ESRI’s Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Nautical Solution 9.2 offers users a database-centric approach to produce and maintain high quality data for analysis and chart production making it easier...

Magellan has introduced the latest addition to its MobileMapper GIS and mapping line of products - the MobileMapper 6. A rugged, waterproof, handheld GPS/GIS receiver, the MobileMapper 6 fulfills the...

While Google Earth is the best known 3D web-mapping viewer currently in the public domain, there are alternative virtual globe viewers available. In particular, this article focuses on the NASA...

While Google Earth is the best known 3D web-mapping viewer currently in the public domain, there are alternative virtual globe viewers available. In particular, this article focuses on the NASA...

Safe Software has granted official "FME Certified" accreditation to FME experts from around the world. These individuals are the first to be formally assessed and recognised as part of a...

Jack Dangermond is the co-founder and president of ESRI, a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that is headquartered in Redlands (CA, USA). In 1969, he co-founded ESRI...

More than 700 educators, administrators, researchers, librarians, and museum professionals from more than 35 countries attended the ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC), from 2nd to 5th August 2008 in San...

One of most tragic aspects of the devastation caused by the 26 December 2004 tsunami is that many of the lives lost could have been spared, had warning systems and...

URISA is organising the 4th Caribbeean GIS Conference from 25 to 29 August 2008. The programme lists two special keynote speakers. On Wednesday 27th August David Maguire, the Chief Scientist...

Essays on Geography and GIS, the latest offering from the Best Practices series published by geographic information system (GIS) software developer ESRI, is a collection of essays written by many...