Toposcopy combines geo-referenced visualisation and close-range photogrammetry, using low-cost digital camera and CAD data. It has recently been successfully used to reconstruct a simulated traffic accident from video images. The...

Google Earth has been mentioned at least once at every meeting or conference of GIS-related professionals I’ve attended over the past year. It was even briefly referred to during defence...

Last time I wrote it was to discuss the application of information theory to the creation of practical tools for defining sustainable development. Such tools are sorely needed by a...

Last time I wrote it was to discuss the application of information theory to the creation of practical tools for defining sustainable development. Such tools are sorely needed by a...

Early in 2002 the government of the autonomous region of Catalonia (Spain) began the IDEC project (SDI of Catalonia). The first year was devoted to general planning and preparation and...

In a world where everyone is constantly on the move, simulation and analysis of characteristics of the movement of objects is increasingly important, not only for behaviour forecast and policy/decision-making...

Autodesk Inc. (CA, USA) has announced new versions of its software portfolio, including more than 25 products that help its customers create, manage and share digital assets most effectively, to...

The 2004 GIM International Product Survey on total stations (October issue, page 49) indicates how major manufacturers have begun to apply Bluetooth technology in their instruments. But what is Bluetooth?...

SBG, a Sweden-based privately owned company, designs and manufactures software and hardware for survey, design, and machine-control applications. Since its inception in 1970 the company has provided surveying tools for...

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...