On 9th September 2004, a 27-member Committee took charge of the implementation of the Geo-Information (GI) Policy and National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NGDI) in Nigeria. During the inauguration ceremony, the...

Two important articles, both from Canada, in the present issue of GIM International are on imaging radar. One article focuses on Canada’s second SAR earth observation satellite: RADARSAT-2. This satellite...

Fastrax Ltd. (Finland) has announced the latest versions of the Fastrax iSuite 3 SDK and iTrax03 GPS receiver firmware with numerous new features and updates that significantly improve GPS reception...

Intergraph Corporation (AL, USA) has announced that the company is realigning its organisational structure and streamlining its global operations from four to two divisions – Process, Power & Marine (PP&M)...

IDELIX Software Inc. (Canada) has announced that Christopher P. Haakon, a member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Transformation Advisory Group and former CEO and General Manager of Boeing Autometric...

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...

GeoVantage, Inc. (MA, USA) announced that John Prisco has joined the GeoVantage team as President and CEO. Mr. Prisco has more than 25 years of experience in senior management positions...

India is emerging as an important player in today’s global economy, particularly in the field of Information Technology (IT). Her base of highly skilled IT professionals attracts to her shores...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has released version 7 of LISCAD Surveying & Engineering Software. LISCAD, designed for Microsoft Windows, is a complete field-to-finish system which interfaces with all popular surveying instrument...

Intergraph Corporation (AL, USA) has announced its participation in a demonstration of interoperable emergency communications. On 29 March 2005, more than 80 state, local and federal organisations and more than...