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The diversity of relief mapping methods and the existence of large elevation databases intended for multiple users raises the issue of DEM quality. Digital elevation model (DEM) accuracy is commonly a...

A recent project has celebrated 100 years of geodetic and photogrammetric innovation by 3D-digitizing an iconic WILD T2 theodolite from the 1927 series. An app has also been developed for Android, iOS...

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...
As part of a new pilot project, the Danish Geodata Agency has charted 22,000km² of Greenland’s coastal waters, focusing on areas near Nuuk-Maniitsoq, Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit. The data is now...
The aerial survey for the Digital Twin Germany is now 50% complete, marking a key milestone for the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) and one of Germany’s most ambitious geospatial pr...
Google has launched AlphaEarth Foundations, an advanced AI model that brings the Earth into unprecedented focus. Developed by DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence research lab, the system acts...
Thanks to a new expansion, users of the Copernicus Reference Data Access (CORDA) database now have access to more authoritative geospatial information than ever before – including 102 newly added da...
The Geological Survey of the Netherlands (part of TNO), together with Edge Hill University and international partners, has unveiled an innovative online geological map that sheds new light on Europe's...
Prof Dr Ferdinand Jan ‘Ferjan’ Ormeling Jr – a pioneer of thematic and atlas cartography, as well as geographical names – sadly passed away on 13 June this year. Menno-Jan Kraak, former presid...
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].