Forest fires, illegal logging, rehabilitation of degraded land and watershed management are worldwide problems, monitoring being aided by modern technology including earth observation from space, image processing software, GIS and...

The International Cartographic Conference is organised to be held in A Coruña, Spain from 11 to 16 July. The International Cartographic Conference is a global event dedicated to Geographic Information,...

Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping, LLC (GA, USA) has announced the availability of Image Analysis for ArcGIS 9.0 and Stereo Analyst for ArcGIS 9.0. These image processing and stereo feature...

ORBIMAGE Inc. (VA, USA) has announced the appointment of several key positions to its worldwide sales and marketing organisation to lead the company's sales initiatives, business development opportunities and marketing...

ESRI (CA, USA) and its international distributors are supporting response to the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster by working with government agencies and disaster relief organisations to provide...

Google Inc. (CA, USA) has announced the launch of Google Earth, Google's new satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capability and Google search. Based...

ESRI (CA, USA) has announced significant additions to the data offered via ArcWeb Services. Highlights of the added data include premium imagery from GlobeXplorer, road network data from NAVTEQ, detailed...

Volunteers from ESRI-Thailand have been to Takua Pa district, the most damaged area in the country, to assist search teams and to analyse tsunami damage using geo-information technology. The most...

The Hungarian Border Guard has deployed a Command and Control System (BOGCOS) based on an Intergraph geospatial data management product. The system supports control operations both along the national boundary...

NASA scientists have developed a regional visualisation and monitoring system for Central America and the southern Mexican states designed to make NASA Earth observations and predictions freely and readily accessible...