Fugro (The Netherlands) adds a new scanner to their LiDAR Airborne Survey fleet. The new fourth generation FLI-MAP 400 scanner is based on Fugro’s experience of LiDAR mapping and is...

Applanix (Canada) has announced two strategic appointments to its senior executive ranks. Effective 1st July, co-founder and President Dr. Blake Reid will assume the new role of executive vice president,...

‘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)...

Google Inc. (CA, USA) has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy...

Sokkia (Japan) has introduced a new series of reflectorless total stations, Series30RK. It features reflectorless RED-tech II EDM that provides reliable, long distance reflectorless measurement. The Class 3R laser models...

The European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) mission, as defined by the EU Council, is to support EU decision-making by providing information based on analysis of satellite and aerial imagery and...

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...

In many countries land administration is in a very bad way. In large areas of the world land administration systems are conspicuous by their absence. Where they do exist, procedures...

In many countries land administration is in a very bad way. In large areas of the world land administration systems are conspicuous by their absence. Where they do exist, procedures...

LizardTech (WA, USA) has released GeoExpress version 5.0, with MrSID image processing software. The new version includes image re-projection from one to another coordinate reference system. ‘Area of interest’ encoding...