The State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) QuickBird satellite imagery for forest inventory management, practice assessments and health and disease assessments. The DNR...

Sometimes, it’s all about where you are on this world instead of who or what you are. At least, as far as it goes for danger from natural disasters. The...

The XIth biannual Latin American Remote Sensing Symposium (SELPER) was held at the Diego Portales Convention Center, Santiago, Chile, 22–26 November 2004. About 150 professionals from nearly all continents attended...

Who hasn’t heard or even used that famous saying, credited to a Chinese philosopher. It makes eminent sense, doesn’t it? We all intuitively agree how difficult it is to adequately...

Developing countries still have a need for mapping systems that are low-cost, simple to operate by local operators, fast in production and yet meet the needs of the application. A...

NAVTEQ Corporation (IL, USA) has reported that for the third quarter ended 26th September 2004 revenue increased to US$ 97.8 million, 37% over the third quarter of 2003. For the...

The Norwegian Space Centre has pre-purchased US$ 2.8 million worth of Canadian RADARSAT-1 data and products for the 2004-2006 period, extending the RADARSAT-2 agreement worth US$ 10 million signed in...

Colortrac (UK) has launched the Smart LF, a large-format document scanner for professional and corporate users in any size of enterprise. It uses digital imaging technology, Contact Image Sensors (CIS)...

Who hasn’t heard or even used that famous saying, credited to a Chinese philosopher. It makes eminent sense, doesn’t it? We all intuitively agree how difficult it is to adequately...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French National Space Centre (CNES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to proceed with the development and implementation of the joint...