China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has embarked on Digital China, an ambitious project listed in China's 10th five-year plan that aims to map the entire country digitally....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cadcorp (UK) has appointed Richard Rollins as marketing manager. Reporting to board member and sales and marketing director Martin McGarry, Mr Rollins takes on responsibility for Cadcorp’s global marketing strategy....

In the last quarter of 2004, Fugro (The Netherlands) completed the survey of more than 100,000 kilometres using their helicopter-based laser altimetry system FLI-MAP. The 100,000th kilometre was surveyed for...

The Spatial Information System (S.I.S) Group in Saudi Arabia has bought fourteen Thales (CA, USA) internet-enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Stations (iCGRS) fitted with choke ring antennas, and three Thales Z-Max...

The 2nd International Industrial Forum GeoForm+ - 2005 will take place at the Sokolniki Culture & Exhibition Centre in Moscow (Russia) from 14th to 17th March 2005. GeoForm+ subjects include...

In November last year China successfully put into orbit the third of its ZY-2 second transmitting-type remote sensing satellites. China launched the first and second ZY-2 satellites in September 2000...