Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (GA, USA) has development a new Tactical Airborne Mapping Surveillance (TAMS) system. TAMS is platform agnostic, with a multi-sensor payload capable of in-theater fixed wing, helicopter...

The most new activity in remote sensing is at the moment found in the UAV and UAS sector (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / System). There are hundreds of companies, institutions and...

Intergeo, the world's largest congress and trade-fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management, will this year be held in Cologne, Germany, from 5th to 7th October. About 15,000 visitors are...

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2011 Annual Conference was held 1st to 5th May at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with many and varied...

The idea for designing an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) originated from a doctoral dissertation in aerodynamics by the company’s CTO, Peter Cosyn. Maarten Van Speybroeck, operations director, was involved with...

Everyone who truly matters in the geomatics and surveying-related business will be travelling to Germany ¨C or more precisely to the Bavarian city of Nuremberg ¨C in the last week...

Insitu Pacific, Australia, has concluded the second phase of a trial conducted in partnership with Murdoch University that aims to determine whether unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are a cost-effective, capable...

Intergeo 2012 has come to an end. This year’s edition took place in Hanover, Germany and attracted 16,000 trade show visitors. 520 companies exhibited, bringing their latest innovations and trends...

Where should I start in this, our thickest issue of the year? We’re in the midst of exciting times, not only in our profession but also within our publishing company,...

While drones do have military pedigree, their continued development has led to a proliferation of designs suitable for almost any application where real-time data gathering is critical. This now includes...