The new Pentax R-300X series has been released, offering improved performance and a higher specification. Improvements over current models include increased on-board memory, to 20,000 points, 40% reduction in initial...

Autodesk (CA, USA) was added to the NASDAQ-100 index on 20th December 2004. The index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the New York...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (MA, USA) has introduced a new trademark licensing fee structure that increases the value of membership for current members while making new membership more affordable. The...

ORBIMAGE (VA, USA) has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2004 and for the first nine months ending 30th September 2004. Total revenues in the 2004 periods...

A NASA-funded study found that Greenland's largest outlet glacier, Jakobshavn Isbrae, has doubled its speed of ice flow between 1997 and 2003. The study used data from satellites and airborne...

Stora Enso (Finland) has released version 5.1 of its EnsoMOSAIC software for small- and medium-format aerial image ortho-rectification. The software also automatically ties image sets together that can contain thousands...

The Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security initiative (GMES) is setting up a number of services. Humanitarian aid is recognised as one of the main areas where GMES can...

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...

Topcon (The Netherlands) has unveiled the GPT-7000i, its first reflectorless total station incorporating digital imaging technology. The instrument is based on the standard GPT-7000, offering reflectorless measurements up to a...

The European Environment Agency (EEA), assisted by the European Space Agency Earth Observation Directorate, has published the Image2000 survey, a new virtual atlas that shows trends in the way Europeans...