Compared to the 2004 product survey on total stations, this new survey includes some newly introduced and some upgraded and/or restyled existent models. The expected total station integrated with GPS...

According to DaraTech (USA) worldwide GIS/geospatial revenue is forecast to reach US$3.6 billion in 2006, up from US$2.82 billion in 2004. This growth is driven by sales of commercial data...

On Deformation Measurements and Analysis/3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering A joint meeting of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Commission 6, Working Group 6.1 on...

GIS is coming of age! The biggest evidence for this is the vast majority of young people I saw strolling through the hallways and conference and exhibition rooms of the...

Map World Forum is being organised in Hyderabad, India from the 22nd to the 25th of January 2007. The Plenary Sessions – Geographic Information as Public Utility, Convergence and Geospatial...

More and more consumers are becoming familiar with products made by traditional manufacturers for the surveying, GPS and GIS world. High-end techniques of a few years ago are now available...

In GIM International December 2004 we published an earlier product survey on 3D terrestrial laser scanners. The successful use of laser-scanner systems depends not only on the characteristics of the...

Mobile mappers are a recent development and their introduction demonstrates the vitality of the surveying profession. A number of leading geomatics companies accepted our invitation to participate in this, the...

A digital photogrammetric system is defined by ISPRS as: hardware and software designed to derive photogrammetric products from digital imagery using manual and automated techniques. Today the trend is to...

The Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) has selected Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) as its standard photogrammetric application. JUPEM employs Leica products throughout its entire data production chain, operating...