Over recent years the geo-community has used advances in hardware, software and memory to develop software for visualising remotely sensed data. Its 3D nature and capability for integration with other...

In September 2005 Blom Group consolidated its already firm position on the Geographical Information (GI) market within Europe by entering into an exclusive licencing agreement with US-based Pictometry for 23...

Clark Labs (MA, USA) released of the 15th version of the IDRISI GIS and Image Processing system--The Andes Edition. An addition to IDRISI with this release is the Land Change...

The March issue of GIM International carried the response of manufacturers of laser-scanning sensors and software to remarks made in the Insider’s View column on shortcomings of this technology in...

Application fields for spatial data are very broad and quality aspects are important because the usability of results depends upon them. In the international arena there is increasing attention for...

In a world where everyone is constantly on the move, simulation and analysis of characteristics of the movement of objects is increasingly important, not only for behaviour forecast and policy/decision-making...

The GRASS Development Team (Italy) has released GRASS GIS version 6.2.0. This new release adds hundreds of new features; support for the latest GIS data formats, and includes new translations...

To the user the terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) is a black box; measurement procedure and data processing are treated as classified. Vendor provided technical specifications are reliable but may be...

Disasters and hazards cause loss of life and property and create social and economic disruption. Exogenous (floods, drought, storms, landslides and avalanche), endogenous (volcanism and earthquakes) or anthropogenic (collapse of...

Year after year Intergeo demonstrates how exceptionally flourishing is the geo(infor)matics business. Geo(infor)matics is all about improving human understanding of the earth, enabling management and staff in both public and...