The Nemetschek Group has led a financing round for a platform to automate construction quality monitoring by combining advanced AI, reality capture and BIM technologies. The next-generation platform has been...

HERE Technologies' global library of 3D Lidar data is now available on the company's location data and technology platform. HERE Lidar Data captures millions of kilometres of roadways and their...

Terrestrial laser scanning is increasingly being fused with air/spaceborne Lidar to characterize vegetation structure across a range of forest ecosystems. This article explores the potential of this approach to support...

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first two operational Galileo satellites. On 21 October 2011, Europe took a major step in its space history by...

Woolpert has acquired AAM, a global geospatial services company that specializes in aerial mapping, surveying, GIS and the development of innovative geospatial processes and technologies. AAM is headquartered in Australia...

A new integration of Emesent’s Hovermap UAV-Lidar solution and PointCab’s 3D data visualization software is set to save users time and improve their outputs, according to both partners. Hovermap, Emesent’s...

Esri has released ArcGIS GeoBIM to expand the ability for BIM teams to benefit from GIS. This is the latest step in the partnership between the global leader in location...

Moreblessings Shoko is a faculty member of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. Her research interests include 3D reconstruction,...

An increasing number of cities are creating 3D city models to support visualization and simulations in the urban planning process. The 3D city models are often extended with planned buildings....

A recent project has celebrated 100 years of geodetic and photogrammetric innovation by 3D-digitizing an iconic WILD T2 theodolite from the 1927 series. An app has also been developed for...