The next phase in GIS development on the internet should restore user freedom and give a fully comprehensive overview of geo-objects originating anywhere and containing all relevant information. It should...

Wehrli & Associates Inc., headquartered in Valhalla, New York was incorporated in 1991 with the aim of developing, manufacturing and selling photogrammetric instruments worldwide. It is a small, virtual company...

Disaster risks stem from sudden energy release in one of the three basic environmental compartments: air, water and land. Today risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery are of major...

Developing countries still have a need for mapping systems that are low-cost, simple to operate by local operators, fast in production and yet meet the needs of the application. A...

Blue Marble Geographics (ME, USA) has released version 4.0 of its map display library GeoObjects, offering a 32-bit COM control for spatial data access, display and analysis, needed for developing...

MapInfo Corporation (NY, USA) has launched StreetPro Thailand, a street network database for the Kingdom of Thailand. The product fits the company’s Asia Pacific street database that extends over Australia,...

Google Inc (CA, USA) has acquired Keyhole Corp (CA, USA) a digital mapping company. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Unlike traditional mapping technologies, Keyhole technology offers...

Aligned Assets (UK) has launched iShareMaps, an application for providing interactive mapping to websites. The product complies with international Web standards and the UK e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF). Using XML...

The Norwegian Space Centre has pre-purchased US$ 2.8 million worth of Canadian RADARSAT-1 data and products for the 2004-2006 period, extending the RADARSAT-2 agreement worth US$ 10 million signed in...

ESRI Sweden has deployed the ArcIMS Open Location Services (OpenLS) connector as part of a project to improve TeliaSonera mapping engine capabilities for location-based services across Scandinavia. Together with Tele...