Early autumn this year saw two ISPRS Commissions, III and V, holding their quadrennial symposia, both in Germany; Commission III gathered in Bonn and Commission V in Dresden. Photogrammetric Vision...

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...

Geo-information technology, in particular photogrammetry, digital elevation models, ground-penetrating radar, GIS and 3D modelling, was used to document the recently discovered Baptism area in Jordan for purposes of both science...

Application fields for spatial data are very broad and quality aspects are important because the usability of results depends upon them. In the international arena there is increasing attention for...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium will work together to further the development of the Geospatial Web, a movement already underway that embraces many values and goals...

CyberCity AG (Switzerland) has extended its library of European 3D city models with two impressive datasets: Paris and Florence. Paris 3D is a highly detailed 3D model of the city...

Reading these columns you must have noticed by now that the International Cartographic Association (ICA) has many different faces when it comes to maps - not so strange if you...

Over recent years the geo-community has used advances in hardware, software and memory to develop software for visualising remotely sensed data. Its 3D nature and capability for integration with other...

Programmes at European and national government level are signalling opportunities, setting policies and taking measures to capture the benefits of ICT. In tandem with societal demands, this will lead to...

In September 2005 Blom Group consolidated its already firm position on the Geographical Information (GI) market within Europe by entering into an exclusive licencing agreement with US-based Pictometry for 23...