The volumes of data needed for planning has made GIS an invaluable tool, now used for such purposes all over the world. Satellite images also provide rapid and up-to-date data...

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...

The 3rd Session of the World Urban Forum attracted some ten thousand participants from over a hundred countries to Vancouver, Canada between 18th and 23rd June 2006. This was more...

In November 2004 an Expert Group Meeting on Secure Land Tenure was held at UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The focus of this meeting was to discuss new legal frameworks...

In November 2004 an Expert Group Meeting on Secure Land Tenure was held at UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The focus of this meeting was to discuss new legal frameworks...

The Expert Group Meeting on Secure Tenure: ‘New legal frameworks and tools’, was held at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok from 8th to 9th December 2005. More than fifty...

MapInfo Corporation (NY, USA) has launched StreetPro Thailand, a street network database for the Kingdom of Thailand. The product fits the company’s Asia Pacific street database that extends over Australia,...

CycloMedia Technology BV is a privately owned company based in Waardenburg, The Netherlands. The company exploits an in-house developed camera system for capturing urbanised areas from the road. In January...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced the GeoXH handheld receiver, a GPS field computer to deliver subfoot (30cm) accuracy for GIS data collection and mapping. With the addition of an external...

DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) has appointed Jill Smith to the position of president and CEO. Smith comes to DigitalGlobe with a wealth of experience leading commercial technology companies in the Internet,...