IONIC (Belgium) is to build an intranet/internet geo-portal for the Luxembourg National Department of Cadastral Information (ACT-LUX). This portal will incorporate OGC standards, including a transactional Web Feature Service. Users...

The Società Generale d’Informatica S.p.A. (SOGEI), a division of the Italian Ministry of Finance, has renewed and expanded its use of Xmarc. The contract renewal for approximately € 300,000 provides...

The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association (www.gsdi.org) is an inclusive organisation of organisations, agencies and individuals from around the world. The GSDI Association promotes international co-operation and collaboration in...

Blue Marble Geographics (ME, USA) announces version 6.2 of the Geographic Calculator software for coordinate conversion. This new version improves import and export of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The calculator can...

The next phase in GIS development on the internet should restore user freedom and give a fully comprehensive overview of geo-objects originating anywhere and containing all relevant information. It should...

NAVTEQ (IL, USA) has added five new attributes to its digital road maps: enhanced geometry accuracy, speed limit, special speed situation, variable speed signs and number of lanes. These new...

Disaster risks stem from sudden energy release in one of the three basic environmental compartments: air, water and land. Today risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery are of major...

Blue Marble Geographics (ME, USA) has released version 4.0 of its map display library GeoObjects, offering a 32-bit COM control for spatial data access, display and analysis, needed for developing...

MapInfo Corporation (NY, USA) has launched StreetPro Thailand, a street network database for the Kingdom of Thailand. The product fits the company’s Asia Pacific street database that extends over Australia,...

RMSI (CA, USA), a publisher and distributor of geographic information for the United States, has developed Universal Map: an exhaustive carto-graphy geo-database covering entire North America. The project, demanding technical...