As of 2005, the World Bank started to cooperate with the Russian federal government to fund the project of “Modernisation and technical reconstruction of RosHydroMet (Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology...

Intergraph Corporation (AL, USA) and TerraGo Technologies (GA, USA) have announced that versions of MAP2PDF have been jointly developed for Intergraph product lines, GeoMedia and Digital Cartographic Studio (DCS). In...

The third international conference on "Earth from Space" took place from 4th to 6th December in Moscow, Russia, with the theme "Most Effective Solutions". This meeting, accompanied by a small...

‘Knowledge and Action for the Earth’ is the theme of Intergeo 2006, the annual geodesy and geo-information conference and trade-fair organised in association with the German Association of Surveying (DVW)...

EADS Astrium (France) has reinforced its commitment to expand activities in Earth observation services by significantly strengthening its Infoterra group. The formation of Infoterra France, which integrates ISTAR and some...

The Ecosystems Atlas of South America and Antarctica is an educational programme for primary-school pupils. Software is distributed free to South American institutions that develop educational activities relating to the...

Intergraph Corporation (AL, USA) released ImageStation PixelPipe, an integrated solution for enterprise orthophoto production designed. PixelPipe provides a single seamless solution, from one vendor, for all aspects of orthophoto production,...

Start up Google Earth, zoom in on Africa, make sure you’ve ticked “borders” and you’ll see how surprisingly often national boundaries all over the continent correspond either with natural features...

With a history stretching back to 1831, the National Mapping Agency (NMA) of Belgium has always respected the scientific approach. In 2006 it underwent a complete restructuring of work processes...

The limitations of current 2D-GIS and 3D-Visualisation leads to the question of how to use GIScience technologies in handling emergencies in urban buildings and their immediate environment. Geospatial technologies have...