The European Year of Rail brings attention to a number of topics important for improving the role of rail within the EU transport ecosystem. EGNOS and Galileo are an integral part of the Digital Rail ...

Rokubun has developed a fast and flexible cloud-based PPK engine, known as JASON, aimed at democratizing precise positioning in the GNSS market. Post-processed kinematic (PPK) GNSS has been a hot topi...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced the election of Patty Mims, Javier de la Torre and Prashant Shukle to its board of directors. The new appointments bring experience in defence & inte...

The cooperation between Schneider Digital and Xeometric/ Elitecad optimally combines the strength of 3D planning capabilities and stereoscopic graphic output. Three-dimensional modelling and design wi...

Topcon Positioning Group has launched its Magnet 7 suite of software for construction and survey professionals. Magnet 7 is designed to utilize the strength that cloud-based connectivity can play in s...

The first satellite of the Pléiades Neo constellation was safely delivered in orbit by Arianespace’s European launcher Vega, from French Guiana on 29 April. The constellation will comprise four ver...

Hexagon’s Geosystems division and Dutch company Cyclomedia are partnering in the latter’s mission to create a complete digital twin of the Netherlands. The Dutch use HxDR, Hexagon’s cloud-based ...

Is it possible to predict the mountains of the future? This stunning 3D animation shows the Somalaya Mountains – an enormous mountain range that does not yet exist, but will be formed when Somalia...

DJI recently introduced the P4 multispectral, a high-precision unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or ‘drone’) which exploits the integration of multispectral cameras to facilitate agricultural and envir...

The youngsters of today are the geospatial professionals of tomorrow, writes Wim van Wegen, which is why the industry urgently need to increase its focus on the next generation. It was only after seve...

The automatic detection, data extraction, 3D modelling and visualization of buildings in urban areas using remote sensing data is an essential task in various applications such as cadastre, urban and ...