The theoretical basis of cartography is of fundamental importance. There are many conceptual issues involved in representing space, many of which are of interest to the ICA Commission on Theoretical...

This report covers the latest in a series of meetings on the use and applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space...

The Schools of Topography, Geodesy and Cartography (both civil and military) in Spain, Portugal and Ibero-America have traditionally been in charge of the training of specialists in capturing and visualising...

The XXIII Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) will be held in Munich, Germany from 8–13 October 2006. The congress will be hosted by the DVW – German...

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to welcome you to FIG Congress 2006, which concludes the German chairmanship of FIG from 2002 to 2006. It is in fact the second time...

Following exchanges that lasted for six months, negotiations on the Republic of Korea’s participation in Europe’s satellite radionavigation programme reached an approval. The agreement which paves the way for the...

The first international conference on Cartography and GIS took place at the ski-resort of Borovets in Bulgaria from 25th to 28th January 2006. The main goal was to introduce modern...

SBG, a Sweden-based privately owned company, designs and manufactures software and hardware for survey, design, and machine-control applications. Since its inception in 1970 the company has provided surveying tools for...

Topcon Europe Positioning (The Netherlands) appointed Mr. Laszlo Szentpeteri as the new Regional Sales Manager for South-East Europe. Mr. Szentpeteri is born and lives in Hungary. He has over 15...

ISPRS wants to expand its international role and to develop a presence in developing countries, says this month’s interviewee. Ian Dowman, president of ISPRS, the organisation that since April 2006...