To ensure that it keeps its readers up to date with professional developments in all areas of geomatics GIM International has formed partnerships with several relevant international professional organisations. These are invited to share their news with readers in each issue of GIM International.
Partners
FIG
The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) is an international non-governmental organisation whose purpose it is to support international collaboration for progress in surveying in all fields and applications. FIG was founded in Paris in 1878.
FIG presents news, stories and other information on a dedicated monthly FIG Page in GIM International.
The International Cartographic Association (ICA) is the world authoritative body for cartography, the discipline dealing with conception, production, dissemination and study of maps. The ICA mission is to promote the discipline and profession of cartography within an international context.
ICA presents news, stories and other information on a dedicated monthly ICA Page in GIM International.
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) is an international NGO devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of knowledge, research, development and education in the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, their integration and application, to contribute to the well being of humanity and sustainability of the environment.
ISPRS presents news, stories and other information on a dedicated monthly ISPRS Page in GIM International.
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is an international non-profit, voluntary consensus standards organisation that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location-based services. Through member-driven consensus programmes OGC works with government, private industry and academia to create open and extensible software application programming interfaces for GIS and other mainstream technologies.
3sNews Media is an influential web media in the 3S (GIS, RS, GPS) industry of China, whose goal is to promote the change from academic to culture in the 3S industry. It focuses on reporting news and communicating developments and applications in 3S industry. The major products of 3sNews Media are the 3sNews website (www.3snews.net), the 3S Weekly (e-magazine) newsletter and the Media Lab, which provides marketing planning service for enterprise and other institution of 3S industry. The most popular product of the company is the 3sNews website at which you can find daily news, articles, comments, jobs, events, product surveys and more. 3sNews might be an advisable entrance for you to expand operations in China. For more information, please feel free to contact Ms Lulu (lulu@3sNews.net), Managing Planning.
MundoGEO Publishing House is the leader in publishing geotechnology news in Latin America, Portugal and Spain. The company publishes three magazines: InfoGEO and InfoGPS|GNSS in Portuguese and InfoGEO in Spanish, in addition to the multilingual MundoGEO Portal. MundoGEO is GEOBrasil Summit's official media support and is in charge of the technical programme of the event. The European Space Agency (ESA) chose MG, in association with three other international institutions, as the creator of the Galileo Information Center for Latin America.
