Some fifteen years ago I was president of The Netherlands Society for Photogrammetry. At that time there was some concern that photogrammetry was taught only at university and not at...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) has introduced the 3D photogrammetric Z/I Mouse to simplify digitising and data capture in stereo. With a radical ergonomic design, this mouse represents...

Northport Systems (Canada) has released FUGAWI Map of America, a new software program that brings USGS 1:100,000 scale topographic maps of the entire continental USA in a low-priced package. The...

The Belize Biodiversity Mapping Service (BBMS) is a prototype on-line GIS to discover biodiversity-related data using a visual (spatial) interface. The BBMS evolved out of a simple demonstration of internet...

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...

The Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security initiative (GMES) is setting up a number of services. Humanitarian aid is recognised as one of the main areas where GMES can...

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...

MapQuest Services (CO, USA), a provider of software to location-enable web and wireless applications, has introduced street-level mapping for major Latin American countries including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. The company...

The Department of Urban Services in Canberra (Australia) has bought DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) QuickBird satellite imagery from Sinclair Knight Merz, a DigitalGlobe business partner. The imagery serves the Australian Capital...

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...