ISPRS wants to expand its international role and to develop a presence in developing countries, says this month’s interviewee. Ian Dowman, president of ISPRS, the organisation that since April 2006...

Many surveyors are involved in land consolidation projects at technical and managerial level. The matrix of objectives, procedures and tools which constitute land consolidation is under major change, as is...

GIS Solutions (IL, USA) and ESRI (CA, USA) were selected by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) to develop GIS tools that will improve the effectiveness of a coordinated response...

Volunteers from ESRI-Thailand have been to Takua Pa district, the most damaged area in the country, to assist search teams and to analyse tsunami damage using geo-information technology. The most...

Hemisphere GPS (Canada), a designer and manufacturer of GPS products, has announced the introduction of a new heading sensor module for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that features Hemisphere’s Crescent GPS...

eSpatial Solutions Ltd focuses on geospatial technology based on industry-standard IT infrastructure. Established in April 1997, the company is a subsidiary of one of Ireland’s leading investment houses, International Investment...

GeoTango (Canada) a supplier of 3D mapping and visualisation software, has announced that GlobeView has been selected as the 3D visualisation environment for the Intelligent Sensor web for Integrated Earth...

The theoretical basis of cartography is of fundamental importance. There are many conceptual issues involved in representing space, many of which are of interest to the ICA Commission on Theoretical...

The XI International GEA 2005 Fair will be held in Poznan, Poland from 15 till 17 September 2005. The highlights are: Spatial Information Systems (GIS): Systems of geographic information for...

On 26th November 2005, the back-up solar array drive on Landsat 5 began exhibiting unusual behaviour. The solar array drive maintains the proper pointing angle between the solar array and...