Vexcel Corporation (CO, USA) has announced that it recently acquired the assets of Synoptics, a Netherlands-based remote sensing company and provider of satellite-based geo information and GIS. The acquisition makes...

NavCom Technology (CA, USA) has announced that Espatial Resources (ESR) have been signed as a dealer, providing NavCom Technology's GIS and Remote Sensing Solutions for Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia and...

ER Mapper (Australia) has appointed SuperMap its Master Distributor for China. SuperMap is a GIS software provider in China. SuperMap is the first GIS Company to qualify for the ISO...

The XI International GEA 2005 Fair will be held in Poznan, Poland from 15 till 17 September 2005. The highlights are: Spatial Information Systems (GIS): Systems of geographic information for...

Harris Corporation (FL, USA) has announced that its OS/COMET-based Satellite Control Center is being used to operate DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite. DigitialGlobe operates a commercial satellite remote sensing system that includes...

PCI Geomatics (Canada) has announced the creation of the PCI Geomatics Centre of Excellence at Boston University's Centre for Remote Sensing. The Centre of Excellence will focus on several themes,...

The 12th Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium (SBSR) was held in the Convention Center, Goiânia, Goiás State Capital from 17th to 21st April 2005. This was the biggest symposium since the...

The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

Receiver position is calculated from the position of satellites and the distances to them. Distance is calculated from the time a radio signal travels between satellite and receiver. But how...