Entitled <i>‘Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security’</i>, the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) was held for the first time in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 20-24 June...

With the new release of TopoWorld 3D satellite imagery from Earthmate.com (ME, USA), users can unplug from the internet and map or GPS track on top of remotely sensed data,...

The fourth GML relay will be held at the Dutch Topographic Service in Emmen, The Netherlands on 26th January 2006. As explained exactly a year ago in GIM International, Geography...

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...

The 2004 GIM International Product Survey on total stations (October issue, page 49) indicates how major manufacturers have begun to apply Bluetooth technology in their instruments. But what is Bluetooth?...

Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced its next generation of GPS receivers for GIS data collection and mapping, the GPS Pathfinder ProXH receiver. It is an integrated GPS receiver, antenna and...

The debate on Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) has reached a level of maturity that encourages reflection and facilitates evaluation of past experience. The author considers some emerging trends in the...

IONIC (Belgium) has been chosen by Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen (KMS), the Danish National Survey and Cadastre to upgrade the actual 'Map Supply' web services with RedSpider Web. KMS will use...

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...

ORBIMAGE Inc. (VA, USA) has announced the appointment of several key positions to its worldwide sales and marketing organisation to lead the company's sales initiatives, business development opportunities and marketing...