http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/ Trade magazine for GIS and automated mapping in the UK. I edited this for a year, and was the runner up in the AGI Journalist of the Year competition in 1998. Copyright 2007 Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Desktop mapping requires a desktop operating system. Windows, Windows 95, DOS, OS/2, MacOS-the choice is large. What pros and cons does each system have for its users, and what does the future hold for each of them? ROBERT BUCKLEY investigates. http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/finding-a-platform-for-your-views.php http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/finding-a-platform-for-your-views.php Mapping Awareness Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000 If your business needs a high-end GIS, what operating system should you choose? Last month, we detailed what's on offer for desktop GIS. This month, we profile UNIX and Windows NT and predict the future of such high-end operators. ROBERT BUCKLEY reports. http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/finding-a-platform-part-2-the-view-from-the-top-end.php http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/finding-a-platform-part-2-the-view-from-the-top-end.php Mapping Awareness Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Are you an ARC/INFO user? Perhaps you use ArcView or maybe you've just downloaded ArcExplorer from ESRI's Web site. Whatever the case, ESRI's SDE is going to be featuring in your professional life soon if it isn't already. In a nutshell, SDE is part of ESRI's solution to the problem of data use and storage within the enterprise. http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/the-zen-database-system.php http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/the-zen-database-system.php Mapping Awareness Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Of late, GIS vendors have been trying to link up their software and data with the rest of the enterprise. Putting their data into the same RDBMS in which the corporate data resides has been their number one priority, with software integration following a close second. But for once, there's a mainstream database vendor that's coming across to meet them. http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/a-meeting-of-like-minds.php http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/a-meeting-of-like-minds.php Mapping Awareness Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000 In the first of a two-part series on corporate intranets, ROBERT BUCKLEY talks to the GIS unit at the Dublin Corporation which is running a pilot project. What problems has it encountered and what does it hope to gain from the scheme? http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/cheap-simple-universal-wheres-the-catch.php http://www.robbuckley.co.uk/mapping-awareness/gallery/cheap-simple-universal-wheres-the-catch.php Mapping Awareness Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000