Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) (United Kingdom) has launched a new miniature remote 3D laser scanning system designed for rugged use in underground surveys has been launched, the Cavity Autoscanning Laser...

Sensor Systems (VA, USA), the developer of RemoteView geospatial processing software, has joined the Overwatch Systems (NJ, USA) group of companies. Effective 1st October Sensor Systems changed its name to...

Developing countries still have a need for mapping systems that are low-cost, simple to operate by local operators, fast in production and yet meet the needs of the application. A...

Traditional horizontal and vertical datum have two separate origins: respectively Earth’s centre of mass as origin for horizontal, and mean sea level (the geoid) as origin for vertical. The author...

The third Intergeo-East, organised by Intergeo (Germany) and the Serbian Geodetic Authority, took place from 22nd to 24th February 2006 in Belgrade. There were four hundred participants at the conference,...

The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

Jacobus Hendrik Albert (Jacques) Sipkes, a contributing editor with GIM International, passed away suddenly on 15 September 2005 after a brief illness. Jacques, born on 7 April 1946 in Heemstede,...

The 9th annual International Conference and Exhibition Map India was held from 30th January to 1st February 2006 at Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi. Over 1,200 people from 29 countries participated...

The annual Trimble Dimensions show was held from 6th to 8th November 2006 in the Convention Center at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. With the theme ‘Build Your Connected...