How much of the data collected by planners is actually used in a plan-making exercise? "Very little," a planner will discreetly reply. Only 60% of data actually become input for...

Natural disasters such as a hurricane in Florida have less short and long-term effect on local population and regional economies when compared to a similar disaster in Asia. The World...

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,...

Intergraph (Al, USA) along with Skyline Software System (VA, USA) announced they have signed a reseller agreement, which allows Intergraph to resell Skyline's TerraExplorer suite of products with its GeoMedia...

The National Authority for Surveying and Cadastre in the Czech Republic issued a tender in April 2004 for the establishment of CZEPOS, a nation-wide network reference stations for RTK GPS....

The High-Definition Surveying Division of Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced the full commercial release of Cyclone 5.3 software. Cyclone 5.3 streamlines workflows for creating as-built and topographic survey deliverables...

The degree of success of Land Administration projects in Asia varies. It is beneficial to take activities that have worked in one project and build them into others. Likewise, activities...

Request for Support for Surveyors The Surveyors' Institute of Sri Lanka has requested support from international surveyors' societies for survey professionals in Sri Lanka. Several members of the association lost...

FIG Working Week 2005 and the 8th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure will be held in Cairo from 16th to 21st April 2005. The Organising Committee consists of...

This report covers the latest in a series of meetings on the use and applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space...