The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

The Government of India on 19th May 2005 approved a radical New National Map Policy, ending decades of restrictive practise that had hampered geospatial development on the subcontinent (see Pinpoint...

The first impulse when you meet someone poor or suffering whilst you yourself are prosperous is to give bits and pieces, usually in the abstract form of coins or bank...

As successor to the first GIS PLANET 98 conference, Planet 2005 took place in Estoril, the scenic beach resort on the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Lisbon, Portugal from 30th May...

GIS and GPS offer enormous potential to improve existing methods of biodiversity surveying and monitoring, supporting sampling design, data collection, visualisation, analysis and data management. The author describes experience gained...

The Middle East, and in particular the Gulf area, has been undergoing a spectacular metamorphosis over the past three decades. Radical change, and the huge construction and other developmental activities...

With the start of September, the summer holidays are behind us and we gradually readjust ourselves, hopefully restored, to our professional activities: back to normal. Many of us will have...

Surveyors working on busy roads are constantly subjected to close misses from passing traffic; it can be worse. Helicopter photogrammetry is a survey technique designed to prevent fatalities. A complete,...

Last time I wrote it was to discuss the application of information theory to the creation of practical tools for defining sustainable development. Such tools are sorely needed by a...

Last time I wrote it was to discuss the application of information theory to the creation of practical tools for defining sustainable development. Such tools are sorely needed by a...