Are you thinking about using drones for land administration projects, but don't know where to start? Read on for advice from our specialists. For our ‘Ask the Specialist&rsqu...

Lidar mapping based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) can generally be thought of as a close-range version of manned airborne laser scanning. In brief, low...

Atmos UAV recently announced the appointment of René Worms as its head of global sales. Worms, a well-known strategist and geospatial expert, will work on the international...

There have been rapid advancements in unmanned aerial systems over recent years, yet there is widespread consensus that we have still only seen a fraction of how unmanned aerial ve...

UAS (Unmanned Airborne Systems) are rapidly becoming a valuable source of data for inspection, surveillance, mapping and 3D modelling projects. Investment in the commercial UAS ind...

Three years ago, Ruud Knoops and his three business partners never dreamed that they would develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or ‘drone’) that could make the land...

Are photogrammetric point clouds superior to Lidar point clouds, or is it the other way around? To address this topic of ongoing debate, the authors of this article conducted a ter...

When disaster strikes, the courage and experience of rescue task forces is put to the test. They face heading into the unknown every time they enter a terrain during a rescue missi...

High mountains are attractive places for outdoor sports. However, sometimes they change from recreational areas into hazardous ones. All year round, falling rocks and landslides en...

Monitoring crop growth provides timely and reliable spatial information to farmers and decision-makers employed in precision agriculture. The authors of this article tested the usa...

The development of lightweight, survey-grade Lidar sensors has made it possible to equip unmanned aerial systems (UASs) with very precise laser scanners, thus opening up new possib...

This was the fourth year the UK Commercial UAV Show was held in the ExCeL Centre, London, UK, and for the first time, this year was moved from the month of October to 15-16 Novembe...

If vegetation comes into direct contact with power lines it can cause service disruption, not to mention fires or even electrocutions. To avoid such undesirable consequences, most...

'Smart cities' is a term increasingly being used within the geospatial industry, generating debate around how best to facilitate these connected, reactive environments as they gain...

3D mapping of roads, pipelines and other linear structures – often called corridors – is an important geomatics activity. Geodata acquisition technologies, which are in...