It is with deep regret that I announce the death of o.Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Karl Kraus, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, on 5th April 2006, following a heart attack...

NASA and university scientists are using space- and aircraft-based ‘remote-sensing’ technology to uncover remains of ancient Maya ruins in Central America, using the chemical signature of the civilization's ancient building...

Digital Norway is a collaboration that is playing an important role in implementation of the national spatial data infrastructure in Norway. At the root of the infrastructure is a national...

One of the main topics discussed at the Survey and GIS Summit preceding the ESRI User Conference 2006 (see my report in the October issue) was the reluctance of youngsters...

SCP Software Co. (Germany), a developer of software solutions for large-format scanning, copying, printing and print management, has appointed Mr. Michael Man Fuk Yee as sales director China. Starting immediately,...

President Magel made a visit to China from 23rd October to 3rd November 2006, where he was guest of Wuhan University and new Chinese member of FIG, CIREA in Beijing....

Collecting, processing, managing and distributing information and transforming it into relevant support for decision making constitutes the nerve system of society at local, regional, national and global scale. Of increasing...

ER Mapper (Australia) appointed Guy Perkins as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ER Mapper's global operations. Until recently, Mr Perkins was vice-president of ER Mapper Asia-Pacific. Mr Perkins replaces Stuart...

Between 1871 and 1930 executions and lynching were carried out in Alabama as forms of both official and unofficial social control. Such events often took place in counties not under...

Microsoft's MapPoint Business Unit was formed in 1995. The Virtual Earth platform was launched in 2005 as an integrated set of services combining imagery with mapping, location and search functionality....