Aerial mapping company Bluesky is to use Lidar to produce a highly detailed 3D map of the National Trust's Wallington Estate in Northumberland, England. The survey will bring to life...

Following its emergence more than a decade ago, digital twin technology has developed to become a complex and comprehensive technical system that supports the construction of new smart cities. It...

Jošt Hobič is an archaeologist with over a decade of experience in commercial archaeology. In his free time, he does volunteer work on various public archaeology projects. He is currently...

Why is unsupervised segmentation the key to sustainable automation? Automation in point cloud data processing is central for building efficient decision-making systems and to cut labour costs. The identification of...

The church of St Mary and St Ethelburga is situated in Lyminge, a village rich with Anglo-Saxon history in Kent, England. The building and surrounding churchyard have seen many changes...

Lidar mapping based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) can generally be thought of as a close-range version of manned airborne laser scanning. In brief, lower mobilization costs and...

A detailed laser mapped aerial survey from Bluesky is helping the City of London Corporation understand and plan for the future of London’s most extensive, natural grassland. The historic environment...

Colouring London is a crowdsourcing initiative to create a coloured map which visualizes the rich details of the built environment. The project can also be transferred to other cities. Colouring...

Teledyne Optech, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in advanced Lidar sensors, has announced that its new compact Lidar sensor, the CL-90, is available for purchase through its first...

This issue of GIM International has a special focus on Lidar technology, with applications ranging from agriculture to archaeology. The front cover image shows very detailed 3D Lidar data that accurately depicts...