The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) (VA, USA) has launched the Geospatial Intelligence Certificate Program to support the professional education needs of the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. Colleges and universities...

The ICA Commission on National and Regional Atlases has been in existence since 1985, reflecting the importance of such products in compiling, integrating, synthesising and presenting spatial information on major...

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) (AL, USA) and Intergraph Corp. have extended their long-standing relationship through a new executive appointment to the association's board of directors. Volker H....

Surveying/geomatics education programmes for the training of professional surveyors in Australia were introduced in each state in the second half of the twentieth century, replacing an articled pupil system that...

Michael Dowling has joined TerraGo Technologies (GA, USA) as vice president of finance and administration. Dowling will be responsible for managing the company's finance, human resources and administrative functions. Dowling...

Continuing Professional Education (CPD) is a hot topic, since new technologies are emerging almost daily, while knowledge rapidly ages. The internet provides new possibilities, enabling mid-career people to learn at...

“In the last forty years mapmaking, cartography, has changed more than in four hundred years before that,” Professor of Cartography Ferjan Ormeling told the Faculty of Geosciences at the University...

The ICA Commission on Mapping from Satellite Imagery is responsible for educating and informing the geospatial- data handling community about the link between the raw data captured from satellite imagery...

ESRI (CA, USA) has expanded its international operations with the opening of ESRI Asia. The new office will allow ESRI to better support its regional distributors, partners, and customers. Comments...

The surveying profession in Australasia is on the cusp of a ‘skills crisis’, there being far too few skilled personnel to fill the many jobs available. For some professionals this...