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...

From 5-9 June, ComNav Technology's Annual Partner Conference 2023 took place in Shanghai, China. Some 30 global distributors from the UK, Japan, Australia, Guyana, Uganda and other countries gathered to...

In the early days of surveying, surveyors were pioneers in charting the unknown. Today, with the Earth having been completely mapped to some degree, surveying has become a much more...

In collaboration with AI Singapore, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has launched an innovative challenge centered on visual localization, aimed at addressing how AI can accurately extract camera pose data...

From drones and satellites to airborne-based sensors and Lidar, advances in remote sensing and geospatial information science are driving the development of innovative methods for data acquisition, processing and maintenance....

To find out more about the geomatics education situation across the globe, 'GIM International' spoke to several industry experts from academia around the world. Are the numbers of students in...

How can laser scanning and surveying firms stand out from the growing competition? This article provides tips for service providers striving to keep up with the latest technological trends while...

Ioannis Tavantzis is a PhD candidate at the Spatial Planning and Development department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. He holds an MEng in Urban/Spatial Planning and Development Engineering...

The Dutch startup Aerial Precision recently demonstrated its first two sensors with integrated artificial intelligence software. Over the past few years, the company’s innovation efforts have resulted in products that...

Briana Brown is a geographer and writer specializing in geospatial storytelling. As director of content & product marketing at Ecopia AI – a spin-off from PhD research at the University...