Ocean Business took place between 14-16 April at the National Oceanographic Centre in Southampton. There were over 300 exhibitors in two giant marquees, a three-day schedule of training and demonstration...

Airborne Lidar has matured over the last two decades into a mapping technology routinely used for 3D modelling of urban areas, capturing boreal forests, seabed mapping and many other applications...

At the RICS Geomatics Christmas Lecture on 8th December last year a new chair of the Geomatics Professional Group Board succeeded Chris Preston, who had held the position for the...

May saw Esri UK’s biggest yet user conference. Held in the QEII conference centre in Westminster, the event attracted over 3,000 preregistrations drawn by the opportunity to attend a choice...

Today’s geodata acquisition technologies combine microprocessors, computer power, solid state drives, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, miniaturisation and many more developments. But demand is just as important as supply, and demand is...

Smart apps, shifting reference frames, improving mapping in the deep ocean and engagement with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can all help geospatial to capture the public imagination argues Gordon...

With sea-level rise and increases in the severity of extreme natural events, there has been a renewed push to further our understanding of the coastal zone. Fundamental to understanding risk...

Fugro has tested a multi-sensor approach to balance growing data needs with limited agency budgets. Coastal mapping programmes are quickly becoming a priority for government agencies across the globe. The desire...

TCarta Marine LLC of Denver, Colo. has merged with Proteus Geo of Oxford, UK to create a global mapping company that provides bathymetric and marine data sets from the shallow...

Subsea technology companies, 2G Robotics Inc., and Sonardyne International Ltd, UK. Has announced they have entered into a formal collaboration agreement. The two organisations are working together on the development...