QuickBird imagery offers the highest spatial resolution so far available from a commercial satellite. Resolutions as low as 60cm, combined with high positioning accuracy, make it well suited for mapping...

The internationally supported African initiative Africa Reference Framework project (AFREF) aims at using GNSS to unify the coordinate reference systems within Africa to produce a uniform and consistent coordinate system...

Plans for a new national, high-quality spatial address infrastructure building are announced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Ordnance Survey and the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (PA, USA) has announced BE Careers Network, an upgrade to its former Bentley Education Network (BEN) that focuses on increasing the number of students entering the architectural,...

Geo-3D is releasing a new version of the Trident-3D Analyst software. The software version 3.1 includes the following features: 'Pavement Line' tool, ideal to easily create centreline files direct SHP...

The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

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...

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...

The first impulse when you meet someone poor or suffering whilst you yourself are prosperous is to give bits and pieces, usually in the abstract form of coins or bank...