Giants are awakening. It’s all over the news: in newspapers, magazines and television news shows. And it’s not only in the popular media that our attention is being drawn to...

More than 25% of EU legislation has a tech-nical or scientific basis, and this trend is likely to continue as policies increasingly cut across several disciplines. JRC The mission of...

Yemeni agricultural experts will be called to a training course in Egypt on the use of geographical information system and remote sensing. The date for the course has not yet...

EarthMap Solutions, LLC (CO, USA) clarifies statements made in its press release of 20 April 2005 that the company was formed by former DigitalGlobe employees to serve the agriculture, forestry...

EarthMap Solutions, LLC (CO, USA) presented it products for customers using remote sensing tools for agriculture, environmental and forestry land management. EarthMap Solutions (EMS), a spin-off of DigitalGlobe’s agriculture business,...

The final releases of GeoNetwork & InterMap opensource version 2.0.0 for Desktop and Server installations are available. The Desktop version should make it really easy for people to set up...

Co-sponsored by FIG, the 5th Map Asia 2006 took place in Bangkok, Thailand from 29th August to 1st September 2006. FIG president Professor Holger Magel attended the event, organised by...

LizardTech (WA, USA) has announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has named MrSID Generation 3 image Format as the standard to be used for all 2005 Compressed County...

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...

Guards (Hungary) and Thales’ navigation business (CA, USA) have signed a business agreement, under which the two companies will partner in the development and marketing of the MobileMapper CE and...