The sun is rising, and spring is very much in the air. The six nations rugby is over (I’ll hold back on any commentary) and thoughts are turning towards the...

What do you call a group of surveyors? A herd? A gaggle? Or perhaps, a congress? Seldom do you find such a large group of geospatial professionals gathered than at...

The 2018 Commercial UAV show was as busy and wide-ranging as in previous years. Mapping did not have a high profile although some exhibitors were promoting photogrammetry and mapping in...

The RICS Geomatics Evening lecture in December celebrated the achievements of Clarissa Augustinus, who received the RICS’s Michael Barrett award 2018 for her influential work and championing of the development,...

Terra Drone, a UAV technology company headquartered in Japan, has acquired a majority stake in the European drone service provider Skeye, based in The Netherlands. Skeye will become the European headquarters...

By the time you read this, we will be into the 2018/19 evening lecture sessions. These evening events are a real fulcrum of interaction, geospatial market insight, outreach and a...

TCarta, a global provider of geospatial products and services, has been commissioned by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to carry out a landmark mangrove health assessment covering the entire...

Fugro's Supervisory Board has appointed Mark Heine as new CEO and chairman of the Board of Management. He will succeed Øystein Løseth, who has decided to resign at the end of...

The European datum of 1950 (ED50) is the first common datum developed for the European Continent. It remains the de facto datum used in offshore operations in the North Sea...

Gordon Johnston, BSc(Hons), MRICS, FHydSoc, FRIN Gordon is based in the United Kingdom and has over 25 years of experience in the surveying industry, in particular, the offshore and hydrographic...