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In this interview Bobbie Kalra, founder of the rapidly growing Indian company Magnasoft, talks about digital twins and the future of the geospatial industry. Digital twins form the basis for the digit...

These five practical examples from Israel illustrate the role of governments, spatial data and technologies in developing a smart nation. The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings about new advancement ...

The Dutch city of Groningen wants to follow in the footsteps of other cities such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Singapore and Helsinki by developing a 3D digital model. For the team working on the 3D Digital...

In his latest column, Wim van Wegen reflects on digital technology as the leitmotif in Germany's role as a powerhouse within the geospatial industry. Traditionally, Germany is the heart of the geospat...

When it comes to 3D modelling for construction, what are the advantages and disadvantages of photogrammetry versus Lidar in terms of accuracy, complexity and cost? Breaking away from laser measurement...

How can point cloud technologies be used to create a realistic virtual environment for use as immersive and interactive surveying labs? The advent of cost-effective head-mounted displays marked a new ...
To tie in with next week’s Intergeo, we’re running a prize draw for GIM International readers and visitors to our stand. As an extra bonus, we’re offering our newsletter subscribers the chance t...
With a commitment to generate more than one billion features worldwide, Ecopia AI has entered into a partnership with Maxar Intelligence to deliver high-precision mapping data on a truly global scale....
Aechelon Technology is fusing together leading-edge geospatial simulation, satellite imagery, radar intelligence, video photogrammetry and artificial intelligence into what it calls "a fully immersive...
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...
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].