Applanix (GA, USA) has announced that its DSS 439 RapidOrtho airborne mapping solution is now available with full LIDAR integration options for fixed wing and helicopter installations. Integration options include...

IXSEA announced a series of deliveries of LANDINS, the high-end INS positioning system specifically designed for mobile mapping and route mapping applications in dense urban areas, where GPS quality is...

Rapid developments in GIS technology and its applications, and thus growing demand for geospatial data, encouraged a group of friends including geodesists, IT people and foresters to create an innovative,...

3D Laser Mapping has been selected to supply its StreetMapper technology as part of a futuristic project to advance mobile mapping. StratAG, based at the University of Ireland, brings together...

The upcoming International Lidar Mapping Forum which is being held in Denver, Colorado, USA from 3rd to 5th March 2010 has devoted a new conference session to mobile mapping and...

Intergeo 2009 took place in Karlsruhe from 22nd to 24th September with a conference and trade-fair. And despite the ongoing credit crunch, this fifteenth Intergeo exceeded all expect­ations of the...

Gispro have successfully implemented Land Based Mobile Mapping System (MMS/MLS). The system consists of Riegl laser scanners, digital videoscanners and ground-penetrating radar. Positioning and orienation are established using POS420 and...

For days now, everyone has been talking about the cloud of ash from Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull and its impact on air traffic. "Surveyors now need to add the scenario of...

Terrestrial laser scanners are contact-free measuring devices which can collect dense point-clouds of objects. After processing each point is assigned with X, Y, Z coordinates; colour and reflectance value. The...

Kenyan firm Ramani Geosystems has purchased a Riegl LMS Z420i laser scanner. The scanner can map the terrain in 3D up to 1,000 metres away with an accuracy of 10mm....