As part of a Catalan government project to improve the management of its marine environment, ICGC cooperated with Field to use airborne Lidar bathymetry (ALB) to survey the Catalan coastal...

What are the primary technical differences between crewed and uncrewed aerial vehicles and satellites when it comes to capturing images of Earth? Where do they overlap, and where do they...

Europe is suffering from a severe drought. Satellite data analysed at TU Graz's Institute of Geodesy confirms that groundwater levels have been consistently low since 2018. Although extreme weather events...

This article explores how some government initiatives in India are utilizing geospatial technologies for better outcomes. The rapid pace of urbanization in India has been an instrument of socioeconomic, political...

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...