Bentley Systems, Incorporated (PA, USA) has announced the availability of Rendering With MicroStation, written by Jerry Flynn, the MicroStation visualisation expert, and published by the Bentley Institute Press. The book...

Founded in 1991, Jena-Optronik GmbH originates in the space department of Carl Zeiss Jena, Jenoptik and DASA (later part of today’s EADS). In 2005 Jenoptik AG took over all shares...

3D city models, as we know them today, originate from traditional city maps. The reconstruction of historical architecture using computer models not only relies on the traditional model maker’s art...

Leica Geosystems (Switerland) has announced the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of FieldDesigner Inc. of Montreal, Canada, for an undisclosed cash amount. FieldDesigner provides CAD-based software solutions for...

GeoTango (Canada) was selected by the Open GeoSpatial Consortium (OGC) as a participant to demonstrate its GlobeView software at the OGC Web Services–3 (OWS-3) technology demonstration held in Washington, D.C....

The fourth annual GML and Geo-Spatial Web Services Conference (formerly GML Days) took place in Vancouver, BC, Canada from 18th to 22nd July. The two days of workshops and the...

Toposcopy combines geo-referenced visualisation and close-range photogrammetry, using low-cost digital camera and CAD data. It has recently been successfully used to reconstruct a simulated traffic accident from video images. The...

The final releases of GeoNetwork & InterMap opensource version 2.0.0 for Desktop and Server installations are available. The Desktop version should make it really easy for people to set up...

In a world where everyone is constantly on the move, simulation and analysis of characteristics of the movement of objects is increasingly important, not only for behaviour forecast and policy/decision-making...

How much of the data collected by planners is actually used in a plan-making exercise? "Very little," a planner will discreetly reply. Only 60% of data actually become input for...