Thailand will get its first nationwide GIS by the end of the year, which will provide a detailed digital map of the country's resources and allow for better management across...

Boeing (IL, USA) has entered into a license agreement with EarthMap Solutions, Inc. (CO, USA) to provide imagery products and services to the Agriculture and Land Management markets. The company...

The ESRI Survey and GIS Summit 2005 will now include engineering and engineering design tracks and presentations. The summit, taking place 23-26 July 2005, brings professionals together with the goal...

Pictometry International Corp. (NY, USA) has announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. (WA, USA). Under terms of the agreement, Pictometry will license existing and new...

Topcon (CA, USA) has welcomed Keith Raymer to its corporate staff as Software Sales Manager for the Survey and GPS Division. Topcon is committed to bringing premier products with advanced...

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...

Several years ago Navarre (Spain) implemented a Land Information System (SITNA) within its corporate Information System. Notwithstanding the success of this initiative there remains a lack of metadata, an issue...

How much of the data collected by planners is actually used in a plan-making exercise? "Very little," a planner will discreetly reply. Only 60% of data actually become input for...

Cadastral information is a fundamental layer in the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and many GIS systems use it as a base framework. The authors introduce an approach to improve and...

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...