To accomplish their mission of educating a new generation of geomatics engineers, universities need to enhance their current programmes to expose students to emerging technologies. Only then will the industry...

Farzaneh Dadrass Javan is working in the Earth Observation Science (EOS) department at the University of Twente. She obtained her PhD in Photogrammetry from the University of Tehran in 2012....

The city of Kaunas, Lithuania, is leveraging a digital twin model to help with city planning. This 3D model uses data from the city infrastructure, such as traffic and weather,...

Besides its excellent technical content, the recent FIG Congress in Poland was a place for enthusiastic reunions and for forming new friendships. Wim van Wegen looks back on the event,...

Dr Diane Dumashie won the final vote at the FIG Congress 2022 in Warsaw and will serve as the next president of FIG for the next four years. She stated...

So you'd like to do something in 'geospatial' – but what? New graduates in geomatics and surveying are extremely sought-after in the labour market thanks to their broad scientific background,...

Dr Azadeh Koohzare, PEng, CMS, is a division manager with McElhanney Ltd. She obtained her PhD in Geomatics Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. She is an industry advisor...

We’ve selected a number of articles providing an overview of the geospatial solutions used to solve challenges in the mining sector, ranging from infrastructure design to mapping & surveying the...

NASA researchers and their industry partners have developed a remote sensing mapping system to aid explorers in the most isolated wilderness imaginable: the airless wastes at the South Pole of...

Sumona Datta started her career as a journalist in Mumbai, India. She has since been associated with the Lidar industry for over two decades and is currently the media relations...