FIG Working Week 2020: Make the World a Better Place

From 10 to 14 May 2020, surveyors and geo-experts will meet for the Working Week of FIG, the international federation for surveyors. The conference theme is 'Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management'. Key question: what does the future require o... (read more)

Simultaneous Capturing of Lidar and Imagery

3D BIM Models for Heritage Asset Management

How Geospatial Data Supports a Digital Railway Project

Downtown Dublin as a Lidar Point Cloud

Night-time Mobile Mapping of Road Surface Luminance

Latest Lidar News

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Revealing Chernobyl Radiation Hotspots with Lidar Technology

It’s been over three decades since reactor Number 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in th... (read more)

ILMF Keynote: Lidar In Exploring the Moon and Mars

The International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) has announced that Dr. Michael Zanetti, Planetary... (read more)

Featured Case Studies

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Low-cost 3D Scanning Solution for High-value Deliverables

Professionals across the architectural, engineering and construction disciplines have long understood the importance of visualisation in planning and... (read more)

How Matterport Helps to Optimise BIM Modelling in Revit

Aryn Bergman, lead engineer and founder of TL Circle, is frequently confronted with complex engineering projects requiring days of laborious, time-con... (read more)

News Update

Leica Geosystems Launches New MultiStation

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has unveiled the new Leica Nova MS60. According to the company, the MS60 MultiStation brings sensor fusion to the next level by combining upgraded faster 3D laser sc... (read more)

President Trump Signs Executive Order on Positioning, Navigation and Timing

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing a comprehensive national policy promoting the responsible use of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services by... (read more)

senseFly Receives Financial Funding Boost from Parrot

Blockchain – An Emerging Opportunity for Surveyors?

Geo Connect Asia Cancelled due to Coronavirus Concerns; New Dates Announced

Esri and Saint Louis University to Advance Geospatial Research and Innovation

Testing Areas for Drones Needed to Prevent ‘Bottleneck to Growth’

Aerial Photography Helps to Transform Policing in North Yorkshire

UAVs, an Important Tool in Nepal’s Land Sector

Industry Support for Geo Connect Asia 2020 Builds Momentum

Events

ISPRS 2020

14/06/2020 - 20/06/2020

Nice-Acropolis Congress and Exhibition Centre, Nice, FR

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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020

05/05/2020 - 07/05/2020

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, US

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Company Highlight

Shanghai e-Compass

Founded in 2005, Science & Technology Co., Ltd is located in Shanghai. The company is specialized in the surveying and GIS industry, integrating R&D, manufacturing and sales. Its main products include data acquisition and positioning equipment such as high-precision GNSS receivers, GIS data collectors, combined inertial navigation products, UAV positioning...

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SOUTH

With 30 years of rapid development, South Group is regarded as a dominant force in the global geoinformation society. One of its key roles is as a global supplier of total stations, electronic theodolites, GNSS receivers and all types of survey accessories. On the basis of large-scale manufacture of conventional...

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Columns

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The Incredible Potential of Land Administration

‘Development aid’ is an umbrella term that encompasses many types of financial support provided by governments to stimulate socioeconomic... (read more)

UAV-based Mapping: Safety First

While it is positive news for our industry that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) is continuing to increase, the rise... (read more)

Bringing BIM Down to Earth

‘BIM’ is a hot topic in the industry, receiving regular coverage at many conferences, seminars and webinars. A lot of companies predict th... (read more)

The Alluring Promise of 5G

Imagine a world in which high-speed internet is available everywhere, writes Wim van Wegen in his latest column. Perhaps you’ve just ticked skyd... (read more)

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