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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 ...
Informal Urbanism in Nairobi
(2011)
Design strategy and informal transformations in urban housing
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2012)
Dweller-initiated transformations are mostly chided for their apparent locational
spontaneity that is often at variance with functional and aesthetic objectives in formal
housing design. This presumes speculator-driven ...
Determination of the Parameters for Design of Flexible Plastic Tank
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)