The Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) is the body responsible for Japan’s survey administration, and it conducts the basic surveys. The activities, goals and scope of the basic survey were laid...

On the eve of 2006 Galileo finally became tangible reality. Launched from Balkonur, Kazakhstan, atop a Soyuz-Fregat vehicle, the first Galileo-In-Orbit Validation Element (Giove A) was rocketed beyond Earth’s atmosphere...

Data on ocean species has been being sampled along US coastlines for some sixty years. To enable scientists requiring such data for a variety of investigations to retrieve it and...

The Annual International ESRI User Conference takes place from 7 to 11 August in San Diego, California, US. At the accompanying exhibition many companies from all over the world present...

Building upon a successful multinational enterprise contract signed four years ago, ESRI (CA, USA) and Shell International Exploration and Production (The Netherlands) have agreed to expand their relationship. The two...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) has introduced the 3D photogrammetric Z/I Mouse to simplify digitising and data capture in stereo. With a radical ergonomic design, this mouse represents...

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...

Avenza Systems Inc. (Canada) has announced that it will support HarrysMaps of Switzerland and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) project to re-map the city of...

TeleAtlas (NH, USA) and Shanghai ChangXiang (SIS), a Chinese specialist in information processing and digital mapping, announced the establishment of their joint venture partnership NaviAtlas and its approval by Chinese...

Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) offer oversize opportunities for monitoring and managing many facets of our vulnerable world. Particularly in developing countries,...