We Have the Skills and Tools
Welcome to the first edition of a new year, with a refreshed layout and a renewed focus on how GIS can help people and organisations make informed decisions. We offer the tools, skills and data source...
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All Change Ahead, So Where’s the Prosecco?
A refreshed layout, a strong focus on new technology and applications for existing ones kick-start the new year. Welcome to 2017 and a refreshed Geomatics World. The first issue of the year is all abo...
The Power of Data
We are now over halfway through January and 2017 is probably in full swing for you. Ahead of you lies another year full of challenges, new technologies and both foreseen and unforeseen developments in...
GeoCom Grabs the Headlines
The AGI’s decision to change the format of the annual GeoCom conference from residential to a one day event with invited speakers seems to have worked. Several of the presentations were outstanding....
Sparks of Optimism
These days, watching the news, reading the newspaper or following social media doesn’t fill one with much joy about the state of the world’s economies, political stability and climate. At the risk...
Autonomous Cars are on a Long Road. Farming and Beer Come First!
An interesting and diverse issue that covers Smart, the prospects for autonomous vehicles, the Intergeo; and how some eschew 3D imagery and want real-world scale models. I have always believed that fu...
Brexit and Geospatial - Could it Spur Better Services?
The uncertainties created by the Brexit vote seem to have receded for the moment. The dire economic warnings that preceded the referendum have not happened (yet) and the UK seems to be enjoying not on...
Lawyers are Rubbing their Hands While We Worry About Tunnels!
We reflect on the lives of surveyors past, whether registered title really does protect you and just how much tunnel surveying has changed, or perhaps not. In this issue, we mark the passing of severa...
Watch out for the IoT and the Return of Vinyl
Writing in The Observer newspaper, John Naughton sounded a prophetic warning about the Internet of Things, the latest technology buzz to assail us. He cites one of those security systems that enables ...
Geoid Models or Tripods - Which is More Important?
What skills should we be teaching young surveyors? Why is addressing so important? Should we really disturb the beast that is the Land Registry? And how can we raise the levels of global tenure? In th...
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.