Sophie Crommelinck gained a BSc in geography and MSc in geoinformatics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and...

Velodyne Lidar has announced that Techmake Solutions, an IT consulting and technology development company, is including Velodyne lidar sensors in its Eagle X mapping and surveying system. Velodyne’s lightweight lidar sensor provides...

The global Location of Things (LoT) market was valued at US$19.10 Billion in 2018 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.5% during the forecast period...

Esri, a location intelligence company, has announced the publication of Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online. The book is written by Professor J. Chris Carter, who has been teaching...

We must occasionally look like Monty Python’s Judean People’s Front, carefully honing their differences with the Peoples’ Front for Judea. We are Geomatic Engineers, interested in Geospatial Sciences. How many...

In a recent article called ‘How Can We Attract Students to Geomatics?’, Ian Brown raised the question of the role of geomatics in modern education and how we can rouse...

Andreas Mayr studied geography at the University of Innsbruck (UIBK) in Austria. Currently, he is working at the UIBK’s Institute of Geography as a member of the Remote Sensing &...

Calum G. Hoad is a graduate in Geography of the University of Aberdeen.

A short provision in the larger Islands Act bill passed by the Scottish Parliament in July 2018 now requires government mapmakers to put the Shetland Islands where it belongs. Tavish...

Mapping the underground is one of the major challenges in creating an infrastructure map at the municipal, regional, and national level, which is a key foundation for a national digital...