UAS (Unmanned Airborne Systems) are rapidly becoming a valuable source of data for inspection, surveillance, mapping and 3D modelling projects. Investment in the commercial UAS industry - estimated to increase...

HxGN SmartNet, the world’s largest precise positioning service with more than 4,500 reference stations worldwide, has arrived in Mexico City and surrounding areas. HxGN SmartNet is a GNSS correction service...

The remarkable capabilities of airborne Lidar continue to improve, with scanners now able to emit more than a million pulses every second. Although it has never been easier to acquire...

Whenever anyone talks about Lidar technology in the geospatial sector, it is only a matter of time before the name RIEGL is mentioned. Thanks to its renowned R&D department, the...

How can photogrammetric equipment and software developers provide the mapping and surveying community with solutions that are sophisticated, yet also meet high customer expectations in terms of user-friendliness? Photogrammetry is...

YellowScan, a designer, developer and producer of UAV-Lidar solutions for professional applications, continues to expand its presence in the USA with the opening of a new office located in Salt...

James Kavanagh has given a report on the FIG Congress with particular reference to UK interests. Here we look at some of the wider issues from the technical sessions. Surveying...

Based on a future-oriented, innovative new processing architecture, internet connectivity and RIEGL‘s latest waveform processing Lidar technology, the RIEGL VZ-2000i Long Range 3D Laser Scanner System combines proven user friendliness in the field...

The beautiful city of Istanbul in Turkey played host to the XXVI International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Congress from 6-11 May 2018. With the theme of ‘Embracing Our Smart World Where...

Isabelle Heitz is a geologist and geophysicist from University of Paris-Sud (DEA, 1984). She has worked in the field on dam studies in Algeria and the USA. She subsequently worked...