The majority of the world’s population will soon live in urban rather than rural areas. Adding a spatial dimension to population estimates, a new study finds that as much as...

After more than two years of development the first official release of the next generation implementation of GRASS has been published. The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to...

There is general agreement that spatial data is key to sustainable resource management and overall economic development. A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in turn provides the underlying foundation for accessing...

GIS is a very useful tool in the planning of urban conservation. GIS includes integration of vector and raster data, geographical referencing, correction and spatial adjustment. GIS analysis tools and...

STAR INFORMATIC (Belgium) announces its commitment to the Open Spatial Enterprise approach for the native storage of data in Oracle Spatial and Locator format for both Oracle9i and Oracle Database...

South Korea is looking to participate in the Galileo project, the satellite radio navigation program by the EU, as backup for the U.S.-led GPS it currently uses. During the fourth...

A new laboratory method for verifying the accuracy of distance measuring solves the problem of having to mount reflectors outside the laboratory. The limited space of the laboratory is duplicated...

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...

Medical applications such as bedsore analysis often require 3D surface reconstruction of the human body. Major surface reconstruction techniques are based on mechanical digitizers, laser scanners and vision systems, including...

MapInfo Corporation (NY, USA) has announced the latest release of MapInfo MapX Mobile, its premier mapping application for Microsoft Windows Pocket PC software developers. With new functionality and support for...