The Spanish NSDI, named IDEE for 'Infra-estructura de Datos Espaciales de España' (www.idee.es), is a SDI of SDIs following the decentralised structure of Spanish Government: national, regional and local. It...

As successor to the first GIS PLANET 98 conference, Planet 2005 took place in Estoril, the scenic beach resort on the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Lisbon, Portugal from 30th May...

Several years ago Navarre (Spain) implemented a Land Information System (SITNA) within its corporate Information System. Notwithstanding the success of this initiative there remains a lack of metadata, an issue...

Standards are set within Europe as a result of voluntary agreements between the 28 member countries via the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). After a five-year period of dormancy, the...

The Real World is the title of an MTV show in which a few young people are followed every day with a camera to register their daily life. Or at...

Jacobus Hendrik Albert (Jacques) Sipkes, a contributing editor with GIM International, passed away suddenly on 15 September 2005 after a brief illness. Jacques, born on 7 April 1946 in Heemstede,...

"Welcome to the future!" This was how Topcon greeted Intergeo visitors to their stand. It was impossible to overlook. So what is so special about that future? And how is...

"Welcome to the future!" This was how Topcon greeted Intergeo visitors to their stand. It was impossible to overlook. So what is so special about that future? And how is...

Current National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) activities clearly demonstrate the many ways in which SDIs reflect local political, institutional and cultural factors. In Great Britain, the Northern Ireland plan is...

Current National Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) activities clearly demonstrate the many ways in which SDIs reflect local political, institutional and cultural factors. In Great Britain, the Northern Ireland plan is...