Around six hundred participants attended the fifth conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) held in Nairobi, Kenya from 17th to 22nd October 2004. The...

GeoDesy is part of Horváth Holding Group and is a privately held Hungarian company. It was founded when the state-owned Hungarian Optical Works was privatised in 1995. Its roots, however,...

The Geospatial Information and Technology Association (CO, USA) has published a white paper on use of its Geospatial Technology Report as a GIS benchmarking tool. The author is Jeffrey Myerson,...

The European Environment Agency (EEA), assisted by the European Space Agency Earth Observation Directorate, has published the Image2000 survey, a new virtual atlas that shows trends in the way Europeans...

A beam coming from the instrument. Aim it at a surface and push the button, and the distance is measured by laser. Reflectorless laser distance measurement, <i>I know what it...

Wehrli & Associates Inc., headquartered in Valhalla, New York was incorporated in 1991 with the aim of developing, manufacturing and selling photogrammetric instruments worldwide. It is a small, virtual company...

Developments in geo-technology move almost faster than a ray of light and as a consequence the daily work of a surveyor has been changing dramatically over recent years. Digitalisation of...

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...

The XIth biannual Latin American Remote Sensing Symposium (SELPER) was held at the Diego Portales Convention Center, Santiago, Chile, 22–26 November 2004. About 150 professionals from nearly all continents attended...

Disaster risks stem from sudden energy release in one of the three basic environmental compartments: air, water and land. Today risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery are of major...