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UAS Technology: Smarter Solutions for Smart Cities
'Smart cities' is a term increasingly being used within the geospatial industry, generating debate around how best to facilitate these connected, reactive environments as they gain popularity. Reports...
Geomatics Makes Smart Cities a Reality
Today, the main use of 3D building models is for visualization purposes. However, such models also have huge potential for supporting the ‘smart city’ concept. Disaster management, 3D cadastres, e...
Where Does the Smart Cities Drive Leave Urban Planning?
Urban planning is a profession which is experiencing big changes as a result of advances in geospatial and other technology. In this article, Niall Conway explains why planning is too important a prof...
Dense Image Matching for Easy 3D Modelling
Normally when something is too good to be true, it is not true. But in the case of dense image matching (DIM), professional surveyors should look twice – because their clients, and certainly those i...
Public Participation Using 3D City Models
The importance of involving the general public in the design of urban plans and development scenarios is widely recognised. Today’s web technology and availability of 3D city models at various level...
Geospatial, IoT and the Digital Twin
The IoT phenomenon, although still in its infancy, has revolutionised almost every sector in today's world. Among the many buzzwords associated with the field is one known as the 'Digital Twin'. The D...
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Emergency planners map Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 3D
Marking the first time the iconic British seaside amusement park has been digitally mapped at this level of detail, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has created a detailed 3D model of Blackpool Plea...
Ecopia launches self-service platform for high-precision geospatial data downloads
To address inefficiencies in the sourcing and maintenance of up-to-date geospatial information, Ecopia AI has launched an online data portal. The self-service platform streamlines access to high-preci...
Busan and LX extend digital twin partnership to scale urban innovation
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...
Varanasi Smart City 3D digital twin project wins Indian urban development award
Genesys International Corporation Ltd has announced that its Varanasi Smart City 3D Digital Twin project has been awarded the SKOCH Award (Gold) 2025 in the Urban Development category under the e-Gove...
Mapping a new town with 3D digital twin technology
Skytech Cambridge has captured more than 40,000 high-resolution aerial photographs to put a new housing development on the map in the UK. The company then used the images to build a true-to-scale 3D d...
Geospatial governance as a national asset in Côte d’Ivoire
In a recent interview with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Fernand Bale, director of CIGN within BNETD and former co-chair of UN-GGIM, outlined national priorities and global ambitions in Côte ...
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