News from the OSFACO project

News from the OSFACO project

The OSFACO project that aims to improve knowledge of past and present dynamics in terms of land use and land use change in several Central and Western African countries using spatial observation tools, has just published its newsletter n°10.  This newsletter includes more specifically the publication of the proceedings of the  Continue reading

7 June, Africa celebrates its borders

7 June, Africa celebrates its borders

African borders will be in the limelight this Friday, 7 June, on African Borders Day. The aim of this day, which will be observed in several countries throughout the continent, is to raise awareness among African Union member states and their populations of the political, economic and human stakes represented Continue reading

Coastal Erosion studies and mitigation

Coastal Erosion studies and mitigation

An international consortium of public agencies: the British Geological Survey (U.K.); IHCantabria (Spain) and Geological Survey Ireland (Ireland) and companies: ARGANS (U.K.); isardSAT (Spain); adwäisEO (Luxembourg); Arctus (Canada) and IGN FI (France) – led by ARGANS (UK), has won a major project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop Continue reading

TELECOMMUNICATION: a GIS to avoid white areas

TELECOMMUNICATION: a GIS to avoid white areas

The company grouping made up of IGN FI/ PROGRESYS/ INC has been selected to create an exhaustive list of localities throughout Gabon which will be entitled to receive the universal electronic communications service. The government of Gabon wishes to provide access to basic electronic communication services for people in geographically remote Continue reading

Benin now has an up-to-date national map

Benin now has an up-to-date national map

In October 2014 IGN FI was awarded a contract to carry out digital mapping of the entire country of Benin at a scale of 1:50,000. Apart from a very few exceptions, the cartography of Benin had never been updated since the country gained its independence. The project to update Benin’s national Continue reading