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The state of AI in today’s geospatial industry

The state of AI in today’s geospatial industry

The ongoing AI revolution, marked by rapid advances towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), is transforming the way we live and work. This is already having an impact in programming and general...

Addressing the most pressing African challenges with GeoAI

Addressing the most pressing African challenges with GeoAI

By transforming remote sensing data into actionable insights for sustainable development, geospatial AI (GeoAI) is rapidly emerging as a vital tool to address the mounting challenges and urgent needs ...

A global force of changemakers

A global force of changemakers

Providing that drones, data and AI are used both sustainably and responsibly, they can hold the key to solving many global challenges. This is the firm belief at WeRobotics, the steward of an internat...

Navigating the future of surveying

Navigating the future of surveying

From demographic changes and skills shortages to climate-driven land pressures, AI ethics and hydrography, the surveying profession is undergoing rapid transformation. GIM International spoke with Nic...

How AI is changing the role of the surveyor in AEC

How AI is changing the role of the surveyor in AEC

Trimble Dimensions 2025 provided a glimpse of not only how artificial intelligence and AI assistants will impact future geospatial workflows, but more importantly how these new tools and software solu...

Comparing semantic segmentation approaches to MLS point clouds

Comparing semantic segmentation approaches to MLS point clouds

The Santiago Urban Dataset (SUD) is a new, composite dataset merging handheld mobile laser scanning (HMLS) and mobile laser scanning (MLS) point clouds. With eight distinct classes, it has been develo...

How connected workflows optimize mining operations

How connected workflows optimize mining operations

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...

UAV photogrammetry for very-shallow-water mapping

UAV photogrammetry for very-shallow-water mapping

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...

Retelling the story with geospatial data

Retelling the story with geospatial data

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...

Re-embracing the geospatial discipline

Re-embracing the geospatial discipline

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...