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The city of Nottingham has taken a significant stride towards realizing its vision of establishing a digital twin for the city. In what is believed to be a pioneering initiative...

Business Guide / Digital Twins Our traditional annual Business Guide forms a vital resource for geomatics professionals. With in-depth articles and interviews, it reflects on geospatial trends and explores the business outlook for the industry....

The rugged 22.5-acre site of the notorious US island prison Alcatraz has been digitally captured in a world-leading project involving multiple mapping technologies. With the team camped in the jail’s infamous cells for three weeks during the cold San Francisco winter, this historically, biologically and architecturally important location was recorded in unprecedented 3D detail. We discussed the project with project head Pete Kelsey and team member Dr Jeremy Sofonia. The rugged 22.5-acre site of the notorious US island prison Alcatraz has been digitally captured in a world-leading project involving multiple mapping technologies. With the team camped in the jail’s infamous cells...

3D visualization is at the heart of many geospatial data applications. Progress in 3D visualization has drastically reduced barriers to entry for new products based on large datasets, thanks to...

Researchers have been using GIS and 3D modelling techniques to create highly accurate maps of Pompeii. This has led to the development of a digital twin of the ancient Italian...

Innovative methodologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are lowering the barriers and democratizing the use of 3D digital twins in the geospatial industry. Digital twins are revolutionizing the geospatial industry,...

Can digital twins help cities face challenges ranging from sustainability to education, and from infrastructure to healthcare? While digital twin techniques have been applied successfully in manufacturing and construction, cities...

As we enter the era of smart manufacturing, the reliability of data is growing in significance and data standardization is becoming increasingly important. According to JP Kelly, associate director and...

Geo Connect Asia (GCA) is set to return to the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore on 6 March and 7 March 2024. Since its establishment in 2019, GCA...