Inspire the younger generation!
Two initiatives aimed at encouraging young individuals to pursue a career in mapping and surveying are highlighted by Wim van Wegen in his latest column. He hopes that they will trigger other similar ...
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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 ...
Exiting the Highway to Climate Hell
“We are on a highway to climate hell,” said Antonio Guterres at COP27. So how can the geospatial industry help society to find the nearest exit? Despite certain people still denying that the world...
Please Look Down!
The US space agency NASA has successfully pushed the asteroid Dimorphos out of its original orbit in the universe, according to a recent announcement. The space rock was hit 11 million kilometres from...
Earth Overshoot Day
“If everybody lived like people in the Netherlands, we would need 3.6 Earths. It would take 7.3 Netherlands to regenerate everything the country’s residents demand from nature,” according to the...
The need to enthuse youngsters about surveying
The youngsters of today are the geospatial professionals of tomorrow, writes Wim van Wegen, which is why the industry urgently needs to increase its focus on the next generation. It was only after sev...
Heritage Mapping Takes Advantage of New Technology
The theme of this GW issue is the mapping of cultural features. This topic has been brought to public attention recently with the fire at Notre Dame, Paris. The French have a strong record of mapping ...
How Deep, and How Important, are the Oceans?
Oceans cover 71% of the surface of our planet and yet 95% of the ocean floor remains unmapped in detail. This in itself may not seem to be very important but when we realize that 40% of the world's po...
Artificial Intelligence Points the Way to a Bright Future
Our two themes for this issue are strongly linked: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education. As Andrew Coote and Owen Hawkins explain in their articles, AI is set to be crucial in extracting informa...
The Crucial Importance of Good Land Administration
The issue of land administration is topical for several reasons, writes Ian Dowman in the November/December 2018 edition of 'Geomatics World'. The publication regularly covers the latest work on land ...
Introduction
Every issue of GIM International is introduced to its worldwide readership by the publisher. It’s in this place that developments in the geomatics business, tools and techniques, hard- and software and more are put in the broader light of the outside world of economics and entrepreneurship. Regular and returning topics are for instance the geomatics business in upcoming regions, but also the importance of developing state-of-the art cadastre and land registration systems for the future welfare of citizens or the increasing application of new techniques like crowdsourcing and UAV’s.