Cadastral information is a fundamental layer in the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and many GIS systems use it as a base framework. The authors introduce an approach to improve and...

The 2004 GIM International Product Survey on total stations (October issue, page 49) indicates how major manufacturers have begun to apply Bluetooth technology in their instruments. But what is Bluetooth?...

This year’s Intergeo, to be held at the Exhibition Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany from 4th to 6th October, is expected to exceed all limits. With opening extended to three whole...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced five surveying products as part of its new Connected Survey Site model—the Trimble GX 3D Laser Scanner; the Trimble R8 system with Global Navigation Satellite...

Looking through a telescope; sending and receiving electromagnetic waves through this telescope; taking pictures through this same telescope. And all through the same line-of-sight: co-axial. <i>I know what it is,...

Jack Dangermond, president and founder of the ESRI, is a very special man. Well-timed for his sixtieth birthday, he has received an honorary doctorate from the State University of New...

Land surveyors are experts in designing, building and managing the spatial component of land administration systems. In these times of fast changing and complex commodities markets, economic growth is driven...

Spectra Precision (CO, USA) has introduced a new suite of surveying products to address the conventional survey market. The Spectra Precision survey product line includes GPS, optical total stations, and...

Leica Geosystems (Switerland) has announced the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of FieldDesigner Inc. of Montreal, Canada, for an undisclosed cash amount. FieldDesigner provides CAD-based software solutions for...

"Welcome to the future!" This was how Topcon greeted Intergeo visitors to their stand. It was impossible to overlook. So what is so special about that future? And how is...