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...

The present product survey provides the main characteristics of today’s high-resolution imagery acquired from orbiting platforms. A clear trend is the ongoing improvement of pixel size, also called Ground Sample...

A satellite in orbit around the Earth with onboard sensors tirelessly and continuously collecting data. Some satellites take pictures of the Earth at a spectacular level of detail. The high-resolution...

SeeReal Technologies, based in Dresden, Germany, is a company specialised in display technology. Professionals use today’s stereoscopic viewing techniques for visualisation of complex structures and objects using stereo-glasses. SeeReal technology...

For the first time in Iran, the National Cartographic Center of Iran has printed a 1/5000000 scale map of the country suitable for use by the blind and the visually...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has released the Leica ALS50-II, an airborne laser scanner which allows data capture at pulse rates up to 150kHz, while offering improved accuracy. With the Leica ALS50-II,...

SATEL (Finland) has launched a new VHF wireless data communications modem and network management software package designed for professional remote monitoring and control applications. This SATELLINE-3AS VHF transmits data at...

A Forest Working Plan regulates wood production, silviculture and tending activities for a predefined period of time by specifying targets, actions and control arrangements. The author shows how GIS was...

Adverse weather and terrain conditions meant the Cano-Limon oil pipeline in Colombia had never been accurately mapped until orthorectified images and digital elevation models covering an area of 94,000km2 were...

Korec is delighted to announce that Version 6 of their main fastMAP mapping products are now available. New features in version 6 of KOREC's best selling GIS data capture and...