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...

A new laboratory method for verifying the accuracy of distance measuring solves the problem of having to mount reflectors outside the laboratory. The limited space of the laboratory is duplicated...

The majority of the world’s population will soon live in urban rather than rural areas. Adding a spatial dimension to population estimates, a new study finds that as much as...

One of the greatest problems facing mankind today is fulfilling the basic needs of an uncontrollably expanding world population without causing irreversible degradation to the environment. All over the world...

Approximately 21,000,000 properties exist in England and Wales, ranging from small houses with tiny gardens to large rural estates. Boundary disputes are relatively rare and involve an average of 100mm...

Over the last decade many cadastral agencies have made significant investments in hardware, software and in upgrading their data. New land information systems have been created and the story has...

Over the last decade many cadastral agencies have made significant investments in hardware, software and in upgrading their data. New land information systems have been created and the story has...

Autumn 2005 brings at least two major changes to Leica Geosystems. The company has been taken over; in mid-October Sweden-based Hexagon formally took ownership. In addition, Hans Hess has left...

Autumn 2005 brings at least two major changes to Leica Geosystems. The company has been taken over; in mid-October Sweden-based Hexagon formally took ownership. In addition, Hans Hess has left...

Modelling is a well-proven and widely accepted engineering technique for controlling complex reality. Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose aid for graphical modelling. The author presents a use case...