A new ESRI Press book, Designing Geodatabases-Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling presents a compendium of best practices in geodatabase design based on ArcGIS. The book begins by outlining the...

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,...

The pan-European research platform EuroSDR (European Spatial Data Research) will host a forthcoming international conference on merging map data from different sources, especially the satellite-based GPS. The conference, “Achieving geometric...

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...

Writing a text or revising a spreadsheet and saving it...editing a map or digital photo and saving it…a seemingly unlimited amount of data, all stored inside the computer on the...

The Third Annual ESRI Survey and GIS Summit will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from 23–26 July 2005. The summit focuses on integrating...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) announced Ordnance Survey of Great Britain has purchased a Z/I Imaging Digital Modular Camera system. The DMC will extend Ordnance Survey's capabilities for...

The National Authority for Surveying and Cadastre in the Czech Republic issued a tender in April 2004 for the establishment of CZEPOS, a nation-wide network reference stations for RTK GPS....

It’s used in the supermarket. It’s used in logistic centres. Surveyors use it on the rod of their digital levels. It goes 'beep' and all kinds of data is recorded....