Throughout history the physical and cultural environment has influenced location and distribution of settlements. One important question in archaeological research is what are the causal relationships between environmental factors on...

The ICA Commission on Mountain Cartography was established in 1999 to define the topics involved and promote methods and knowledge of mountain cartography among scientists and professionals in cartography and...

One significant focus of ICA work comes from the members of the ICA Commission on Marine Cartography. It has few members but they interact effectively with a number of other...

FIG Working Week 2005 and the 8th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure will be held in Cairo from 16th to 21st April 2005. The Organising Committee consists of...

The United Nations Development Program recently teamed with RMSI (India) to complete critical disaster risk assessment and a first-ever GIS base map for the island nation of Maldives. Maldives was...

Bentley is offering a new software environment for managing spatial data, saying "Unlike a GIS, which requires data to adhere to a strict relational data model, Geospatial Management gives spatial...

Bentley is offering a new software environment for managing spatial data, saying "Unlike a GIS, which requires data to adhere to a strict relational data model, Geospatial Management gives spatial...

In 1998 the Government of India Department of Science & Technology (DST) launched a National GPS Programme for Earthquake Hazard Assessment. The recent major earthquakes in the South East Asian...

NavCom Technology (CA, USA) has introduced an enhanced version of VueStar aerial survey solution combining its new StarPac utility software that facilitates better integration into pre-existing workflows. VueStar's complete global...

The reliability and quality of information services delivered by a Geo-Information (GI) provider determines its success on the market. So geo-information business should not be limited to acquiring, storing and...