The 11th annual Intergeo conference and trade fair was held at the Messe Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from Tuesday 4 October to Thursday 6 October. Under...

Topcon Europe Positioning BV (The Netherlands) has announced several promotions to strengthen its organisation and support its growth plan. Ulrich Hermanski has been promoted to European senior sales and marketing...

On Deformation Measurements and Analysis/3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering A joint meeting of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Commission 6, Working Group 6.1 on...

3D laser scanning is a powerful measurement technology for obtaining 3D coordinates of object points at a speed of up to 5,000 points per second. But surveyors see lack of...

Sales of terrestrial 3D laser scanners topped US$ 44.8 million in 2004, according to Star Point's latest estimate – a growth of 65% over the year before. Participants in the...

The Intergeo congress and trade-fair has now been held a dozen times and the event once again this year demonstrated an exceptionally flourishing geomatics business. Geomatics is all about improving...

Applanix (Canada) has launched its POS LV 200 system (Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles). The system is intended for upgrading survey vehicles that already incorporate GPS and DMI...

I was in San Diego, California from 5th to 11th August, at the ESRI International User Conference (see review in this issue). Since the conference takes place every year at...

In Austria many manmade objects such as roads and buildings are vulnerable to landslides caused by heavy rainstorms. These result from climate change and changes in geological structure. Using GIS,...

The 3rd DiMENSIon Conference was held in Paris on 28th and 29th October 2004. This was an event related to 3D scanning, bringing together users of the Trimble 3D scanning...