On 23rd October 2007, at the annual Geoint Symposium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc (OGC) announced that Microsoft Corporation had joined the organisation as a Principal Member. This important milestone...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has presented two new point cloud software modules: Leica TruView and Cyclone PUBLISHER, designed to open the value of rich, as-built point cloud data to the masses...

Intergraph (AL, USA) has announced The Gas Company, Hawaii (USA), has selected Intergraph's G/Technology to manage its geofacilities data network, including full gas infrastructure data integration at all levels of...

ITT Corporation (NY, USA) has announced that its Space Systems Division has successfully passed the critical design review for the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) it is preparing for NASA’s next...

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to cooperatively advance standards to support web-based 3D visualisation, modelling and...

Vidar (VA, USA) has introduced the new Lynx 25e Color Scanner. With 48-bit CCD technology, scan accuracy and FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity, this compact large-document scanner is fit for...

A 3D-Earth viewer enables navigating through the virtual environment and can be easily downloaded from the internet. How might this rapid development support steady, long-term development of institutions such as...

On 20th December 2005 Leica Geosystems announced a partnership with Ordnance Survey to offer commercial delivery of a GPS network solution across Great Britain. The network now consists of over...

Bentley (PA, USA) has released a significant enhancement to AutoPLANT P&ID, a product to create P&ID CAD drawings quickly and uniformly. Version 8.9.3 of AutoPLANT P&ID brings new capabilities, including...

ITT Visual Information Solutions (CO, USA) has released Image Access Solutions (IAS) 3.0, its family of COTS software products used for delivering, accessing, and managing large geospatial images and metadata....