Medical applications such as bedsore analysis often require 3D surface reconstruction of the human body. Major surface reconstruction techniques are based on mechanical digitizers, laser scanners and vision systems, including...

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...

NIIRS10, Inc. (AL, USA) has announced that Martin Flood has joined the company as general manager of the company’s new Canadian office, located in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Flood will be...

Topcon (CA, USA) introduces the new GPT-3000LW to its line of survey instruments. The GPT-3000LW is the first in its class to combine long prismless measurements - up to 1,200...

NavCom Technology (CA, USA) has announced that Young, Stuart & Associate (South Africa) have been signed as a dealer, providing NavCom Technology's full line of GPS and wireless products throughout...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) has announced that the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) has purchased the company's Z/I Imaging DMC. The DMC will enable ICC, the official...

Leica Geosystems HDS (CA, USA) has announced that Joel Hurt, former president of laser scanner supplier Visi Image Corporation, has joined Leica Geosystems HDS as Sr. product manager for the...

Surveyors working on busy roads are constantly subjected to close misses from passing traffic; it can be worse. Helicopter photogrammetry is a survey technique designed to prevent fatalities. A complete,...

Leica Geosystems Ltd (UK) has won a contract to supply surveying equipment valued at £640,000 (US$ 1,206,604.61) to University of Nottingham’s Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG). The...

Applanix (Canada) has announced that the latest development in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology has been incorporated into its line of Position and Orientation System products. The low-noise, micromachined quartz components...