GIS landslide-hazard maps are a common and useful tool for people involved in disaster management, spatial planning and disaster recovery, providing an image of the most susceptible areas and so...

The Queensland Spatial Excellence Award for Land Development and Planning was awarded to AAMHatch on Friday, 18 July 2008. The project, "Hong Kong 3D City Models with LiDAR", was commissioned...

The Terrain Mapping camera (TMC) on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully operated on 29th October, 2008 through a series of commands issued from the Spacecraft Control Centre of ISRO Telemetry,...

Whale sharks found along the Gujarat coast (India) will be put on satellite monitoring which will help scientists to understand their migratory patterns and other data of the fish. Experts...

Filling the low-lying Lute and Namak deserts of Iran with seawater may help solve the country’s age-old water problems, creating nearly 6,000 kilometres of shoreline and 160,000 square kilometres of...

Optech (Canada) has announced that its SHOALS coastal mapping system now includes seamless integrated processing of shallow water. This new capability significantly improves the post-processing workflow by enabling users to...

Tele Atlas has named Charles Cautley its new Senior Vice President of Operations. A member of Tele Atlas' senior management team, Cautley is responsible for all data sourcing, database production,...

NV5 is a global leader providing geospatial solutions, services, and software to solve mission critical challenges. From data acquisition to analytics to enterprise GIS solutions and software development, NV5 applies...

ESRI has launched a new user group specifically for its forestry and timberland management customers. The newly formed ESRI Forestry Group (EFG) will build opportunities for foresters to learn about...

The year 2010 will bring many changes to the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). On 1st January 2010 ITC joins the University of Twente (UT) as...