Trimble’s MX9 mobile mapping system is the first ever vehicle-independent mobile mapping system officially approved by German national railway company Deutsche Bahn for surveying tracks, points, clearances and topographic objects....

What are the key challenges in establishing precise geodetic control networks? This is one of the most important tasks of geodesists and land surveyors, since geodetic control networks are essential...

Benjamin Sattes started his geodetic path in 2001 as a surveying technician. He then pursued this direction by studying surveying at HFT Karlsruhe, Germany. Right after graduating in 2009, he...

Daniel Wujanz entered the world of geodesy as a surveying technician in 2002. After that he studied geoinformatics and surveying at Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Germany, where he was...

Topodrone, a Swiss-based designer and manufacturer of high-precision Lidar equipment for installation on drones, vehicles and backpacks, has launched Aquamapper, a UAV-based solution for bathymetric surveying and marine construction. The...

A project in Aotearoa/New Zealand is combining the use of high-quality DEMs from satellite photogrammetric mapping (SPM) with Lidar technologies to model hazards such as snow avalanches. The resulting topographic...

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has launched the Leica DMC-4, a highly efficient airborne imaging sensor providing unsurpassed image quality for various applications and complex mapping environments. With the new...

Only a small fraction of the information content in aerial films has ever been recorded on paper maps, most of which are inaccessible. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to...

David Monetti holds a DI from the TU Vienna. He is currently CEO at Skyability GmbH, a drone service provider based in Austria. He manages daily business and research projects...

Deutsche Bahn AG has awarded a multi-year tender to Datumate for the analysis and visualization of drone images related to its railway infrastructure. Datumate is a leading provider of construction...