GIS specialists in Africa are quickly seeing the horizon with respect to Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI); it is the bottom line that is proving elusive. Financial, budgeting and accounting measures...

In the city of Manica, a planning exercise based on the principles of participatory community planning is currently taking place in the Josina Machel neighbourhood. The city is one of...

Blue Marble Geographics (ME, USA) has released cross-platform versions of its coordinate conversion libraries GeoCalc 6.0, including Windows, Linux, Mac and COM. The first release in August 2004 was on...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has reported quarterly revenue growth, despite a weakening US Dollar. Earnings are robust, through positive gross margin developments and modest operating expense increases. Sales in Q3 rose...

Based in Beijing, China, SinoMaps Press, the largest and oldest map publisher in the country, this year in December celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The press produces 90% of China’s total...

Topcon (The Netherlands) has released the FC-2000, a rugged Windows CE field computer designed specifically for surveying applications. The new model will replace the FC-1000. It features a full-colour 320x240...

The Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) has selected Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) as its standard photogrammetric application. JUPEM employs Leica products throughout its entire data production chain, operating...

Ordnance Survey (UK), the national mapping agency, is supporting reconstruction efforts in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the tsunami by shipping eight GPS receivers to collect information useful for...

Based in Beijing, China, SinoMaps Press, the largest and oldest map publisher in the country, this year in December celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The press produces 90% of China’s total...

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...