the "specialist". There are communications leaks, however, and
	the specialist will remain only until they share their technology
	with someone else or until someone else makes the discovery and
	decides to communicate to the rest of the world.

	In the case of the taxi driver in Paris, he should find out
	which one of his/her expert "friends" shared their knowledge
	with the Paris Transportation Authority GIS Committee to the point
	that they could program the system to interpret the data which
	is the domain of the professional taxi driver. Perhaps they could
	agree to not provide their knowledge base to the "Expert System"
	programmers, therefore solidifying their monopoly. They could,
	however, decide to stay in their primary field and share their
	experiences with the system to refine the procedures and programs
	which control the output of itineraries. They might find this
	a worthwile and rewarding career option within the overall
	context of the Taxi Driver career path.


	The competitive model of behavior suggests that information should
	be withheld. The cooperative model suggests that information should
	be shared. It is my personal opinion that sharing information, and
	therefore technology, can be made to benefit everyone.






--
Robert S. Moore
Intergraph Corporation
Huntsville, Alabama 35894_0001
Ph:	(205)730-3103
Internet: moore@nodename.b30.ingr.com
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From:         Eric Weitzman <esri!sync!eric@UUNET.UU.NET>
Subject:      Re ARCEDIT, or anything, under X Windows
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It is correct to say that in X, the keyboard input has to be focussed
on a particular window by the user.  So, if you want to type into a
specific window, you must explicitly "focus" the window before typing.

However, in the Arcedit case, both windows are "attached" to the same
program, so it is conceivable that keyboard input going to the graphic
screen could be caught by Arcedit, buffered, and when the right time
comes, placed into the command stream in the "other" window.  It
wouldn't be the easiest thing to program, but it could be done.  The
reason that the automatic window focus was dropped in Arc 6.0 was a
(human) policy decision to comply with the (X) policy regarding
keyboard focus, which is that you must focus a window before typing.

Eric Weitzman                            eweitzman@esri.com
Environmental Systems Research Inst.     {uunet,ucrmath,sunkist}!esri!eweitzman
380 New York Street                      (714) 793-2853 x1210
Redlands, CA 92373 USA
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From:         Srin <srin@BRCSUN1.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: AGNPS
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>Hello,
>
>I am looking for the E-mail addresses of R. Srinivasan and B.A. Engel,
>from Purdue University.  If anyone knows how I could contact them
>via E-mail, please send me a note at stacey@gis.wsc.monash.edu.au.
>
>Thank you
>

R. Srinivasan e-mail address : srin@brcsun1.tamu.edu
B.A. Engel e-mail address: engelb@ecn.purdue.edu
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From:         Simon Greener <greener@SOL.SURV.UTAS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Fire Prediction Models
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Dear All,

I have a colleague who is interested in accessing IDRISI modules - or any
other package - capable of making fire behaviour predictions. Rate of spread
and intensity predictions need to be made for different times since ignition
in low open moorland (i.e. non-forest) communities occurs in sites with
different fire histories, fuel loads and slopes under different
meteorological conditions. The module needs to be able to handle at least
two different fire behaviour models, including the Rothermel Fire Behaviour
Model (but not BEHAVE) using single stratum fuel inputs, and a much simpler
model developed from fire behaviour in moorland communities. If a module
specifically designed to do these sort of predictions is not available, then
modules designed to predict rates of spread of other factors, such as oil
spills or pollution under different conditions, which may be suitable for
modification for fire usage could also be of interest.

Has anyone out there created or heard of such a module or modules and would
be interested in helping my colleague? If so, could you please reply
directly to me at this address. Access to source code - e.g. Turbo Pascal
for IDRISI - is desirable; the code must be capable of execution on an
IBM PC. Use of any code and/or modules would be duly acknowledged by my
colleague in publications etc.

regards
Simon

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From:         E7G4HEM@TOWSONVX.BITNET
Subject:      Re: AC Conferences.

To David Douglas:
  I went to the GIS Ottawa conference this year, and there did indeed
seem to be a lot of gloom and doom bandied about concerning the drop
in registration.  One factor mentioned by many, though, was the continuing
moribund global economy.
  I also heard that since there was one GIS conference in Vancouver,
and another in Ottawa, that they were just hurting each other.  One suggestion
I heard was that they should have only one GIS conference, but switch
it back and forth between the two cities on an annual basis.  When I asked
why this hadn't already been done, I was told that the two conferences
were being sponsored primarily by two different government agencies, with
two different political agendas, and that the two ministers responsible
for said agencies were unlikely to reach an accommodation, so long as their
politicals were so divergent.  Comments?

Don Hemenway, ASPRS
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From: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble)
Subject: Re: Whither Auto Carto?  On the Future of Technical Conferences in GIS
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:21:20 GMT

First, I do not believe in the continuation of "Auto Carto" as part of
the commercial meetings of ASPRS. Second, I am unsure if there is
sufficient material of a technical nature to warrent annual meetings
at the present time. However, as the one who began the Spatial Data
Handling meetings, I think a full discussion on the matter will be
useful.

