Administrative reform within Europe has had a tremendous impact on land administration all over the continent. Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructures (GSDI) may bring further improvements. The authors review land policy, land...

The 4th International Symposium on Digital Earth was held in Tokyo, Japan from 28th to 31st March 2005 (see review 'Digital Earth Facing Challenges' July 2005). The head of the...

The 4th International Symposium on Digital Earth was held in Tokyo, Japan from 28th to 31st March 2005 (see review 'Digital Earth Facing Challenges' July 2005). The head of the...

MapInfo Corporation (UK) has announced the appointment of Steve Broughton as group sales director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa); a specially created role reflecting the company's strategic response to...

As successor to the first GIS PLANET 98 conference, Planet 2005 took place in Estoril, the scenic beach resort on the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Lisbon, Portugal from 30th May...

Cadcorp (UK) has announced the availability of a new, low-cost digital mapping software product, Cadcorp Storm Tracker. Developed by Cadcorp to satisfy the requirements of insurance and re-insurance specialists and...

With the start of September, the summer holidays are behind us and we gradually readjust ourselves, hopefully restored, to our professional activities: back to normal. Many of us will have...

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...

ESRI (CA, USA) is providing GIS software and services support to organisations responding to Hurricane Katrina. Similar to ESRI’s efforts in responding to other emergencies including last year’s hurricane season,...

PASCO is a major remote sensing and GIS company in Asia. Director Dr Tadashi Sasagawa was interviewed on subjects covering present and future technological developments and the geographical expansion of...