There is general agreement that spatial data is key to sustainable resource management and overall economic development. A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in turn provides the underlying foundation for accessing...

This year’s annual conference of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) took place from 7th to 11th March, with the theme ‘Geospatial Goes Global: From Your Neighbourhood...

Medical applications such as bedsore analysis often require 3D surface reconstruction of the human body. Major surface reconstruction techniques are based on mechanical digitizers, laser scanners and vision systems, including...

Availability of (geospatial) data in Africa always has, and still does represent a bottleneck. Poor communications infrastructure, lack of funds, price of geospatial data and a poor distribution network are...

Availability of (geospatial) data in Africa always has, and still does represent a bottleneck. Poor communications infrastructure, lack of funds, price of geospatial data and a poor distribution network are...

Prof. Dr John van Genderen, himself a leading western expert on geospatial developments in China, interviews Professor Dr ZHANG Jixian, acting president of the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping...

Prof. Dr John van Genderen, himself a leading western expert on geospatial developments in China, interviews Professor Dr ZHANG Jixian, acting president of the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping...

Topcon (CA, USA) now offers a GIS module for the latest version of TopSURV. Operators using Topcon’s survey-grade RTK GPS systems for conventional land survey tasks can now use the...

Topcon (CA, USA) announces the availability of a new field computer - the FC-2000. It features a 400 MHz Intel X-scale processor, Windows CE.NET operating system, and built-in 128 MB...

Layton Graphics, Inc. (GA, USA) has announced the latest release of MAP2PDF for Acrobat, version 2.1. The new version of MAP2PDF includes new features intended to make GeoPDF even more...