All land administration organisations face similar challenges: they need to become less bureaucratic, simpler, cheaper and more transparent. Design and implementation of traditional approaches is so time-consuming that land laws...

Mapping Africa for Africa (MAFA) is a new initiative intended to accelerate the pace of geo-information activities in Africa and to be a catalyst for promoting the importance of geo-spatial...

The ICA Commission on Mountain Cartography was established in 1999 to define the topics involved and promote methods and knowledge of mountain cartography among scientists and professionals in cartography and...

On 30th November 2005 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Space Activities Commission (SAC) approval for launch of ‘Daichi’, Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) within a time window...

Cadcorp (UK) has announced the appointment of two new regional sales and business managers. Chris Holcroft has been appointed sales and business manager for the Asia Pacific region, covering the...

The European Commission has received the go-ahead to open negotiations with Ukraine on a 'co-operation agreement' relating to the development of Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system. The agreement would comprise...

Unique, near real-time satellite radar altimeter data on the recent Tsunami in South East Asia was captured and processed by the Faculty Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in...

The 9th annual International Conference and Exhibition Map India was held from 30th January to 1st February 2006 at Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi. Over 1,200 people from 29 countries participated...

Many countries in Africa are on the way towards having a formal, national strategy on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). Somalia, however, after fifteen years of civil strife, is lagging behind....

RADARSAT International (Canada) has announced that it has signed US$ 1.54 million in network station licensing and renewal agreements. New network stations include the Nato Undersea Research Centre (NURC) of...