Topcon (CA, USA) has launched the 2005 Technology Roadshow series. Several Roadshows have already taken place and new events will continue through the summer and fall of this year. This...

Finnish organisations are first to use a new, truly on-line service for geographic data. The new on-demand geoservice is provided by the Finnish high-tech company Karttakone. The service is based...

PCI Geomatics' Geomatica software and training services are helping the Multinational Andean Project: Geoscience for Andean Communities (MAP:GAC) with disaster planning and prediction. The MAP:GAC project was established to provide...

In response to the increasing demand for reliable fixed GNSS reference station systems, Topcon (CA, USA) has introduced TopNET CORS, offering 24-hour satellite coverage with GPS+ for tracking of both...

Over past decades, as GIS grew from infancy to relative adulthood in the rest of the world Africa remained a white spot on the GIS map. Considering the size of...

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...

Space Imaging (CO, USA) has announced it will soon offer satellite ground station access and sell imagery from Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) newest satellite CARTOSAT-1 (P-5), which has been...

A growing number of European organisations have adopted or are planning to adopt open standards developed by internet, government, industry and international organisations. Organisations dependent on geospatial information are making...

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 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,...