Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced its next generation of GPS receivers for GIS data collection and mapping, the GPS Pathfinder ProXH receiver. It is an integrated GPS receiver, antenna and...

IONIC (Belgium) has been chosen by Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen (KMS), the Danish National Survey and Cadastre to upgrade the actual 'Map Supply' web services with RedSpider Web. KMS will use...

Standards are of great interest to surveyors, both as professionals and as business people. Early and active engagement with the process of standardisation by professional bodies such as the International...

How much of the data collected by planners is actually used in a plan-making exercise? "Very little," a planner will discreetly reply. Only 60% of data actually become input for...

The new Pentax R-300X series has been released, offering improved performance and a higher specification. Improvements over current models include increased on-board memory, to 20,000 points, 40% reduction in initial...

ORBIMAGE (VA, USA) has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2004 and for the first nine months ending 30th September 2004. Total revenues in the 2004 periods...

A NASA-funded study found that Greenland's largest outlet glacier, Jakobshavn Isbrae, has doubled its speed of ice flow between 1997 and 2003. The study used data from satellites and airborne...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (MA, USA) has introduced a new trademark licensing fee structure that increases the value of membership for current members while making new membership more affordable. The...

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a contract to Space Imaging (CO, USA) to provide high-resolution IKONOS satellite imagery of Alaska for the USDA’s Natural Resources Inventory (NRI)...

Google Inc. (CA, USA) has announced the launch of Google Earth, Google's new satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capability and Google search. Based...