The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OGC)(MD, USA) has announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Digital Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG) Secretariat and the OGC. DGIWG,...

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (NC, USA) has launched a new website with a GIS will provide valuable information for assessing environmental hazards caused by Hurricane Katrina. The...

The continuing growth and exciting prospects facing the GIS industry were well reflected at the annual ESRI International User Conference held at the Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA...

Standards are set within Europe as a result of voluntary agreements between the 28 member countries via the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). After a five-year period of dormancy, the...

Topcon (CA, USA) welcomes Mike Weir to its corporate staff as worldwide GIS sales manager. Weir graduated with honours from National-Louis University with a Bachelor of Arts in Management. His...

Around two hundred participants from government organisations, the private sector, international organisations and academia attended a one-day seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal on space-technology applications and recent developments in geo-spatial products....

Jacobus Hendrik Albert (Jacques) Sipkes, a contributing editor with GIM International, passed away suddenly on 15 September 2005 after a brief illness. Jacques, born on 7 April 1946 in Heemstede,...

Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced the launch of Networked Reference Station ATHENA Program, aimed at selected Universities, Research Organisations and UNAVCO members with the goal of introducing GPS Reference...