Improved understanding of the amount of solar energy that could be gathered directly from roofs can support the complex task of transitioning existing low-density residential areas to renewable energi...

The vibe at Intergeo 2022 felt almost just the same as pre-pandemic times, and a wide range of innovative hardware and software solutions were on display. The geospatial industry is clearly back in bu...

What are the key challenges in establishing precise geodetic control networks? This is one of the most important tasks of geodesists and land surveyors, since geodetic control networks are essential f...

The digital twin concept has virtually exploded in recent years, but within the built environment the traditional term has long been ‘3D city model’. However, the digital twin is increasingly gain...

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...

In this exclusive interview, Nadine Alameh, CEO of OGC, reflects on three decades of GIS software and the importance of interoperability so that geoinformation can be used for the good of society. By ...

Which challenges were associated with deriving a digital twin to support constructional changes at a 100,000m² health clinic in Germany, and how were they overcome? Renovating existing buildings rema...

The International Organization for Migration is a heavy user of GIS data. Accessible, reliable and timely geospatial data is indispensable in its work in today’s fast-changing world, in which more t...

In which direction is the geospatial industry heading? Which core activities will companies focus on? How will the rapidly progressing technological advances shape the future? The recent edition of Hx...

The Tonga Eruption Seabed Mapping Project (TESMaP) is a collaborative mission to discover the undersea impacts of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcano. Using their coll...

The Earth sciences sector is rapidly adopting UAVs. These two studies have explored combining a gamma-ray spectrometer with a drone to map soil properties. In the Earth sciences sector, sensors for me...

The twelfth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was held from 1-5 August 2022 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA. ...

A project in Aotearoa/New Zealand is combining the use of high-quality DEMs from satellite photogrammetric mapping (SPM) with Lidar technologies to model hazards such as snow avalanches. The resulting...

Local indigenous youngsters in northern Colombia have mapped the boundaries and sacred sites of their village, Gunmaku in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, and the indigenous authorities are happy wit...