DM Solutions Group Inc. (Canada) introduced a new addition to their line of data products, Maps for MapServer - Global Edition. This packages provide a cost effective means of instantly...

Rotterdam is Europe’s largest logistical and industrial hub and its port is the gateway to a European market of 450 million consumers. It is accessed by five competing modes: road,...

With a rich history of locally funded land records and GIS data development, Wisconsin has a pressing need for interoperable technologies for cataloguing and integrating both data and efforts. The...

The symposium Modern Technologies, Education and Professional Practice in Geodesy and Related Fields will be held in Sofia from 03-04 November 2005. The symposium is, amongst many others, organised by:...

In the March issue of GIM International we started a series on Developments in Geomatics Education, to be continued over forthcoming issues. One interesting topic here is the background of...

In 2005 ITC (International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation) Enschede, the Netherlands, became an associated institution of the United Nations University (UNU) in a co-operation focused on disaster...

Tele Atlas (Belgium) has established a new company, Tele Atlas RUS. With headquarters in Moscow, Tele Atlas RUS will assume the databases and all activities of Navmaps, Russia's leading provider...

The Ecosystems Atlas of South America and Antarctica is an educational programme for primary-school pupils. Software is distributed free to South American institutions that develop educational activities relating to the...

Increasing use of geo-information in "smart phones" and PDAs has led to users being disorientated by map displays on small screens, while outdated maps, storage capacity and processing power further...

The theoretical basis of cartography is of fundamental importance. There are many conceptual issues involved in representing space, many of which are of interest to the ICA Commission on Theoretical...