Mobile Mapping devices are a typical result of the on-going miniaturisation of instruments enabled by chip technology and electronics which result in small, handy, portable and accurate GPS tools that...

FIG founding member Consiglio Nazionale Geometri (CNG) held its 43rd National Congress at the famous top hotel Villa Igiea in Palermo from 17th to 22nd October. FIG president Prof. Holger...

This symposium, held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (WI), USA from 24th to 25th June 2005, was organised by FIG Commission 7 on Cadastre and Land Management. Land...

ORBIMAGE Holdings Inc. (VA, USA) has finalised the acquisition of substantially all of Space Imaging’s (CO, USA) assets. The combined company will now do business under the brand name GeoEye....

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (GA, USA) has announces three new product releases; ERDAS IMAGINE V9.0, LPS V9.0 and Leica Virtual Explorer. ERDAS IMAGINE V9.0 The latest version offers enhanced geospatial...

Tripod Data Systems (TDS) (OR, USA) has announced a low-cost version of its TDS Recon data collector. The new Recon NX series, which includes 200-MHz and 400-MHz models, meets the...

Mobile mappers are a recent development and their introduction demonstrates the vitality of the surveying profession. A number of leading geomatics companies accepted our invitation to participate in this, the...

This product survey focuses on high-resolution, large-format scanners with colour depth of up to 48 bits for transferring large-format hardcopy images and maps to digital format. The resulting raster data...

David Williams CEO and Jeremy Dunne CTO founded Laser Technology, Inc. (LTI) as a start-up company in 1985 in Littleton, Colorado, USA. It went public in 1993, then became a...

Is the moment coming when our GPS product survey will have to be renamed? Any new title should reflect the existence and use of GLONASS receivers, combined GLONASS/GPS receivers and...