NovAtel Inc. (Canada) and Hexagon AB (Sweden) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Hexagon has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of NovAtel for US$50 per share:...

As may be expected from a technology driven magazine, these pages are strewn with TLAs and FLAs (Three and Four Letter Abbreviations). A small selection drawn from recent bouquets includes...

Established in 1868 by Govert van Oord, Van Oord is today a conglomerate of Dutch dredging companies, lately best known as constructor of Palm Island, Dubai, the ‘Eighth Wonder of...

This July Beijing will welcome more than three thousand delegates from all over the world to the twenty-first ISPRS Congress. Whilst the whole nation anxiously prepares for the 2008 Olympics,...

WorldView-1 is now fully commissed, meets all its requirements, and is delivering imagery to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as part of the NextView program. Full Operating Capability (FOC) with...

Landgate, the Statutory Authority responsible for Western Australia’s land and property information, maintains the state’s official regis­ter of land ownership and survey information and is responsible for valuing its land...

Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems (Switzerland), has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the American company Allen Precision Equipment, Inc. Allen Precision is primarily...

When surveying the coastline, the integration of bathymetric (below sea level) and laser scanning (above sea level) data causes problems due to the different imaging properties. However, by ensuring that...

With the new Leica PowerDigger Excavator Guidance System, Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) presents its latest in a line of site proven guidance systems. Increased operator and machine productivity leading to reduced...

Ixsea (France) has released LANDINS, a land survey solution which provides position, heading, roll and pitch. It offers high-accuracy position and orientation data in real-time, even in tough environmental conditions....