France's IGN has awarded Airbus Defence & Space and Thales the so-called GeoMaps contract to supply the French Ministry of Defence database with digital geographic data on a range of scales,...

The 16th edition of the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF), taking place from 22-24 February 2016 in Denver, Colorado, USA, will focus on the latest aerial, terrestrial and underwater Lidar as...

Senior scientist Dr. Viktor Feygels will make a presentation on performing Lidar bathymetry in difficult water conditions with the Optech CZMIL Nova at the Oceanology International China (OI China) 2015...

One of Greenland’s glaciers is losing five billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean, according to researchers. While these new findings may be disturbing, they are reinforced by...

Ocean Business took place between 14-16 April at the National Oceanographic Centre in Southampton. There were over 300 exhibitors in two giant marquees, a three-day schedule of training and demonstration...

Nathan Heazlewood works in New Zealand where the industry also has similar skills shortages to those here. He shares some thoughts on how we define our jobs and how we...

Fugro has completed the acquisition of Roames Asset Services (Roames), based in Brisbane, Australia, from Ergon Energy (Ergon). Roames (previously a services unit within Ergon) specialises in high-resolution mapping services...

US Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, has praised President Obama's intent to nominate Dr Suzette M. Kimball to serve as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Interior’s chief science...

    The development of an Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure was proposed and adopted as a formal activity by the Arctic Council countries to create a mapping environment for use...

For decades, scientists have disagreed about whether the sea is higher or lower heading north along the east coast of North America. Gravity data from ESA’s GOCE satellite contributed to...