In the third year of its Small Grants Program, the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association (VA, USA) received nearly 100 applications representing practitioners from around the globe. The grants...

Standards are set within Europe as a result of voluntary agreements between the 28 member countries via the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). After a five-year period of dormancy, the...

The continuing growth and exciting prospects facing the GIS industry were well reflected at the annual ESRI International User Conference held at the Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA...

ESRI (CA, USA) has announced that StreetMap Pro is now available. This new dataset provides high-quality display of commercial-level street data. StreetMap Pro is optimised for ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor,...

Many countries are working on a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) to create an efficient environment for accessing spatial data. One of the main components is the national clearinghouse. The...

This year’s Intergeo, to be held at the Exhibition Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany from 4th to 6th October, is expected to exceed all limits. With opening extended to three whole...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) now offers, at no cost, selected Landsat 4, 5 and 7 satellite data. Orthorectified Landsat data are available for free download from the Global Visualization...

A new version of the GIS Portal Toolkit is now available. According to ESRI (CA, USA), the developer of this software, the GIS Portal Toolkit 2.0.1 includes improved handling and...

The debate on Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) has reached a level of maturity that encourages reflection and facilitates evaluation of past experience. The author considers some emerging trends in the...

More than 25% of EU legislation has a tech-nical or scientific basis, and this trend is likely to continue as policies increasingly cut across several disciplines. JRC The mission of...