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Sensor fusion transforms aerial mapping

Sensor fusion transforms aerial mapping

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 ...

Lidar + Sonar = a revolution in seafloor mapping

Lidar + Sonar = a revolution in seafloor mapping

Beneath the sunlit waves of Florida lies an intricate underwater world that few have seen but many depend on. Through the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative, Woolpert and partners are capturing this ...

The place to see geospatial’s future

The place to see geospatial’s future

As our world continues to evolve during the Fourth Industrial Revolution, professional surveyors and geodesists find themselves at the centre of the movement. Much of our world has become geospatially...

Geospatial precision in the Stockholm Metro Expansion

Geospatial precision in the Stockholm Metro Expansion

One of Europe’s most ambitious infrastructure projects is currently taking shape beneath the streets and waterways of Sweden’s capital city. The Stockholm Metro Expansion will add more than 30km o...

Envisioning city digital twins in Indonesia

Envisioning city digital twins in Indonesia

City digital twins are emerging as essential tools for urban management worldwide, including in Indonesia. In collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning, the ...

Digital facade inspections take off

Digital facade inspections take off

Melbourne Airport’s recent facade condition assessment is redefining how large-scale infrastructure inspections are approached. Faced with complex operational constraints, Australia Pacific Airports...

DeltaDTM: mapping coastal terrain elevation

DeltaDTM: mapping coastal terrain elevation

A state-of-the-art global coastal digital terrain model (DTM) with a resolution of 1 arcsecond (~30m) has been created by researchers at Deltares and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands....

Who Owns Scotland: the fit-for-purpose rural land register

Who Owns Scotland: the fit-for-purpose rural land register

The Registers of Scotland (RoS), the nation’s land registration and cadastral agency, is responsible for the registration of land rights in Scotland. Since 1981, the agency has been incrementally re...