Model-based object recognition is a beautiful concept. From sensory input data such as imagery and laser point clouds, features are extracted, grouped and organised into constructs that may correspond to...

Model-based object recognition is a beautiful concept. From sensory input data such as imagery and laser point clouds, features are extracted, grouped and organised into constructs that may correspond to...

EarthData International (EarthData) is awarded of a US$16 million contract by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia to produce the first-ever high-resolution image and terrain maps of Papua New...

The Joint Laboratory for GeoInformation Science (JLGIS) of Hong Kong signed a two-year ENVISAT data reception and distribution agreement with MDA's Geospatial Services (Canada). Data from the ASAR (A Synthetic...

All land administration organisations face similar challenges: they need to become less bureaucratic, simpler, cheaper and more transparent. Design and implementation of traditional approaches is so time-consuming that land laws...

British satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed a landmark commercial satellite contract with BLMIT - marking the first attempt to commercialise the data services from Earth Observation...

Adverse weather and terrain conditions meant the Cano-Limon oil pipeline in Colombia had never been accurately mapped until orthorectified images and digital elevation models covering an area of 94,000km2 were...

QCoherent Software LLC (CO, USA) has released the LP360 version 1.2, Lidar extension for the ESRI ArcGIS environment. LP360 employs a specially-designed ArcMap data layer to access and draw Lidar...

In GIM International December 2004 we published an earlier product survey on 3D terrestrial laser scanners. The successful use of laser-scanner systems depends not only on the characteristics of the...

The GeoInformatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) of Thailand and Kim Geomatics Corporation (Canada) have signed a contract that will see Kim Geomatics providing advice on data polity and...