The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC) (MA, USA) invites public comment on a candidate specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS Implementation Specification...

David Williams CEO and Jeremy Dunne CTO founded Laser Technology, Inc. (LTI) as a start-up company in 1985 in Littleton, Colorado, USA. It went public in 1993, then became a...

The FIG Working Week 2005 and the 8th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure were held in the Egyptian metropolis of Cairo from 16th to 21st April 2005. This...

MapInfo Corporation (NY, USA) has announced the availability of MapInfo Professional version 8.0. This version's new features include faster editing tools, new data creation and analytical capabilities, enhanced data access...

Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping, LLC (GA, USA) has announced the availability of IMAGINE Virtual Delivery. This new add-on product extends the capabilities of IMAGINE VirtualGIS across the Web, expanding...

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has launched the ASPRS Foundation, Inc., an independently registered entity that will raise, invest, and grant funds to the ASPRS Awards...

Map Asia 2005 is the 4th Annual Asian Conference and Exhibition in the field of geographic information technologies like GIS, GPS, Aerial Photography, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry. It will feature...

BAE Systems (CA, USA) has named Mark E. Sarojak sales director for the Americas, representing GXP, the company’s line of Geospatial eXploitation Products. Mr Sarojak will report to Dan London,...

The first International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM) was held at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands from 21st to 23rd March 2005. More than three hundred participants...

There are professions in our society that are almost invisible. Mine certainly isn’t one of them. Publishers know how to make use of the media to show the world what...