The competitiveness of an organisation is negatively affected by poor data quality, as introduced through the multitude of transformations and transfers carried out on original data. One risk involves uncontrolled...

This spring I was alerted by newspaper article to a marvellous TV programme. It was ‘Springwatch’, broadcast by the BBC. For three weeks on air, and on the beautiful website...

‘Knowledge and Action for the Earth’ is the theme of Intergeo 2006, the annual geodesy and geo-information conference and trade-fair organised in association with the German Association of Surveying (DVW)...

Sensor Systems (VA, USA), the developer of RemoteView geospatial processing software, has joined the Overwatch Systems (NJ, USA) group of companies. Effective 1st October Sensor Systems changed its name to...

How visible are you? How visible is your company? How visible are your services and the possibilities you offer? I am not referring here to a striking building in the...

In 2000, geodetic datum of Japan was shifted to the world datum (ITRF Coordinate System) and since the year 2002 authorised Electric Reference Stations (ERS) coordinates and their daily observation...

In 2000, geodetic datum of Japan was shifted to the world datum (ITRF Coordinate System) and since the year 2002 authorised Electric Reference Stations (ERS) coordinates and their daily observation...

ICA has recently approved the formation of a new Working Group (WG) on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage. The philosophy behind the group is simple but challenging: to study the...

Small satellites for earth observation are an important ongoing development in space research. How can mapping and disaster management benefit from small-satellite systems? What is the potential and what the...

The XXII FIG Congress held in Munich, Germany from 8th to 13th October 2006 and attended by 1,300 delegates from about a hundred countries was a complete success. Together with...