An Integrated Approach for Banking GIS
[ Source: GISdevelopment.net ]
January 2008-
To survive and succeed, banks are looking for ways to increase customer satisfaction and retention, while containing costs, improving efficiency and maximizing return on their technology investments. To accomplish these measures, banks need to integrate disparate systems, need to adopt advanced technologies like Geographic Information System (GIS), develop more effective marketing programs and overcome the difficulties of translating strategy into actions.
Fleet Management: A GPS-GIS Integrated Approach
[ Source: GISdevelopment.net ]
January 2008-
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite system that provides highly accurate location with the use of special GPS receivers and their augmentations. This accurate GPS data is of limited use by itself, unless it is coupled with a powerful visualization tool like the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The GIS is a widely accepted visualization tool that presents data in a graphic form, which is a convenient and effective means of communicating complex information.
GIS and GPS Based Asset Management for Road and Railway Transportation Systems in India
[ Source: GISdevelopment.net ]
January 2008-
A state-of-the-art asset management technology for road and railway transportation systems, with special focus on conditions in India has been developed by MaxSys Engineering Solutions Inc. (MaxSys) and LEA Associates South Asia (LASA). The technology consists of, GIS based digital maps, high-resolution satellite imagery, digital elevation models based on satellite imagery and appropriate data base management system and GPS based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) hardware units.
The CATC Trace: Expert Protocol Analysis Software
[ Source: Computer Access Technology ]
January 2008-
The CATC Trace is an intuitive and powerful expert protocol analysis software system, used to ease the design, test and debug of various products employing advanced communication protocols. The CATC Trace is offered as an integral part of CATC’s extensive line of protocol analysis products, supporting the Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI Express, Serial ATA and USB standards. CATC’s analyzers accurately monitor, capture, filter and analyze high-speed communications traffic, allowing the customers to ....
Implementing Internet GIS With Java Based Client/Server Environment
[ Source: GISdevelopment.net ]
January 2008-
Data pertaining to spatial attributes in a GIS can be efficiently managed with any relational database management system (RDBMS). Java’s open, platform-independent, object-oriented design is an ideal platform for mapping and geographic information system (GIS) solution for developers. Extensible Markup Language (XML) standards can be used to describe and exchange map data between applications. It describes the salient features of a spatial database that was developed by integrating thematic layers stored as feature datasets in ....
The Route to Efficient Mobile Field Service
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
The pressure to achieve workflow efficiencies is now overwhelming. Practices based around paper and personal knowledge are not sustainable in today’s electronically enabled world. The time when repair, maintenance and inspection were left to manage themselves is coming to an end. But finding the right integrated business solution may seem easier said than done. This paper from Oracle takes a look at the operational and business issues from a practical perspective: what kind of system ....
Distributed Digital Rights Management: The EduSource Approach to DRM
[ Source: ODRL Initiative ]
January 2008-
This paper describes the design and implementation of the Distributed Digital Rights Management (DDRM) system as undertaken by the eduSource project, a national network of learning object repositories built by a consortium of universities and other agencies in Canada. DDRM is foremost a system of rights expression, with transactions managed by a set of brokers acting on behalf of purchasers and providers. Rights are described using ODRL, contained in files managed by the provider broker, ....
Blu-Ray Technical
[ Source: Deluxe ]
January 2008-
There are many technical aspects surrounding the new high definition formats. There are changes every month as the BDF work on new and cheaper ways to improve the blu-ray disc. The researcher of this paper will talk firstly about the blu-ray disc itself and then the players and recorders, looking at the physical and data structure.
Extending IBM Lotus Domino Databases to BlackBerry: An Overview for System Administrators and Application Developers
[ Source: Research In Motion ]
January 2008-
This paper provides information about extending existing IBM Lotus Domino databases to BlackBerry users. A person can extend applications in two ways: he or she can use the BlackBerry Browser or create a custom application. Using the IBM Lotus Domino conversation forum template as an example, this paper exhibits how one can quickly mobilize an IBM Lotus Domino database for BlackBerry users. IBM Lotus Domino databases store, process, and display data in an easy-to-understand format. ....
The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing for the Management of Cultural Heritage Sites in Cyprus
[ Source: Frederick Institute of Technology ]
January 2008-
Numerous applications have been developed, in particular for land management, such as agriculture, forestry, land use and land cover and the management of cultural and natural heritage areas. The satellite images provide the only possibility for the mapping of the heritage areas because of their instant availability and high resolution. This white paper highlights the beneficial use of satellite remote sensing for the monitoring of cultural heritage sites in Cyprus. The methodology adopted for the ....