Although operational for more than twenty years, Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) has rarely been used in riverine areas. The US Bureau of Reclamation adopted it to study how flow change...

In his foreword to the programme for this international conference, Prof. Paul van der Molen, chair of FIG’s Commission 7 on Cadastre and Land Management, highlighted how difficult it could...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced five surveying products as part of its new Connected Survey Site model—the Trimble GX 3D Laser Scanner; the Trimble R8 system with Global Navigation Satellite...

Leica Geosystems (Switerland) has announced the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of FieldDesigner Inc. of Montreal, Canada, for an undisclosed cash amount. FieldDesigner provides CAD-based software solutions for...

Compared to the 2004 product survey on total stations, this new survey includes some newly introduced and some upgraded and/or restyled existent models. The expected total station integrated with GPS...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe through its Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) defines land administration as the processes of determining, recording and disseminating information about the ownership,...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe through its Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) defines land administration as the processes of determining, recording and disseminating information about the ownership,...

Time is on our side. In many ways geomatics professionals are thriving these days. This issue of GIM International is already the last of the annual volume for 2005, and...

GPS is being upgraded, to include a second civilian signal, known as L2C. This is announced by the US Commercial Department. The department stated that the L2C signal “enables significant...

In this month’s Insider’s View Prof. Heinz Rüther puts some critical points on the shortcomings of laser-scanning technology in the spatial documentation of heritage sites. We invited manufacturers of laser-scanning...