The place: Cross River, Nigeria, the year: 1974.... Well before RTK, GPS, computers, GIS, total stations, laptops and all those other toys that make a surveyor’s life bearable nowadays. We...

Guenther Pichler joined ESRI as business development manager for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Group. Pichler has more than 22 years of experience in the GIS industry. In...

The board of directors of IDELIX Software Inc. appointed Philip Attfield as the company's new CEO. He will be operating from the IDELIX U.S. office. Mr. Attfield was a founder...

Admiralty Raster Charts covering the Singapore and Malacca Straits have been electronically customised by the UK Hydrographic Office for use in NATO exercise Multi National NCAGS Exercise 05. This took...

Safe Software will host its first FME Worldwide User Conference on September 21-22 in Vancouver (Canada). The conference will provide GIS professionals, database managers and FME users with an overview...

Applanix presents in its booth (C1-1537) Position and Orientation Systems (POS) for airborne, land, and marine surveying. Applanix will also introduce visitors to the latest POSTrack Flight Management System technology...

Imagine piloting a 398m container ship into port TODAY using an ENC updated with survey data collected YESTERDAY. Isn’t this order of turnaround time the ultimate dream of any ENC...

Elettra TLC, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia, has equipped their Cableship Teliri with the latest release of Makai's suite of submarine cable planning and installation software. The upgrade package included...

Navigational safety and political-economic considerations make it essential for port administrations and hydrographic services to have a prioritised survey programme. Finding criteria that reflect the importance of re-survey over a...

There is a global shortage of hydrographic surveyors. Vacancies and demands for personnel at sea mean surveyors are becoming the most wanted specialists in the offshore world. Institutes of hydrographic...