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An increasing number of cities are creating 3D city models to support visualization and simulations in the urban planning process. The 3D city models are often extended with planned buildings. One way...

A mobile app has been developed to improve the success of cadastral survey implementation in Indonesia. The country has set itself ambitious land registration targets by 2025. The national cadastral s...

The International Cartographic Association and the United Nations recently published the book Mapping for a sustainable world. The objective was to inform those interested in visualizing SDG indicator...

Due to the local region’s proneness to occasional wildfires, the Geomatics Division at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, has conducted research and project work around the theme of 3D reco...

Accurate digital representations of cities are game changers in urban development. By enabling virtual modelling and smart simulations, they allow decision-makers to explore, test and assess the measu...

The concept of the digital twin has been gaining significant momentum in the geospatial domain since 2016. Although there is some consensus on the basic features of a digital twin, some critical refle...
Vietnam has launched one of its most ambitious digital governance projects to date: the complete overhaul and digitalization of its national land database, covering approximately 106 million land parc...
The acquisition of 1Spatial by VertiGIS will allow 1Spatial’s data-management platform to be combined with VertiGIS’ geospatial solutions for utilities, governments and commercial enterprises, res...
For surveying firms and GIS-driven organizations looking to close the gap between office and field productivity, Getac has added a new device to its rugged computing lineup: the G140 tablet. The recen...
Registration is now open for GEO Business 2026, the UK's leading geospatial conference and exhibition, which is returning to ExCeL London on 3 and 4 June. This year's GEO Business promises its most co...
Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is doubling down on digital innovation for urban management. The city has agreed to extend its partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporati...
In a significant step in its digital transformation, the German city of Mainz and its municipal data centre (KDZ) have joined forces with VertiGIS and Esri Germany to overhaul the geospatial data inf...
Cartography is about describing the world in the form of maps and diagrams. Classic cartography produces paper maps but nowadays this field also encompasses Geographical Information Systems and the products produced by these systems. Cartography is heavily dependent on data from [Remote sensing] and [Land surveying and topography] for the dry part of our world and [marine surveying and bathymetry] for the wet parts of our world.
Cartography / GIS can be found in almost any industry vertical where it transforms the various data sources into products readily useable in for example [land and water management], [climate] and [farming and conservation].