To be honest, I had completely overlooked the link as well. And that doesn’t say much for me, a historian by trade. Okay, a few months as publication director with...

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (AL, USA) announced Ordnance Survey of Great Britain has purchased a Z/I Imaging Digital Modular Camera system. The DMC will extend Ordnance Survey's capabilities for...

Trimble (CA, USA) and UK-based Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited (CPS) have announced plans to jointly develop new products that will deliver Enhanced Global Positioning System (E-GPS) location for asynchronous networks...

The newly established Belize Biodiversity Mapping Service makes spatially-enabled biodiversity information available via a public website. Students, NGOs and government agencies are the primary users. For financial sustainability, the BBMS...

The tsunami in Asia has once again demonstrated that human beings are at risk at any time, anywhere. Disasters in highly populated environments are difficult to manage using only small-scale...

The land surveying and registration system in Namibia covers only part of the country. There is frustration at the slow pace of planning, survey and registration of land rights and...

The majority of the world’s population will soon live in urban rather than rural areas. Adding a spatial dimension to population estimates, a new study finds that as much as...

There is general agreement that spatial data is key to sustainable resource management and overall economic development. A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in turn provides the underlying foundation for accessing...

This year’s annual conference of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) took place from 7th to 11th March, with the theme ‘Geospatial Goes Global: From Your Neighbourhood...

GIS is a very useful tool in the planning of urban conservation. GIS includes integration of vector and raster data, geographical referencing, correction and spatial adjustment. GIS analysis tools and...