Bentley is offering a new software environment for managing spatial data, saying "Unlike a GIS, which requires data to adhere to a strict relational data model, Geospatial Management gives spatial...

Colortrac (UK) has launched the Smart LF, a large-format document scanner for professional and corporate users in any size of enterprise. It uses digital imaging technology, Contact Image Sensors (CIS)...

Google Earth has been mentioned at least once at every meeting or conference of GIS-related professionals I’ve attended over the past year. It was even briefly referred to during defence...

Mega-cities suffer increasingly from manmade and natural disasters such as fire, collapse, poison-gas leak, bombing, and tsunami, leading to huge loss of life and assets on, above and below ground....

Racurs is privately owned company established from scratch in Moscow in 1993 without any start-up capital. The four founders, with backgrounds in the Russian defence industry and the Russian Academy...

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...

GE Energy (GA, USA) has developed the Smallworld Spatial Objects Manager (SOM) for Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) 4. This new geospatial multi-translator software product is the company’s latest addition to...

The V International Congress GEOMATICA 2006, Which will be held within the framework of INFORMATICA Convention, will focus in how Geomatics contributes for the development. Geographic dimensions of e-Government, disaster...

Cadcorp (UK) has announced the latest version of Cadcorp SIS Version 6.2. This latest version of Cadcorp SIS introduces new and enhanced features. Version 6.2 offers the ability to directly...

A growing number of European organisations have adopted or are planning to adopt open standards developed by internet, government, industry and international organisations. Organisations dependent on geospatial information are making...