Alexander Avery is a recent graduate from the University of Edinburgh’s MSc course in GIS and has a BSc Hons in Geology and Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen....

Bruce Gittings runs the GIS programmes at the University of Edinburgh, having joined the staff there in 1987, with degrees in geology and GIS. He has interests in distributed and...

The deployment of SAR in the space sector market has witnessed a tremendous increase lately, particularly due to the challenges in monitoring climate change and other environmental factors. Environmental remote...

Hexagon‘s Mining division has introduced an improved mine planning solution called HxGN MinePlan 3D (formerly MineSight 3D), which now features full virtual reality, bringing a new dimension to visualising and...

As the world became captivated with the challenge of rescuing the 12 soccer boys and their coach from deep within the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in Thailand, GIS...

The traditional way of mapping Earth’s geology and mineral resources is a costly and time-consuming undertaking. While satellites cannot entirely replace the expert in the field, they can certainly help...

No modern city is future-proof without a ‘digital twin’: the 3D city model. 3D city models are virtual representations of urban environments and include buildings, terrain, infrastructure, landscapes, vegetation and...

The Virtual Geoscience Conference (VGC) series is coming to Kingston, Canada, from 23-24 August 2018. The focus of the conference series is on innovative research and development in close-range remote...

This survey in southern France confirmed the suitability of UAV Lidar for mapping shoreline changes in the context of erosion and drinking water availability. The French Mediterranean coast is a...

Tobias Kurz has a PhD in geology and remote sensing at the University of Bergen, Norway, and currently works as senior researcher in the Virtual Outcrop Geology group at Uni...