Taking the Stage at Intergeo

GIM International has been serving a worldwide audience of mapping and surveying professionals for more than 30 years. In addition to our print, online and social media channels, we are always on the lookout for other ways of highlighting all the innovation going on in the geospatial industry. Therefore, we are delighted to be taking the stage again during the conference programme at the Forum on the third day of this year’s Intergeo (Thursday 19 September). Over the decades, we have published countless features about state-of-the-art technical developments in our industry, shared challenging case studies employing the latest survey methods,... (read more)

2019-07-03 02:32:26

Land Surveying: Towards a Smarter Life

FIG Working Week in Hanoi, Vietnam, 22-26 April 2019

Surveyors and land professionals from all over the world came together in April in the heat of Hanoi to take part in the FIG 2019 Working Week. This year’s theme was ‘Geospatial information for a smarter life and environmental resilience’. The conference had a strong focus on tackling climate change by working towards a smarter life, both through the development of smart cities and also in rural areas. Spatial information, big data, surveying, BIM, land administration and much more are recognized as being essential factors in this development. There is a strong awareness that Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are directly... (read more)

2019-06-27 09:25:08

Intergeo Places People at the Heart of Digitalization

Intergeo is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, providing the perfect occasion for a brief review of what it has achieved so far. Even more importantly, it’s an appropriate juncture for looking ahead – to the leading international trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management, with its focus on digital topics. Industry experts from the realms of business and science gathered in Stuttgart at the end of May for a Round Table to share their experiences and expertise, true to Intergeo’s motto: 'Knowledge and action for planet Earth'. Reviewing how Intergeo has evolved over time, Christiane Salbach, managing director... (read more)

2019-06-19 02:01:39

Geoinformation Software as a Service

From Licensing to Subscription

Accurate geoinformation about urban areas, public buildings or historical sites is in great demand. It has become astonishingly easy to capture these scenes through cameras or laser scanning or to acquire open data from a diversity of sources. Professionals without a surveying background can do the job, but such professionals require reliable, robust, easy-to-use and affordable processing tools. Today, cloud computing can meet that need, enabling users to work with software packages running on remote servers on either a pay-per-use or a subscription basis. This article presents a cloud computing service dedicated to geoinformation software. Storing data in the cloud... (read more)

2019-06-13 01:10:12

Standards Are a Great Help for Establishing Land Administration

GIM International Interviews Christiaan Lemmen

In 2017 Dr Christiaan Lemmen, a former contributing editor of 'GIM International', was appointed as professor of land administration modelling at Twente University’s Faculty ITC for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. He is the leading designer of the ISO 19152 international standard for geographic information – Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), the second edition of which has been in development since 2018. In this interview, he discusses the importance of LADM standards, poverty and tenure security, and the long and winding road to put well-functioning land administration in place in developing countries. The Land Administration Domain Model is actually an... (read more)

2019-05-28 01:39:20

Gerhard Navratil

Gerhard Navratil is a senior researcher in the geoinformation research group of the Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation at TU Vienna, Austria. His research activities are land administration & cadastre, data quality and navigation. (read more)

2019-05-22 08:25:29

Geodata Takes Centre Stage at Intergeo 2019

At Intergeo 2019, from 17 to 19 September in Stuttgart, Germany, more than 680 exhibitors will be providing insights into the highly dynamic geospatial sector. The world's leading geospatial event will focus on the growing importance of geodata – also termed 'the currency of the future' – and the resulting opportunities. Key topics will be drones, smart cities and BIM. Tickets for this year's edition are available now. Geoinformation has filtered into every area of our lives, with hardly a single website or app able to function without it. Planning, visualizing and designing, creating sustainable living spaces, understanding increasingly complex interconnections, finding... (read more)

2019-05-21 09:33:22

Simon Musäus

Simon Musäus is senior vice president of mapping at COWI A/S. He holds an MSc in geodesy from the University of the Armed Forces, Munich, Germany, and a doctor of business administration from Walden University, Minnesota, USA. Before taking responsibility for the COWI mapping business, he led various projects and local companies in Latin America, Eastern Europe and India. (read more)

2019-03-26 10:11:15

13th International Navigation Forum 2019 – The Art of Navigation in a Digital World

The 13th International Navigation Forum will open its doors to recognized world-class experts in the field of navigation technologies at Expocentre Fairgrounds in Krasnaya Presnya, Moscow, Russia, from 23-24 April 2019. The event will be held in conjunction with the NAVITECH Exhibition as part of the Russian Week of High Technologies. Up to 1,000 delegates from 500 companies throughout the world are expected to attend. With the emergence of new challenges, new demands for navigation service users, and the growing demand on digital technologies for connected and unmanned transport among mass consumers, navigation has become more than just a set... (read more)

2019-03-14 11:57:06

Geodesy, Cartography and Digital Reality

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2019-02-07 02:59:40