Pointfuse Unlocks ‘As Built’ Data for BIM
Pointfuse, a software provider that converts laser scan data – known as point clouds – into 3D models, has announced its integration with Autodesk’s BIM 360 project delivery platform, the first single project platform connecting design through construction. It has pioneered new techniques to rapidly process vast point …

This paper discusses ethics in the field of social responsibility, the relationship of professional ethics to professional malpractice, the new IESC code and its relationship to the existing FIG Statement of Ethical Principles and Model Code of Professional Conduct, and the issue of enforcement
Robert W Foster
Past president of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, …
Galileo ground segment keeps constellation on track
Galileo’s initial services have been running for more than 15 months now, and signals from the satellites in space are routinely serving users all across the world. The functioning of Galileo is dependent on a global network of ground stations.
The constellation in orbit is only one element …

Volume XIV, Issue 5, May 2018
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Information quality – A critical success factor
Anders Svensson
Package of approved ITU-R recommendations on RNSS systems
Nelson MALAGUTI
Robotization of precise levelling measurements
Veikko SAARANEN
Realization of a functional photorealistic 3D city geographic
information system
Njike CHIGBU, Maduabughichi OKEZIE, Veronica U. OKOYE
Geospatial land governance and
management
Madan Mohan
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According to the Survey of India website
(http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/news/view/103)
One may see the New Map Restriction Policy- 2017
for Sale, Publication and Distribution of Maps and Data
released by the Ministry of Defence, India
It states that “the renewal of the guidelines
is necessitated so as to bring them
in tune with the liberal economic regime
and to accommodate the technological changes…
However, is …