GIM Survey Team of the Month

‘These action photos of surveyors Bruno Lérias andRenato Carreira were taken in the last week of April during topographic survey of the Vouga River in Portugal, between the towns of Sever do Vouga and Oliveira de Frades’, writes Paolo Hilário, project manager at Landcoba, Lda. ‘In this way I want to pay homage to our survey team for their efforts in the field.’PaoloHilário, project manager, Landcoba, Portugal.

Honour Your Survey Team!

GIM International is looking for the best survey teams in the world! Would you like to pay tribute to your survey team for their efforts in the field? Then please send us a high resolution (action) photo of your team, including a short description of why your team deserves to be "Survey Team of the Month". The best and most original contributions will be published in our magazine!

NAVTEQ Map Data for Mainland China

MapMechanics has become the first supplier in Europe to offer NAVTEQ vector digital street-level mapping of the People’s Republic of China that can be scaled. The product is intended for businesses using mapping in logistics planning and management, marketing and GIS. Detailed data for more than 1,800 Chinese towns and cities is included, along with connecting major roads.This news evoked a practical question on the GIM international website:Hi, I own a Pre-09 Boxster with the Porsche PCM system in China. The car currently only supplied with map with HKG but not for the mainland China. Does the Mapmechanics new China map (mentioned above) work in my Porsche? Great if you can help...Ray Chui, China

Mailbox Rectification

In our May Mailbox the item on Grand Canyon Studies was incorrectly ascribed to Robert D. Sanchez rather than the correct name of Richard D. Sanchez.