Remote sensing is all about gathering information on the earth using techniques that are ‘at a distance’ rather than touching the earth. Generally speaking remote sensing produces either point cloud data or imagery. The data is further processed using [geographical information systems] as part of [cartography].

Often Remote Sensing is differentiated by the type of platform or sensor used. Platforms can range from satellites through aircraft and drones to cars and ships. From a sensor perspective, Remote Sensing is a broad field that encompasses techniques such as [photogrammetry] and [lidar] but also [echosounding]. Often a form of ground truthing is required to transform the Remotely Sensed data into comprehensible products.

How Geospatial Technology Facilitates Remote Tourism

How Geospatial Technology Facilitates Remote Tourism

COVID-19 has transformed our ability to travel and explore the world, which has brought a renewed focus on the importance of digital outreach based on geospatial technology. COVID-19 has transformed o...

Lidar Data – A Perfect Tool for Archaeology

Lidar Data – A Perfect Tool for Archaeology

A few obstacles are making the usage of Lidar data in archaeology look exotic and perhaps even threatening, according to archaeologist Jošt Hobič from Slovenia, even though Lidar is almost a must wh...

Full automation in mobile Lidar data classification

Full automation in mobile Lidar data classification

A deep learning architecture called MMCN opens up the possibility for the fully automated classification of highly dense 3D point cloud data acquired from a mobile Lidar system. This offers interestin...

Multibeam Lidar for Mobile Mapping Systems

Multibeam Lidar for Mobile Mapping Systems

Various multibeam Lidar sensors are suited for mobile mapping. Read this article to learn more about their features and productivity. In mobile mapping, geospatial data is acquired by one or more came...

Q&A: The Quickly Evolving UAS Mapping Market

Q&A: The Quickly Evolving UAS Mapping Market

Drones have become a standard tool for mapping and surveying. Read what Gilles Labossière, CEO of senseFly, has to say about the market trends, technical developments and challenges affecting geosp...

Scanning 100 Dutch Railway Stations

Scanning 100 Dutch Railway Stations

Geomaat recently performed extensive 3D laser scanning and 3D modelling for the Dutch railway organization, ProRail. ProRail is the organization that takes care of the entire railway network in the N...

How Drones are Future-proofing the Construction Industry

How Drones are Future-proofing the Construction Industry

Drones are enabling construction professionals to access more data and detailed insights to create the reliable, sophisticated design models that are needed to stay ahead of the competition. It’s no...

Remotely sensed data for efficient data collection

Remotely sensed data for efficient data collection

When it comes to impact evaluations, remotely sensed data can increase their timeliness, accuracy and relevance for decision-makers. 3ie and New Light Technologies are enhancing the use of geospatial ...

InSAR used to create ground stability maps

InSAR used to create ground stability maps

In a groundbreaking revolution, modern InSAR is now used by a range of industries concerned with ground or structural stability. So what are the key aspects of InSAR technology? And how can it be used...

Satellites for Multiple Asset Structural Monitoring

Satellites for Multiple Asset Structural Monitoring

The concept of Satellite Structural Health Monitoring (S-SHM) was conceived as a new way of analysing and understanding the behaviour of assets and infrastructures as a whole, integrated in their ecos...

Integrating UAV-based Lidar and photogrammetry

Integrating UAV-based Lidar and photogrammetry

A UAV project in Germany has integrated photogrammetric bundle block adjustment with direct georeferencing of Lidar point clouds to considerably improve the respective accuracy. Recent unmanned aerial...

UAS Mapping – Where Is It Heading?

UAS Mapping – Where Is It Heading?

The use of a UAS to acquire geodata for mapping purposes has evolved beyond infancy and is now rapidly maturing. How will it evolve in the foreseeable future? The use of an unmanned aerial system (UAS...

Shedding Light on Earth

Shedding Light on Earth

Images of Earth taken at night are revolutionizing our ability to measure and understand nearly every dimension related to human activity on Earth and allow us to get a glimpse into human/Earth intera...