Sometimes, it’s all about where you are on this world instead of who or what you are. At least, as far as it goes for danger from natural disasters. The...

Writing a text or revising a spreadsheet and saving it...editing a map or digital photo and saving it…a seemingly unlimited amount of data, all stored inside the computer on the...

After more than two years of development the first official release of the next generation implementation of GRASS has been published. The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to...

In Lombardy (Italy) one has started a project on risk-assessment of buildings of historical-architectural importance. For this purpose a Building Information System (BIS) has been created, based on archived and...

Traditional methods of information management are hard to use in the planning process of problematic urban areas such as squatter settlements. GIS provides the capability for dynamic query and analysis,...

The Respond project is intended to develop into a sustainable humanitarian aid service. By working in concert with other information providers, humanitarian organisations can quickly and easily access maps, satellite...

The CBERS Programme, a co-operative Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resources Satellites Programme with versatile cameras, has realised a vast success of the Brazilian data distribution policy that is leveraging research and business...

Excessive groundwater extraction is probably the main factor causing land subsidence in urban areas of Indonesia. Decreases in groundwater level may reach 15 metres a year. Monitoring of land subsidence...

The Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security initiative (GMES) is setting up a number of services. Humanitarian aid is recognised as one of the main areas where GMES can...

The ECOLAB 2004 Congress was held in Cayenne, French Guyana, from 30th November to 5th December with the objective of exchanging scientific progress on the management and conservation of Amazonian...