In 1980 Professor Ackermann founded INPHO GmbH as a spin-off from his institute at Stuttgart University. A quarter of a century later, the company looks like staying independent for another...

Leica Geosystems (CA, USA) has announced the release of its addition to the Leica CloudWorx family of products, Leica CloudWorx 1.0 for Intergraph SmartPlant Review. This software solution enables viewing,...

Leica Geosystems (CA, USA) and AVEVA (TX, USA) have jointly announced Leica CloudWorx for AVEVA PDMS. This new software application integrates with AVEVA’s Plant Design Management System (PDMS) to enable...

The first International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM) was held at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands from 21st to 23rd March 2005. More than three hundred participants...

PCI Geomatics (Canada) has announced the newest release of Geomatica 9, Version 9.1.7. Geomatica is PCI Geomatics’ image-centric geospatial software solution capable of handling both large- and small-scale geomatics projects....

INPHO (Germany) has announced the launch of a new version of DTM administration software, DTMaster V1.1.0. The software has been designed for checking, editing, visualisation and classification of 3D point...

The ILRIS-3D laser scanner was launched in 1999 as a measuring system for 3D-point cloud collection. In October 2004 Optech launched its second-generation, tripod-mounted laser scanner, the ILRIS-36D. But getting...

The High-Definition Surveying Division of Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced the full commercial release of Cyclone 5.3 software. Cyclone 5.3 streamlines workflows for creating as-built and topographic survey deliverables...

With the start of September, the summer holidays are behind us and we gradually readjust ourselves, hopefully restored, to our professional activities: back to normal. Many of us will have...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced five surveying products as part of its new Connected Survey Site model—the Trimble GX 3D Laser Scanner; the Trimble R8 system with Global Navigation Satellite...