The CBERS Programme, a co-operative Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resources Satellites Programme with versatile cameras, has realised a vast success of the Brazilian data distribution policy that is leveraging research and business...

LizardTech (WA, USA) has released its Express Server ArcIMS 9.0 Integration Toolkit. The current version provides a performance improvement over previous versions and decreases the load on users’ ArcIMS services....

To monitor the environmental changes and find solutions in the vulnerable Sahel region, the AGRHYMET institute (AGRiculture, HYdrology and METorology) was established thirty years ago. AGRHYMET aims at collecting, processing...

GIS specialists in Africa are quickly seeing the horizon with respect to Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI); it is the bottom line that is proving elusive. Financial, budgeting and accounting measures...

In the city of Manica, a planning exercise based on the principles of participatory community planning is currently taking place in the Josina Machel neighbourhood. The city is one of...

PCI Geomatics (Canada) has renewed the current Eduserv Chest agreement for Geomatica software for three years. Under this agreement educational institutes in the UK and Ireland are able at low...

Sokkia (Japan) has allocated 8,200,000 new shares worth 2,009 million JPY (US$ 21.016,97) to the Japanese company Phoenix Capital, giving the company a 22.9% share in Sokkia. In fiscal year...

Laser-Scan has contributed to the OGC interoperability specification process since 1996, playing a significant role in test-bed programmes and OGC contributions to ISO TC211. Within the context of OGC, Laser-Scan...

Global Marketing Insights (OH, USA) has launched a comprehensive research study of international remote sensing markets for aerial and satellite data. The study follows a contract with the US National...

The newly established Belize Biodiversity Mapping Service makes spatially-enabled biodiversity information available via a public website. Students, NGOs and government agencies are the primary users. For financial sustainability, the BBMS...