Autumn 2005 brings at least two major changes to Leica Geosystems. The company has been taken over; in mid-October Sweden-based Hexagon formally took ownership. In addition, Hans Hess has left...

Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) is rejecting the bid by Hexagon of Sweden as it undervalues the company and materially reduces its growth and development prospects. A combination with Hexagon would...

Daratech Inc (MA, USA) forecasts that total GIS core-business revenue will top $2.02 billion in 2004, an increase of 9.7% over 2003. According to Daratech estimates, 2003 revenues reached US$...

Global Marketing Insights (OH, USA) has launched a comprehensive research study of international remote sensing markets for aerial and satellite data. The study follows a contract with the US National...

An integrated approach towards coastal zone management requires relevant, credible and reliable (geo-)data. However, the legends of geo-information covering coastal zones vary so much between the various European countries that...

IONIC (Belgium) has released RedSpider Web version 3.2, with support for both English and French. The product offers the functionality for building an interoperable Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) within an...

A new live training seminar from ESRI Virtual Campus, Introduction to ArcSDE, is designed for users who want to explore the features and best practices of ArcSDE. Attendees will learn...

In 1998 the GIS working group of the Geographical Institute of Bonn University started to work with the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification, which had just recently been adopted by OGC...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (MA, USA) has announced that the OGC membership has adopted six OpenGIS Specifications. Each of the newly adopted specifications enhances the existing open body of...

Topcon (CA, USA) announces the GPT-7000i Digital Imaging Total Station. Topcon's new DIM (Digital Imaging Measurement) technology enables the operator to view a real-time image of the target object on...