Article Archive

An extensive archive of all articles published on GIM International

Remote sensing for land administration

Remote sensing for land administration

From drones and satellites to airborne-based sensors and Lidar, advances in remote sensing and geospatial information science are driving the development of innovative methods for data acquisition, pr...

Spatial planning in the city of Zagreb

Spatial planning in the city of Zagreb

The city of Zagreb has been developing a semantic 3D city model since 2008. The city spatial planning sector was recognized as the main project user and developer, while more users were detected in th...

Lidar technology for scalable forest inventory

Lidar technology for scalable forest inventory

There is a critical need for rapid, rigorous, reproducible and scalable forest inventory tools to support data-driven policies and management practices in response to challenges including deforestatio...

Mapping the Catalan coast using airborne Lidar bathymetry

Mapping the Catalan coast using airborne Lidar bathymetry

As part of a Catalan government project to improve the management of its marine environment, ICGC cooperated with Field to use airborne Lidar bathymetry (ALB) to survey the Catalan coastal zone. The r...

Reality capture trends shaping an autonomous future

Reality capture trends shaping an autonomous future

Population growth, urbanization and rapid digitalization all represent global challenges, but they also offer opportunities for the geospatial industry, because reality capture technology is an essent...

Scanning and 3D modelling for efficient highway surveys

Scanning and 3D modelling for efficient highway surveys

Thanks to rapid improvements in aerial laser scanning systems, they offer great potential in road surveying compared with traditional photogrammetry-based methods. Using the high-density 3D point clou...

New mix of knowledge creates new competitive edge

New mix of knowledge creates new competitive edge

To find out more about the geomatics education situation across the globe, 'GIM International' spoke to several industry experts from academia around the world. Are the numbers of students in geomatic...

Uncovering the competitive advantages of aerial surveying

Uncovering the competitive advantages of aerial surveying

What are the primary technical differences between crewed and uncrewed aerial vehicles and satellites when it comes to capturing images of Earth? Where do they overlap, and where do they diverge? By c...

Where would the geospatial world be without circles?

Where would the geospatial world be without circles?

Do you ever stop to think about the ideas behind today’s geospatial technology? Many of them are thanks to methodologies and breakthroughs by our ancient counterparts, as this article explains. Th...

Supporting urban spaces with UAV mapping and 3D modelling

Supporting urban spaces with UAV mapping and 3D modelling

To explore the contribution of UAVs to the spatial mapping process in urban environments, a team from Greece studied the use of aerial imagery to achieve wide coverage of a predefined geometrical area...

Some human thoughts on artificial intelligence

Some human thoughts on artificial intelligence

As AI increasingly becomes a vital element in today's mapping solutions, Wim van Wegen ponders its transformative power for our industry, and the prospect of it evolving into artificial consciousness ...

The Surveyor 4.0

The Surveyor 4.0

Over the centuries, all four industrial revolutions have influenced surveying instruments and the profession as a whole. This article explores which different skills and capabilities surveyors are req...