Terrestrial 3D laser scanning will become the future standard tool for high-resolution 3D documentation of archaeological excavations, but its capabilities are still underestimated by professional archaeologists and providers of scanners...

The Second International Conference on Cartography and GIS took place in the Bulgarian ski resort of Borovets from 21st to 24th January 2008. The 130 participants from Europe, Africa and...

Exploration and preservation of Por-Bajin fortress, testimony to the former presence of ancient civilisation in the wildness of Siberia, is one of the largest-scale projects in modern archaeology. Combining terrestrial...

Cyprus University of Technology has selected ERDAS APOLLO to manage and deliver its vector and raster data for several National Offices in Cyprus. GEOINFORMATION S.A., the distributor of ERDAS in...

Digital heritage is a fast-moving field, with the nature of the technologies themselves dictating the culture of their usage and the type of people that can use them. These technologies...

Leica Geosystems announces three new laser scanning software products for scan data import, forensic scene mapping and modelling complex 3D surfaces. These products – Cyclone Importer, ForensicMap Pro and 3DReshaper...

The latest laser scanning and remote controlled aircraft technology are to be used to monitor glaciers where unstable slopes and rock falls are a continual threat. A Riegl LMS-Z620 long-range...

Keio University, Japan, is to be using SuperGIS Desktop 3 and SuperPad 3 for the research in Ethnology and Archaeology. The procurement is contributed by BIZWORKS, SuperGeo's reseller in Japan....

Rapid developments in GIS technology and its applications, and thus growing demand for geospatial data, encouraged a group of friends including geodesists, IT people and foresters to create an innovative,...

Nottingham’s architectural heritage is enjoying a new lease of life thanks to a University project to survey almost 450 caves located below the UK City. The survey project is being...