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Planning Information for the Public Falls Short of Reality
Working with Pittsburgh’s City Planning Department, a Carnegie Mellon University research team completed an in-depth study of the current use of 3D software for planning tasks and public communicati...
Expanding Horizons: Geospatial Predictions for the Coming Years
From New York to Dubai to Myanmar, more smart cities are springing up across the globe. As more countries start to digitally transform, the futuristic cities and state-of-the-art gadgets that once be...
Highlighting Spatial Planning and Development at FIG2020
Spatial planning – the focus of commission 8 – is logically much related to the subtheme ‘integrated land and water management’ of the FIG Working Week 2020. From a planners’ perspective it ...
5 Questions to... Håkan Engman, Bentley Systems
What makes the digital city so relevant for geospatial surveyors, and what lies ahead for 3D city modelling? We asked these and a couple of other questions to Håkan Engman, the director of business d...
Expanding Horizons: Geospatial Predictions for 2020 and Beyond
From New York to Dubai to Myanmar, more smart cities are springing up across the globe. As more countries start to digitally transform, the futuristic cities and state-of-the-art gadgets that once be...
FIG Working Week 2020: Make the World a Better Place
From 10-14 May 2020, surveyors and geospatial experts will meet for the Working Week of FIG, the international federation for surveyors. The conference theme is 'Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Man...
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Norway poised to lead in 3D city modelling with detailed vector data
Detailed map data could soon bring Norwegian cities to life in three dimensions. A new pilot project suggests that Norway is exceptionally well placed to create realistic digital city models, thanks t...
Terria to support delivery of Western Australia’s Spatial Digital Twin
Terria has been selected, alongside Amristar, to support Jacobs in delivering the Spatial Digital Twin for the Western Australian Government’s Spatial WA Program. Under the initial delivery contract...
Bentley adds reality modelling to Cesium and brings infrastructure data to life
Bentley Systems has expanded Cesium’s capabilities by introducing new reality modeling services within the Cesium platform, strengthening its open ecosystem for the built and natural environment. Th...
Munich strengthens frontrunner position with advanced digital twin
Munich – the city that will host the 2026 edition of Intergeo – has reaffirmed its position as Germany’s leading smart city, taking first place in the Smart City Index by digital association Bit...
UltraCam Osprey 4.1 selected for digital twin projects in Saudi Arabia
To support its digital twin initiatives in Saudi Arabia, GeoTech has acquired Vexcel Imaging’s UltraCam Osprey 4.1 aerial camera system. The projects include high-precision models of Jeddah, Makkah,...
Bluesky rolls out geospatial tool for flood risk and urban planning
Bluesky International, a Woolpert company, has unveiled a new change detection analysis service that tracks shifts in tree canopy cover and permeable surfaces. Designed to support flood risk strategie...
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