Sokkia (KS, USA) has announced the GSR2700 RS, its new GPS reference station. The station includes a dual-frequency GPS receiver, a Pentium-based PC with 80GB hard drive, and a 19”...

Based in Beijing, China, SinoMaps Press, the largest and oldest map publisher in the country, this year in December celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The press produces 90% of China’s total...

Topcon (The Netherlands) has released the FC-2000, a rugged Windows CE field computer designed specifically for surveying applications. The new model will replace the FC-1000. It features a full-colour 320x240...

The Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) has selected Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) as its standard photogrammetric application. JUPEM employs Leica products throughout its entire data production chain, operating...

Laser Atlanta (GA, USA), a developer and provider of laser optics technology and measuring systems, launched new hardware and software products for its Advantage line. These include a new smaller...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has introduced SmartStation, the newest member of its TPS1200 product family, offering high-performance total station with fully integrated GPS functionality. All existing TPS1200 instruments can be easily...

SCP (Germany) announced version 7.1 of its large-format colour copy software Colorado. New features include a 3-button mode for VIDAR and Contex scanners. In addition, the product supports the Colortrac...

Based in Beijing, China, SinoMaps Press, the largest and oldest map publisher in the country, this year in December celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The press produces 90% of China’s total...

In Lombardy (Italy) one has started a project on risk-assessment of buildings of historical-architectural importance. For this purpose a Building Information System (BIS) has been created, based on archived and...

Traditional methods of information management are hard to use in the planning process of problematic urban areas such as squatter settlements. GIS provides the capability for dynamic query and analysis,...