The FIG Working Week 2005 and the 8th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure were held in the Egyptian metropolis of Cairo from 16th to 21st April 2005. This...

The first impulse when you meet someone poor or suffering whilst you yourself are prosperous is to give bits and pieces, usually in the abstract form of coins or bank...

There are professions in our society that are almost invisible. Mine certainly isn’t one of them. Publishers know how to make use of the media to show the world what...

Airborne 1 Corporation (CA, USA) has announced the company’s third annual TerraScan User Event. This informative week-long training session for both beginners and intermediate users of Terrasolid products will be...

The area of agricultural fields within the European Union (EU) are checked against claims to ensure that farmers receive the right amount of subsidies. This measure, stemming from EU Common...

The real-time GPS Network implementation project, which was launched by the decision of the High Council of the French Order of Chartered Surveyors in April 2003, is entering its rollout...

Thales (CA, USA) has introduced ProMark3. With ProMark3 surveyors can reduce their field data collection time by up to 33% over competitive offerings. ProMark3 also offers both centimetre accuracy in...

The High-Definition Surveying Division of Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced the full commercial release of Cyclone 5.3 software. Cyclone 5.3 streamlines workflows for creating as-built and topographic survey deliverables...

In many countries land administration is in a very bad way. In large areas of the world land administration systems are conspicuous by their absence. Where they do exist, procedures...

In many countries land administration is in a very bad way. In large areas of the world land administration systems are conspicuous by their absence. Where they do exist, procedures...