Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain, was in need of a faster and more cost-effective way to collect georeferenced point cloud data, because the existing method was not sustainable in the long term. The Ordnance Survey team turned to Datron Technology and OxTS to help them develop a convenient, low-cost, ‘off-the-shelf’ mobile mapping system. Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain, was in need of a faster and more cost-effective way to collect georeferenced point cloud data, because the existing method was...

The EvoLogics Multibeam, a new multibeam echosounder option for the Sonobot 5 platform, was released at Ocean Business in Southampton, UK, in April this year. In May, EvoLogics conducted its final trials at one of the company’s regular testing sites the Plessower Lake in Brandenburg, Germany. The company is now taking the Sonobot 5 on a summer demonstration tour for partners and clients so that they can see its efficiency and effectiveness for underwater mapping for themselves. The EvoLogics Multibeam, a new multibeam echosounder option for the Sonobot 5 platform, was released at Ocean Business in Southampton, UK, in April this year. In May, EvoLogics conducted its...

When considering Lidar technology for forest inventory, it is essential to evaluate the trade-offs of each platform. This article provides some pointers. There is a critical need for rapid, rigorous, reproducible...

OxTS has announced the opening of a new office in Germany. This move comes as part of the company's plan to expand its services and improve the quality of support...

At OxTS, in line with our brand promise of being inertial navigation experts, our commitment to our customers is that we will keep innovating until we can help them truly ‘navigate anywhere’ – with or without GNSS. We are advancing our products in that direction by first enhancing urban navigation data quality based on sensor fusion. Here, we explain how. At OxTS, in line with our brand promise of being inertial navigation experts, our commitment to our customers is that we will keep innovating until we can help them truly...

The city of Carcassonne in the south of France hopes to obtain UNESCO World Heritage certification for its sentinel mountain castles, better known as Les Châteaux Cathares. Built in the...

Perhaps surprisingly, video game development is becoming an increasingly popular use case for navigation and Lidar data. However, it is often overlooked amidst the almost endless possible applications for 3D...

CHC Navigation is expanding its reach throughout Europe and the world, with more dealers and customer support and advanced training and service points. The Shanghai-based company has been a player in...

Innovations in Lidar technology continue to change the way we see our world – literally. There’s no denying that the Lidar sector is growing at an exponential rate. Research by...

Today, after 100 years of continuous innovation in airborne photogrammetry, entire countries can be mapped faster than ever before. Which advancements and trends have dirven the demand for geospatial imagery,...