This issue of GIM International presents a Product Survey on Large-format Scanners. Scanners are essential for entering data in hardcopy format, such as maps and images, into the computer. But...

Special Forum Held at Aguascalientes, Mexico, 26-27 October 2004 This Special Forum on the Development of Land Information Policies for the Americas was based on a resolution adopted at the...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced its next generation of GPS receivers for GIS data collection and mapping, the GPS Pathfinder ProXH receiver. It is an integrated GPS receiver, antenna and...

Matrox Graphics Inc. (Canada) has announced the release of its new 64-bit SE drivers for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, for the Matrox Parhelia, Millennium P-Series, QID, and Millennium...

Thailand will get its first nationwide GIS by the end of the year, which will provide a detailed digital map of the country's resources and allow for better management across...

Carlson Software (KY, USA) has announced the latest release of Carlson Survey 2006 which is the standalone version that includes the AutoCAD oem version built at a special low price....

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (MA, USA) has announced that the OGC membership has adopted six OpenGIS Specifications. Each of the newly adopted specifications enhances the existing open body of...

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...

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...

NASA scientists confirm climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in the massive ice sheets covering both Greenland and Antarctica. "If the trends we're seeing continue and climate...