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The Global Positioning System
(2013)
The Global Positioning System or GPS is the oldest and most widely used GNSS system, and as such will be extensively discussed in this and the next chapter. The development of GPS satellites dates from the 1960s.
Digital Photogrammetry
(2013)
One of the most fundamental developments in the history of photogrammetry has been the transition from analytical to digital photogrammetry. This was realized in the early 1990s through softcopy-based systems or Digital ...
Weather, Climate and Global Warming
(2013)
In order to fully appreciate the contribution of geoinformatics in monitoring climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate, on one hand, and climate variability and climate ...
Variations in Land Delivery Costs as a Factor in Land Speculation in Metr opolitan Nairobi: A case study of Eastlands, Nairobi, and the bordering areas of Machakos and Kajiado counties
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The urban rural duality in the land administration policy in Kenya tends to create two land use development control models and, further, such policy results in two separate land transaction costs. In a situation where land ...
Presentation to the People of Kibera on Slum Upgrading. Case Study of Silanga Village
(2013)
The growth of the urban population, which has
resulted from both natural population growth and rural-
urban migration, has led to an increased demand for
resources required to meet the consequent demand for
infrastructure ...