This is an exciting time for cartography. The volume of available geographic information continues to increase, from diverse sources and providers each with their own characteristics and quirks. One of...

This product survey focuses on high-resolution, large-format scanners with colour depth of up to 48 bits for transferring large-format hardcopy images and maps to digital format. The resulting raster data...

A digital photogrammetric system is defined by ISPRS as: hardware and software designed to derive photogrammetric products from digital imagery using manual and automated techniques. Today the trend is to...

Tele Atlas (MA, USA) appointed Mark Steele to the newly-created position of chief operating officer, Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). In this role, Steele will be responsible for all...

Atlas for GIS and Surveying Systems Co. Ltd. is ESRI’s new distributor for GIS software in Iraq. Atlas’ persistence has begun to bear fruit with the recent announcement by the...

MapChart GmbH (Germany) has introduced a new interactive atlas based on the new MapChart WebPort technology for vector based web-mapping solutions. Geostatistical information from various regions of the world are...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (MD, USA) has issued a Request for Quotes/Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP) for the OGC Web Services, Phase 4 (OWS-4) Interoperability Initiative, a testbed to advance OGC's...

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...

National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization of India (NATMO) has chosen MAPublisher, a product of Avenza Systems (Canada) for their map creation needs. This Kolkata-based branch of the Indian government...

Amongst the awards instituted by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) is the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal. First awarded in 1980 to the ‘dean of European cartographers’ Prof. Imhof of Switzerland,...