The fourth edition of Geo Connect Asia (GCA), celebrated as the region's premier trade event and conference for the geospatial, positioning and remote sensing industries, truly delivered during its two-day...

FIG president Stig Enemark and vice-president Paul van der Molen attended the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘Transparency in Land Administration – a Capacity Building Programme for Africa’, held at...

Despite some uncertainty, there is renewed interest in drones, and remote sensing technologies are being embraced by smaller survey companies. Read these and other findings from our annual industry survey!...

  Participants at previous ISPRS Student Consortium Summer Schools. A primary vision of ISPRS is that the Society should be “…the primary provider of educational resources and capacity building to...

During its 2006 Congress in Munich FIG General Assembly elected Prof. Stig Enemark as president for the term 2007 to 2010. Mr Enemark has longstanding international experience both as a...

ISPRS wants to expand its international role and to develop a presence in developing countries, says this month’s interviewee. Ian Dowman, president of ISPRS, the organisation that since April 2006...

ISPRS wants to expand its international role and to develop a presence in developing countries, says this month’s interviewee. Ian Dowman, president of ISPRS, the organisation that since April 2006...

The Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) project has revealed plans to boost the utilization of European cadastral data. This includes efforts to enhance its discoverability and accessibility. As part...

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) is the world authoritative body for cartography, the discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps. What initiatives does ICA deploy to...

What are the key issues in capacity building facing organisations such as FIG, and how are they handled? What are the capacity-building initiatives currently spearheaded by FIG, and how might...