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...

Pictometry International Corp. (NY, USA) has announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp. (WA, USA). Under terms of the agreement, Pictometry will license existing and new...

Avenza Systems Inc. (Canada) has announced that it will support HarrysMaps of Switzerland and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) project to re-map the city of...

The mangroves of the Sunderban area in India are one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems in the world, and yet they are a threatened habitat. To formulate a...

Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping, LLC (GA, USA) has announced the availability of IMAGINE Virtual Delivery. This new add-on product extends the capabilities of IMAGINE VirtualGIS across the Web, expanding...

The Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) is the body responsible for Japan’s survey administration, and it conducts the basic surveys. The activities, goals and scope of the basic survey were laid...

Sanborn (CO, USA) has announced that the company has been selected to provide GIS topographic mapping services for Pima Association of Governments (PAG), a Arizona, USA-based coalition of local, state...

Aerodata Int. Surveys (Belgium) has announced the completion of aerial photography of the province of Zeeland (The Netherlands) with her own digital frame camera, the 90-megapixel Vexcel UltraCam-D, at 15cm...

BAE Systems (CA, USA) has released version 5.2 of its SOCET SET digital photogrammetric software application. The new version comprises a module for 3D-feature collection in ESRI’s ArcMap environment. In...

Topcon (CA, USA) has recently won a bid to supply UNAVCO, Inc. with 100 GB-1000 GPS+ receivers. Under a five-year contract, Topcon will also make GB-1000 receivers available to educational...