As society becomes more reliant on image-based information for the purposes of mobility many people are excluded precisely by the visual nature of these graphic representations. An important example is...

The Indonesian national cartographic report prepared by the National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (Bakosurtanal) and covering the period 2003 to 2005 was tabled at the ICA special General...

The V International Congress GEOMATICA 2006, Which will be held within the framework of INFORMATICA Convention, will focus in how Geomatics contributes for the development. Geographic dimensions of e-Government, disaster...

A new ESRI Press book, Designing Geodatabases-Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling presents a compendium of best practices in geodatabase design based on ArcGIS. The book begins by outlining the...

Disasters and hazards cause loss of life and property and create social and economic disruption. Exogenous (floods, drought, storms, landslides and avalanche), endogenous (volcanism and earthquakes) or anthropogenic (collapse of...

The 2nd International Industrial Forum GeoForm+ - 2005 will take place at the Sokolniki Culture & Exhibition Centre in Moscow (Russia) from 14th to 17th March 2005. GeoForm+ subjects include...

The ICA Executive Committee held a meeting in Mexico City in February 2005 at the invitation of the Pan American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH). This business meeting resul-ted...

Request for Support for Surveyors The Surveyors' Institute of Sri Lanka has requested support from international surveyors' societies for survey professionals in Sri Lanka. Several members of the association lost...

The International Cartographic Conference is organised to be held in A Coruña, Spain from 11 to 16 July. The International Cartographic Conference is a global event dedicated to Geographic Information,...

It will be no news to you, readers of GIM International, that there is a growing interest in use, users and usability within the realm of geo-information acquisition, processing, management...