Throughout history the physical and cultural environment has influenced location and distribution of settlements. One important question in archaeological research is what are the causal relationships between environmental factors on...

Early in 2002 the government of the autonomous region of Catalonia (Spain) began the IDEC project (SDI of Catalonia). The first year was devoted to general planning and preparation and...

This year’s Intergeo, to be held at the Exhibition Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany from 4th to 6th October, is expected to exceed all limits. With opening extended to three whole...

DM Solutions Group (Canada) and the University of Ottawa (Canada) have released a Tsunami Disaster Mapping Portal (DMapP). This interactive, internet-based infrastructure provides free access to current and historical spatial...

China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) has embarked on Digital China, an ambitious project listed in China's 10th five-year plan that aims to map the entire country digitally....

Leica Geosystems (Switserland) has released the new firmware version 2.10 for System 1200. This version further expands the functionality of the GRX1200 Series of GPS reference station receivers with a...

Intergraph Corporation (AL, USA) has announced that the company is realigning its organisational structure and streamlining its global operations from four to two divisions – Process, Power & Marine (PP&M)...

The internationally supported African initiative Africa Reference Framework project (AFREF) aims at using GNSS to unify the coordinate reference systems within Africa to produce a uniform and consistent coordinate system...

The ECOLAB 2004 Congress was held in Cayenne, French Guyana, from 30th November to 5th December with the objective of exchanging scientific progress on the management and conservation of Amazonian...

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...