Disasters are of all ages. When they strike, more often than not they strike suddenly and ruthlessly. The damage disasters cause fills us with deep awe for the unimaginable forces...

NavCom Technology (CA, USA) has named Geo Info Strategies, based in Belgrade (Yugoslavia), its dealer to provide NavCom Technology GPS receivers and to integrate GPS sensors in GIS-oriented public safety...

On 9th September 2004, a 27-member Committee took charge of the implementation of the Geo-Information (GI) Policy and National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NGDI) in Nigeria. During the inauguration ceremony, the...

The IDB, the Inter-American Development Bank (DC, USA) has announced the approval of a US$ 3.5 million loan to the Bahamas. The project aims at strengthening the technical capacity of...

GeoAnalytics, Inc. (WI, USA) has signed a business partnership agreement with SAS Institute Inc. (NC, USA). GeoAnalytics offers management and technical consulting for enterprise systems, as well as web-based and...

Stora Enso (Finland) has released version 5.1 of its EnsoMOSAIC software for small- and medium-format aerial image ortho-rectification. The software also automatically ties image sets together that can contain thousands...

Sokkia (Japan) has delivered thirty SET530R reflectorless total stations for the construction of the new Bangkok International Airport, also known as Suvarnabhumi or Golden Land. The project encompasses approximately 32...

Some fifteen years ago I was president of The Netherlands Society for Photogrammetry. At that time there was some concern that photogrammetry was taught only at university and not at...

Some fifteen years ago I was president of The Netherlands Society for Photogrammetry. At that time there was some concern that photogrammetry was taught only at university and not at...

The Nature Conservancy, an international non-profit organisation, is using DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite imagery to assess biological diversity and conservation progress in several regions throughout the USA and elsewhere. Satellite imagery...