The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

The database vendor Oracle Corporation has for a long time shown a strong interest in geospatial data storage. For a fuller picture of the spatial aspects of their latest product,...

Two important articles, both from Canada, in the present issue of GIM International are on imaging radar. One article focuses on Canada’s second SAR earth observation satellite: RADARSAT-2. This satellite...

In Lombardy (Italy) one has started a project on risk-assessment of buildings of historical-architectural importance. For this purpose a Building Information System (BIS) has been created, based on archived and...

Anomalies such as building-lean result from the processing of traditional orthorectified imagery and this limits its use in urban areas. However, the arrival of digital sensors has meant fully orthorectified...

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 11th annual Intergeo conference and trade fair was held at the Messe Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from Tuesday 4 October to Thursday 6 October. Under...

The future for the surveying professional is bright. This is one of my favourite adages, and one I have expressed in a variety of wordings many times over in the...

The second annual Intergeo-East for professionals from south-eastern Europe, especially the former countries of Yugoslavia, took place at Zagrebac¢ki velesajam (Zagreb Fair), Croatia from 7th to 9th March 2005. Zagreb...