Abstract: Current law and land‐use regulations encourage the use of alternative energy resources and protect the rights of those who adopt them. Access to sunlight has geometric and property rights components which pose new challenges ...

Abstract: With the utilization of alternative energy resources in North America have come various mechanisms for protecting access to sunlight. The mathematical aspects of the problem have not been thoroughly treated in the literature. ...

Abstract: Conventionally, the determination of astronomic azimuth involves the synchronization of the observations with a radio time signal or the measurement of zenith distances which are subject to refraction errors. A mathematical ...

Abstract: Advanced map-matching algorithms resolve spatial ambiguities between differential global positioning system (DGPS) and roadway centerline data. Most of these algorithms need further research to assess their performances ...

Abstract: The upcoming State Plane Coordinate System of 2022 has spurred considerable interest in design, development, and implementation of large-scale conformal map projections designed at Earth’s surface instead of the reference ...

Abstract: In the fall of 1987, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) conducted the first phase of a global positioning system (GPS) survey in Dane County, Wisconsin, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin‐Madison, the CONSOIL ...

Abstract: A geographic information system (GIS) can aid the solution of engineering problems that involve spatial and nonspatial data components. The potential of GIS for urban planning and development applications has not been ...

Abstract: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are one of the fastest growing computer‐based technologies of the 1990s, yet, their full potential in the construction industry has not been realized. This technology provides adequate ...