I would suggest that the Spatial Data Handling meetings (whose name had
NOTHING to do with the former name of the IGU Commission) be formalized.
This means a formal management structure not associated with the IGU
Commission (which lives only from IGC to IGS - a four year period). I
suggest that this be discussed in Charleston.
-- 
Duane F. Marble
Department of Geography                Telephone: (614) 292-2250
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210                   Fax: (614) 292-6213
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From:         Marcus Lester <marcusl@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: TIGER - city boundary definition
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1992, Allan B Branscomb wrote:

> A graduate project here is using the RIM database in GRASS for TIGER data,
> record types 1 & 2.  We have created maps by selecting features based on CFCC
> values but are having trouble selecting features based on more complex
> parameters, in particular, city boudaries.
>
> Can anyone tell us how we specifiy a city boundary in TIGER, i.e., which
 fields
> of the records are required and what their values should be?

The TIGER1 file has many fields describing various jurisdictions or data
collection zones on the right and left sides of each chain.  When a pair
of right/left fields is different, then it is a boundary of that type.
Select for these conditions.

Marcus Lester
Department of Geography  DP-10
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington  98195
marcusl@u.washington.edu
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From:  wrf@ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)
Subject: Re: Weiler Data Model
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 00:13:12 GMT


In article <GIS-L%92072304401282@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> on Thu, 23 Jul
1992 10:25:01 GMT, Robert Weibel <K491170@CZHRZU1A.BITNET> writes:

  > Re Weiler: ... there
  > was a guy who did a MS thesis at Cornell CS in 1978 on clipping
  > polygons at concave regions, better known as the Weiler-Atherton
  > algorithm....

After being an undergrad at Carnegie-Mellon and a masters student at
Cornell,  Kevin saw the light and did his PhD here at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.   This is his thesis entry:

 
             BY:  Weiler, Kevin J.
                  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Computer and Systems
                     Engineering Department.
          TITLE:  Topological structures for geometric modeling.
        CALL NO:  THESIS 1986
       MATERIAL:  THESIS
    DESCRIPTION:  322 p.
          NOTES:  UMI abstract number 87-00,156
                  Doctor's - August, 1986
 
I don't know where he is now.
-- 
Wm. Randolph Franklin,  wrf@ecse.rpi.edu, (518) 276-6077;  Fax: -6261
ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180 USA
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SET GIS-L MAIL
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From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: : Map layers and overlay
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:39:51 GMT

Conn Copas <C.V.Copas@LUT.AC.UK> writes:

>These qualitatively different layers can all be overlayed with gay abandon in
>many systems. I am wondering whether there would be merit in injecting more
>constraints into an advanced GIS. Is there some seminal reference on the nature
>of themes which I should be reading ?

I bet as soon as you introduce some constraints, some customer will want to
do an overlay that you've never thought of.

"Let see, I want to see all the forest types in each census district"
"What are the average rainfalls in congressional districts held by
democrats?"


-- 
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com (Canadian first, Quebecer second)
"We sealed our federal pact without bloodshed and without exploitation of the
weak by the strong.  All it took was fairness, justice and some compromises
on both sides." - George-Etienne Cartier, Father of Confederation, 1867
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From: tchamov@sunran1.cern.ch (Nikolay Tchamov)
Subject: NEW-Projects 
Keywords: Electronics, Computers, Education, Research, Design
Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 09:26:27 GMT

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                                 July 24th, 1992, CERN
                                 Geneve, Suisse/Switzerland


Dear Sirs,

I didn`t find a news-group(s) dealing with European Projects like
TEMPUS in example, except ESPRIT & EUROCHIP which is not much 
supplied by news and discusions. 

Do such News-groups exist, where someone can get up-to-date information
about European projects in the fields of :

  Electronics & Computers & Education & Research & Design ?

If not, please give a hint how to get Up-to-date E-mail information 
about projects like those handled by Brussels etc. 

It is too bad to get those informations by ordinary mail 
quite late (sometimes about 2 weeks before the time to apply).

Having such networks and losing some chances is too sad fact.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Sincerely,

Nick

--------------------------------------------------------- 
  P.S. Please reply either here (in this News-group) or
  directly to my E-mail address:

                    tchamovn@cernvm.cern.ch

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From: fad@turing.think.com (Franklin A Davis)
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Subject: Re: WAIS Access to my Mac Hard Drive
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:26:02
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In-reply-to: 9531sons@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu's message of 24 Jul 92 05:11:49 GMT

In article <5373@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 9531sons@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Jamie Sonsini) writes:

   I've just recently actually read the WAIStation documentation and
   noticed that there was a reference to accessing one's hard drive
   using WAIS.  Am I right in thinking that this means that I could use
   WAIS to actually find things on my own disk?  Following that idea I
   tried to create a new source (naming my hard drive as the directory),
   but when I tried to use that source I was given a message that a "hash
   table" was missing.  (makes sense, I never did anything to actually
   index my disk).

   If this is possible, can someone please point me in the right direction?

There was a Mac indexer for WAIS, but it was a mess and was never
completed.  So the only PD indexer available at present is for UNIX.

--Franklin
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