Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) has announced that the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) has purchased the company's Z/I Imaging DMC. The DMC will enable ICC, the official...

Jena-Optronik GmbH (Germany) has announces the new Jena Airborne Scanner JAS 150, a second generation digital sensor with enhanced flexibility and reliability. Developed for photogrammetry, mapping and remote sensing of...

Space-based imagery is being used to assess disaster areas and direct relief efforts in areas hit by the tsunamis on 26th December 2004. Canada's RADARSAT-1 satellite previously acquired over 70...

A NASA-funded study found that Greenland's largest outlet glacier, Jakobshavn Isbrae, has doubled its speed of ice flow between 1997 and 2003. The study used data from satellites and airborne...

The Belize Biodiversity Mapping Service (BBMS) is a prototype on-line GIS to discover biodiversity-related data using a visual (spatial) interface. The BBMS evolved out of a simple demonstration of internet...

HP (CA, USA) has unveiled a targeted program designed to simplify its structure, reduce costs and place greater focus on its customers. The company expects these actions to save US$...

The State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) QuickBird satellite imagery for forest inventory management, practice assessments and health and disease assessments. The DNR...

Matrox Graphics (Canada) has released its Millennium P650 PCIe 128 graphics card for dual-display. This 128Mb PCIe x16-compatible card provides two times more room for spreading out applications and is...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) announced it has certified the company's Z/I Imaging Digital Mapping Camera against the DO-160D aircraft standard. The DMC system is now certified for...

Forest fires, illegal logging, rehabilitation of degraded land and watershed management are worldwide problems, monitoring being aided by modern technology including earth observation from space, image processing software, GIS and...