Applanix (Canada) has announced that Wuhan University, one of the largest universities in China with a well established geomatics engineering facility, has purchased its POS AV 510. The university’s School...

t was probably Empress Maria-Theresia of Austria-Hungary herself who in 1763 ordered a survey of the Czech lands of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. It took her imperial surveyors, stemming from...

Applanix (Canada) has announced the launch of its POS AV 610 (Position and Orientation System - Airborne Vehicles), designed for direct georeferencing of airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and high-altitude...

Since March 2001 the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has operated the Online Positioning User Service (OPUS) to provide end-users with easy access to the US National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)....

In GIM International December 2004 we published an earlier product survey on 3D terrestrial laser scanners. The successful use of laser-scanner systems depends not only on the characteristics of the...

Avenza Systems Inc. (Canada) has announced Geographic Imager, a new plug-in suite for Adobe Photoshop that adds geospatial functionality to this powerful image editing program. Geographic Imager enhances the already...

Attitude System from Leica Geosystems which works with both Leica ADS40 digital imaging and Leica ALS50 airborne LIDAR sensors as well as being available as a standalone system for use...

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (GA, USA) has announces three new product releases; ERDAS IMAGINE V9.0, LPS V9.0 and Leica Virtual Explorer. ERDAS IMAGINE V9.0 The latest version offers enhanced geospatial...

This issue of GIM International provides an extensive product survey on digital aerial cameras. In support of the specifications provided by this product survey, this article presents additional information on...

With a history stretching back to 1831, the National Mapping Agency (NMA) of Belgium has always respected the scientific approach. In 2006 it underwent a complete restructuring of work processes...