Anomalies such as building-lean result from the processing of traditional orthorectified imagery and this limits its use in urban areas. However, the arrival of digital sensors has meant fully orthorectified...

Today we can retrieve geo-information from databases, perhaps over the internet, quite literally at the speed of light. But such information must be ordered within a representative framework - a...

The CBERS Programme, a co-operative Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resources Satellites Programme with versatile cameras, has realised a vast success of the Brazilian data distribution policy that is leveraging research and business...

India is emerging as an important player in today’s global economy, particularly in the field of Information Technology (IT). Her base of highly skilled IT professionals attracts to her shores...

Optech Incorporated focuses on the development, manufacture and support of advanced, lidar-based survey solutions. Established in 1974 as a privately held, Canadian-owned research and development firm, Optech was originally an...

For the past ten years, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 211, Geographic information/Geomatics has been working on standards development. It is now completing an initial set of...

Cadastral information is a fundamental layer in the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and many GIS systems use it as a base framework. The authors introduce an approach to improve and...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

The collection of Ground Control Points (GCP) for block adjustment is a costly and time-consuming operation. Onboard GPS enables a reduction in the number of GCPs without loss of accuracy....