On 19th January 2006, ESA (France) and Galileo Industries have signed a €950 million contract. This contract marks one of the most important and strategic milestones for Europe and the...

In Finland between 2001 and 2005 a database was developed that includes a nation-wide cadastre as part of the Land Information System (LIS). No fewer than 87 parties were involved...

Intergraph Corporation (GA, USA) has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC and Texas Pacific Group in a transaction valued...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced its S6 Total Station, an advanced surveying instrument based on a new design platform. The S6 will be available in three configurations: Servo, Autolock and...

A new series of Modular GPS Receivers and additions to the Trimble family of Smart GPS Antenna are released by Trimble (CA, USA). The new product offering provides four levels...

A rotating laser emits one or more laser beams through its rotating aperture(s), thus generating a 360-degree level reference plane. This rotating beam can be detected using a laser receiver...

Fastrax Ltd. (Finland) has announced a distribution agreement with RUTRONIK Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH (Germany), one of Europe's leading broadband distributors for active, passive and electromechanical components in addition to displays...

Since the H5N1-virus ("birdflu") erupted in Asia in 2003, it has spread gradually all over the world. In total, more than 150 billion animals in poultry farms had to be...

In September 2005 Blom Group consolidated its already firm position on the Geographical Information (GI) market within Europe by entering into an exclusive licencing agreement with US-based Pictometry for 23...

The great strength of geomatics is that it enables us to place earth-related object data, geodata, within a spatial context. Maps and GIS are becoming increasingly important in properly planning,...