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MARCH 2011 4 POSITION A Barbecue at the Hexagon’s Northeast Hub By Todd Danielson 6 NEWSLINK 10 BEYOND MAPPING A Dynamic Tune-Up for Distance Calculations By Joseph Berry 12 THE “G” IN GIS Terra Incognitae and the BP Oil Spill By Daniel Sui 31 ADVERTISER INDEX 32 OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONNECTION The Global Use of GML Application Schemas By Hervé Caumont and George Percivall Time-sensitive GeoWorld departments such as NetLink, PeopleLink, Product News and Business News now are maintained solely at the GeoPlace.com Web site. Check there often for the latest updates as they happen. The digital version of this issue contains additional coverage of this section. Visit GeoPlace.com for more information. GeoWorld (ISSN 0897-5507, USPS 023-416) is published monthly by M2MEDIA360, a Bev-Al Communications, Inc. company. 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA GeoWorld is distributed free to qualified subscribers in the geospatial industry. POSTMASTER Please send change of address to: GeoWorld, PO Box 4290, Port Jervis, NY 12771 Subscription rates - one year: US $72, two years: US $128; one year Canada: $90, two years Canada: $163. All other countries, one year: $108 (includes airmail postage). Payable in U.S. funds only. Customer Service and subscription requests, please call Phone (845) 856- 2229; Fax (845) 856-5822 or subscribe online at www.geoplace. com/subscribe. Periodical postage paid at Park Ridge, IL and additional mailing offices. 3 GEO W O R LD / M AR C H 2O11 Mapping in Memphis University Students Help Map City Infrastructure BY BRIAN WALDRON Are You Ready for BIM? BY LIAM SPEDEN 18 Thinking Outside the Blocks Hexagonal Planning Ready for a Comeback BY DANIEL C. BALLY 14 FEATURES 24 Houston, We Have a Solution Fourth-Largest U.S. City Implements a New Pavement-Management Program BY CHRIS MCCONN 28 FEBRUAR Y 2O11 / WWW . GEOPLA CE . COM 3