A 3D geological model has helped to save valuable time and millions of pounds in costs for the Crossrail 2 project, a proposed GBP30 billion railway line through 27km-long tunnels beneath London, UK (...

An increasing number of cities are creating 3D city models to support visualization and simulations in the urban planning process. The 3D city models are often extended with planned buildings. One way...

A mobile app has been developed to improve the success of cadastral survey implementation in Indonesia. The country has set itself ambitious land registration targets by 2025. The national cadastral s...

The International Cartographic Association and the United Nations recently published the book Mapping for a sustainable world. The objective was to inform those interested in visualizing SDG indicator...

Due to the region’s proneness to occasional wildfires, the Geomatics Division at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, has conducted research and project work around the theme of 3D reconstruct...

Accurate digital representations of cities are game changers in urban development. By enabling virtual modelling and smart simulations, they allow decision-makers to explore, test and assess the measu...

Read about this automated mobile laser scanning system developed for mining. It facilitates fast and precise measurements to produce a 3D model of the mine shaft for further analysis. Mine shafts are ...

The concept of the digital twin has been gaining significant momentum in the geospatial domain since 2016. Although there is some consensus on the basic features of a digital twin, some critical refle...

Despite the name, a self-driving car cannot actually drive itself. Most manufacturers of autonomous and driver-assisted cars are keen to use Lidar sensors to provide the necessary guidance during the ...

3D city models are used as the underlying base for smart cities before being combined with other smart technologies such as building sensors, traffic control, street lighting and other advanced tools....

In urban planning, there is a case for stronger connections between global and local (‘glocal’) issues, strategies and actions. How can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help local governme...

Read this interview with Topcon's Ulrich Hermanski for his views on the current status of the surveying profession, the key advances and the future role of surveyors. Since graduating in Geomatics Eng...

The arrival of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) has democratized the Lidar market forever. Everyday projects can be flown easier and faster, and sensors are getting lighter, more accura...

Direct utilization of dense, coloured point clouds in a virtual world is motivated by many reasons. The point clouds themselves are efficient to produce with 3D mapping methods. The immersive visualiz...

TLS and SfM photogrammetry have been used for the geodetic surveying and 3D mapping of the Ochtiná Aragonite Cave in Slovakia. This world-famous karst landscape of significant geological, geomorpholo...