Geology is about describing the various types of sediment that makes up our earth. The information is gathered using coring and drilling techniques from geotechnical surveying and often combined with geophysical surveying and seismic techniques to obtain a complete image of not only the type of material but also its distribution. 

Geological surveys perform an important role in construction and engineering and land and water management but also in farming and conservation and mining & energy to determine the correct type of bottom. 

InSAR used to create ground stability maps

InSAR used to create ground stability maps

In a groundbreaking revolution, modern InSAR is now used by a range of industries concerned with ground or structural stability. So what are the key aspects of InSAR technology? And how can it be used...

Autonomously Detecting Fast Movements

Autonomously Detecting Fast Movements

Diverse environmental effects, climatic changes and human alterations of the ecosystems are deeply changing Earth’s surface processes and creating environmental challenges that researchers are strug...

Surveying in the land of fire and ice

Surveying in the land of fire and ice

Geodesists and surveyors in Iceland face considerable challenges due to the deformation effects of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and glaciers on the geodetic networks. This article provides insight ...

Yushu Earthquake Relief

Yushu Earthquake Relief

Space technology has been widely used for disaster management in China. As the decision-making support agency for Chinese disaster management, the National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC) h...

Land Subsidence in Urban Areas of Indonesia

Excessive groundwater extraction is probably the main factor causing land subsidence in urban areas of Indonesia. Decreases in groundwater level may reach 15 metres a year. Monitoring of land subsiden...

The Role of Geological Data in the Smart City Agenda

The Role of Geological Data in the Smart City Agenda

Advances in the use of GIS and 3D modelling software have meant that there is now a greater opportunity to develop geo-environmental information systems for urban development, argues Dr Katherine Roys...

Innovative Ways to Monitor Land Displacement

Innovative Ways to Monitor Land Displacement

When people think about landslides, they usually imagine large mud streams which cause considerable loss of life. Whereas such large-scale disasters are rare, smaller landslides are a much more freque...

GPS for Land Subsidence Monitoring

Excessive groundwater extraction in the Bandung Basin has led to rapid sinking of the water table and is hypothesised as the main cause of land subsidence. Periodical GPS surveys were conducted from F...

Handheld Mapping of One of Europe’s Largest Caves

Handheld Mapping of One of Europe’s Largest Caves

Geospatial mapping specialists and technology from GeoSLAM have been involved in a project to map the Lombrives cave in southern France. The Human Adaption Institute conducted a pioneering isolation e...

New Elevation for North America’s Highest Peak

New Elevation for North America’s Highest Peak

Surveyors, mappers, geodesists and other scientists, as well as climbers and mountaineers from around the world, have long held a curiosity to know the official elevation of Denali, the continent's h...

Under the Vulcano

A two-week field trip to Iceland – that was all they were told beforehand. After one year of studying at Delft University of Technology, MSc students headed towards this geodetically very interestin...

Indian GPS Programme for Earthquake Studies

In 1998 the Government of India Department of Science & Technology (DST) launched a National GPS Programme for Earthquake Hazard Assessment. The recent major earthquakes in the South East Asian region...