Fundamental research in engineering geology and hydrogeology cannot be performed adequately without appropriate data management. Hence one important research topic deals with the design and implementation of environmental information systems....

The ICA Spatial Data Standards Commission, active since 1991, is one of ICA’s most productive commissions. It has addressed a number of specific issues since its formation, including transfer formats,...

Remote Sensing for GIS Managers, a new book from ESRI Press, reveals the power of interpreting information gathered from aerial photography, radar, satellite, and other remote-sensing methods. According to ESRI...

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...

The Atlantis Initiative, a collaborative project that is working on ways to provide better information to address the impact of climate change and flood risks, is now live on the...

In Austria many manmade objects such as roads and buildings are vulnerable to landslides caused by heavy rainstorms. These result from climate change and changes in geological structure. Using GIS,...

DAT/EM Systems International (Canada) has added Stan Moll to its sales team. Stan has also served as Chair and board member for the annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference and...

From mid-March until the beginning of June 2008 one of the galleries of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, US, was filled with over a hundred maps, globes and artefacts...

The Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC) at University College Cork, Ireland, carries out multidisciplinary research primarily aimed at contributing to the scientific understanding of coastal and marine environments and...

3D Laser Mapping (United Kingdom) has supplied a high performance laser scanning system to assist with a European research project to map the footprints of dinosaurs. The project, jointly undertaken...