How can the conceptual Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) be applied to different scenarios? The FIG book titled LADM in the Classroom provides examples, as well as guidance for using the book an...

The huge volume of geospatial data generated by mining surveyors typically remains underutilized. For today’s mines, flexibility, connectivity and data accessibility hold the key to the future. As t...

Using drone platforms and RGB images acquired with passive optical cameras, image-based UAV bathymetry is a cost-effective and accessible method of inspecting and surveying the seabed in shallow coast...

Few people have pushed the boundaries of spatial data, reality capture and 3D storytelling quite like Pete Kelsey. Throughout his career, he has helped archaeologists, engineers, documentary makers an...

In recent years, Topcon appeared to focus primarily on the construction and infrastructure industry – a domain in which the company’s equipment and solutions are essential for measuring, automatin...

We recently had the privilege to sit down with Prudence Xu, regional sales director at ComNav Technology, to hear more about his company’s vision on the evolving geospatial landscape. In this conver...

A remarkable digital heritage initiative recently took shape in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca: the high-precision 3D documentation of the Casino, a sophisticated early-twentieth-century landmark th...

When people think of geospatial technologies, they often imagine drones, sensors and smart maps, but rarely think about the underlying reference frames that provide reliability. Awareness of geodesy�...

The most recent edition of Intergeo – the world’s leading geospatial gathering – left no doubt that geoinformation has moved into the mainstream. What was once a specialist field now shapes soci...

In June 2025, Séverine Vernet was unanimously confirmed as the first permanent female president of the Conseil supérieur de l’Ordre des géomètres-experts (the national council of licensed survey...

As demand for comprehensive geospatial intelligence grows across sectors from agriculture and forestry to infrastructure management and urban planning, sensor fusion is emerging as the key enabler of ...

In this episode of Mapping the Conversations, host Dr. Valrie Grant is joined by Fernand Balé, Director of Côte d’Ivoire’s Center for Geospatial Information & Digital and former Co-Chair of the ...

Tropical rainforests are crucial yet vulnerable ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon and shelter remarkable biodiversity. Understanding how their structure responds to climate change and distu...

A new episode of Mapping the Conversations is live: Maximizing geospatial data integrity with Dr Justin Bennett. Host Valrie Grant and Dr Bennett dive into what makes geospatial systems not only smart...