Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) is rejecting the bid by Hexagon of Sweden as it undervalues the company and materially reduces its growth and development prospects. A combination with Hexagon would...

The pan-European research platform EuroSDR (European Spatial Data Research) will host a forthcoming international conference on merging map data from different sources, especially the satellite-based GPS. The conference, “Achieving geometric...

An increase in trans-border property transactions within the European Union poses a demand for easy access to information belonging to the national land administrations of Member States. A common European...

Modelling is a well-proven and widely accepted engineering technique for controlling complex reality. Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose aid for graphical modelling. The author presents a use case...

Entitled <i>‘Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security’</i>, the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) was held for the first time in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 20-24 June...

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) (CO, USA) has announced that less then two weeks remain to submit paper abstracts for GITA’s Annual Conference 29, held at the Tampa...

The International Cartographic Conference is organised to be held in A Coruña, Spain from 11 to 16 July. The International Cartographic Conference is a global event dedicated to Geographic Information,...

ESRI (CA, USA) and its international distributors are supporting response to the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster by working with government agencies and disaster relief organisations to provide...

Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company, has extended its contract with RADARSAT International for the use of RADARSAT-1 data and services in support of its environmental program. The one-year extension is...

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...