Is the concept of the digital twin merely a hype, or do digital twins actually offer lots of opportunities? As these three articles show, they really can add value –...

Michael Hovenbitzer is head of the Geoinformation and Remote Sensing Development Unit at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). This unit develops and investigates ideas ranging from basic...

Patrick Knöfel has been working as a scientist at the Geodata Department of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) since 2017. His research interests lie in putting remote...

Florian Lindl joined the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) as a research associate in 2021. He holds a master’s degree in GIS and previously worked at the EU’s...

Anja Hopfstock is head of the Geodata Department at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). The Geodata Department manages the digital landscape models at scales 1:250,000 and 1:1,000,000...

The German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) is creating a digital twin of the whole of Germany that can be used to simulate various future scenarios in order...

The coming years look promising for the geomatics sector, but the new generation of professionals must be prepared to face the challenges ahead. In view of the looming labour shortage...

Guðmundur Valsson is a coordinator of geodesy and surveying at the National Land Survey of Iceland (NLSI). He gained a master’s degree in Geomatics from the Norwegian University of Life...

Jing Sun is a PhD candidate in geodesy at the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Her research interests include...

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...