Sokkia (Europe) B.V. (The Netherlands) has announced the release of Mapsuite+ Version 3.0.1, a Windows based CAD program that has been developed especially for the surveying, mapping and civil engineering...

The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC) (MA, USA) has established a Risk and Crisis Management Working Group (RCM WG) to address the global need for better sharing of geospatial information...

CyberCity (Switzerland) has presented its interface to SOCET SET/SOCET GXP of BAE Systems. Using this software development, point clouds - photogrammetrically measured in SOCET SET as .gams files - can...

Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping, LLC (GA, USA) has announced the availability of Image Analysis for ArcGIS 9.0 and Stereo Analyst for ArcGIS 9.0. These image processing and stereo feature...

Forest fires, illegal logging, rehabilitation of degraded land and watershed management are worldwide problems, monitoring being aided by modern technology including earth observation from space, image processing software, GIS and...

For the past ten years, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 211, Geographic information/Geomatics has been working on standards development. It is now completing an initial set of...

The first permanent earth observation satellite, today known as Landsat 1, was launched 33 years ago. With a ground resolution of 80 metres, the Landsat Multispectral Scanner images provided an...

In 1980 Professor Ackermann founded INPHO GmbH as a spin-off from his institute at Stuttgart University. A quarter of a century later, the company looks like staying independent for another...

In 1980 Professor Ackermann founded INPHO GmbH as a spin-off from his institute at Stuttgart University. A quarter of a century later, the company looks like staying independent for another...

Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company, has extended its contract with RADARSAT International for the use of RADARSAT-1 data and services in support of its environmental program. The one-year extension is...