The collection of Ground Control Points (GCP) for block adjustment is a costly and time-consuming operation. Onboard GPS enables a reduction in the number of GCPs without loss of accuracy....

Sokkia (Japan) has introduced a new series of reflectorless total stations, Series30RK. It features reflectorless RED-tech II EDM that provides reliable, long distance reflectorless measurement. The Class 3R laser models...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced the GeoXH handheld receiver, a GPS field computer to deliver subfoot (30cm) accuracy for GIS data collection and mapping. With the addition of an external...

Looking through a telescope; sending and receiving electromagnetic waves through this telescope; taking pictures through this same telescope. And all through the same line-of-sight: co-axial. <i>I know what it is,...

The Miage Glacier at Mont Blanc Massif, with an area totalling 11km2, is the third largest glacier in Italy. Time-space modelling of the lakebed and glacier walls carried out with...

Hemisphere GPS (Canada), a designer and manufacturer of GPS products, has announced the introduction of a new heading sensor module for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that features Hemisphere’s Crescent GPS...

Spatial Data Technologies (SDT) (CO, USA) has announced that their CartoPac 1.6 mobile mapping software now supports the Trimble GPS Pathfinder ProXH receiver. CartoPac users now have the option to...

CyberCity (Switzerland) has extended its 3D city modeling software CyberCity-Modeler for Quickbird images. CyberCity presents a 3D city model generated from 70cm-ground resolution Quickbird scenes over Phoenix, Arizona (USA). The...

Laser Technology, Inc. (LTI) (CO, USA) has release of the TruPulse 200. The TruPulse can range 3,000ft. (1,000m) to a non-reflective target and has the ability to obtain 1 ft....

In a recent interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Science Show, Steve Sasson described his development of the first digital camera thirty years ago, based on small CCD sensors...