On 21 and 22 October 2014, the Olympia venue in London, UK, played host to the very first edition of The Commercial UAV Show. Around 55 exhibitors and 1,700 visitors...

In 2014, the GSDI Association was once again able to support international spatial data infrastructure (SDI) initiatives through the Small Grants Program. With resources and cooperation from Natural Resources Canada’s...

The organisation committee of the 36th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) is inviting remote sensing professionals to join the conference. ACRS 2015 is being held from 19 to 23...

FARO Technologies, manufacturer of 3D measurement, imaging, and realisation technology, has announced the acquisition of Kubit, specialised in the development of software for surveying and as-built documentation. The takeover also...

Today, Lidar and photogrammetry enable the collection of massive point clouds. Faced with hundreds of billions or even trillions of points, the traditional solutions for handling point clouds usually underperform....

3D documentation work is an important part of an architect´s job. Monuments, old buildings, indoors scenarios, stairs, ornaments, vaults and suchlike have to be captured faithfully on a daily basis....

AG-Wing, a unmanned aerial system developed by IDETEC, has covered the whole of Easter Island – 41,250 acres – in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean in about a week. The operation...

On Friday 2 October, coinciding with the last day of the ISPRS GeoSpatial Week, YellowScan hosted a demo day at its location near Montpellier, France. Guests attended from all over...

Cameras capable of taking 3D images are to be given out across the Middle East in a bid to preserve ancient sites from destruction by Islamic State group. Thousands of...

A trip north for GIS Professional's editor found him immersed in a different culture where even the units of measurement can be different. AGI Scotland’s annual conference was a reminder...