The geomatics profession is implicated in several ISO standards. The important ISO9001: 2000 prescribes regular instrument testing and calibration. To help meet required stringent alignment tolerances, a modern calibration bench...

Image-based modelling is still the most widely used approach in building documentation and 3D investigations, but panoramic camera laser scanners are gaining in importance. They offer large fields of view,...

Time has been incorporated as a fourth dimension in the GIS systems of Arak municipality, Iran, and object-oriented concepts applied. The augmented system has resulted in better quality and an...

Trimble (CA, USA)) has announced the keynote speakers for its International User Conference, Trimble Dimensions 2007. The conference, which will be held 5-7 November at the Mirage Hotel in Las...

Terrestrial 3D laser scanning will become the future standard tool for high-resolution 3D documentation of archaeological excavations, but its capabilities are still underestimated by professional archaeologists and providers of scanners...

GPS is good for perhaps 70% of surveying needs. Inertial Navigation is the forgotten friend of GPS. Traditionally complex and expensive, Inertial Navigation has become competitive, easy-to-use and cost-effective. Need...

Year after year Intergeo demonstrates how exceptionally flourishing is the geo(infor)matics business. Geo(infor)matics is all about improving human understanding of the earth, enabling management and staff in both public and...

Topcon Europe Positioning (The Netherlands) has introduced the newest addition to Topcon's robotic total station series - the Topcon Imaging Station - which offers the added productivity and versatility of...

The limitations of current 2D-GIS and 3D-Visualisation leads to the question of how to use GIScience technologies in handling emergencies in urban buildings and their immediate environment. Geospatial technologies have...

Raytheon Company (CA, USA) has completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard Global Positioning System signals over India. The latest test of the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology...