"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...

The future for the surveying professional is bright. This is one of my favourite adages, and one I have expressed in a variety of wordings many times over in the...

Time is on our side. In many ways geomatics professionals are thriving these days. This issue of GIM International is already the last of the annual volume for 2005, and...

ESRI (CA, USA) has announces Brent A. Jones, PE, PLS, has joined ESRI as survey industry solutions manager. Jones comes to ESRI from James W. Sewall Company, where he was...

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...

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...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced the Trimble 5800 Limited GPS System for the North American market. The system combines a dual-frequency GPS receiver, antenna, UHF radio, and battery in a...

After recent discussions with the University of Exeter (UK), and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in November 2005, the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) (UK) agreed the accreditation of two...

Mobile Mapping devices are a typical result of the on-going miniaturisation of instruments enabled by chip technology and electronics which result in small, handy, portable and accurate GPS tools that...

One significant focus of ICA work comes from the members of the ICA Commission on Marine Cartography. It has few members but they interact effectively with a number of other...