DJI has released the X4S camera, a lightweight version of the large aerial cameras carried in manned aircraft. How do aerial or metric cameras differ to a DSLR? An aerial mapping camera...

Before the introduction of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for aerial photogrammetry, planes, helicopters and metric cameras were used. Aerial mapping projects were often not only costly, but also complex...

When we interviewed Professor Thomas Kersten back in 2014, he predicted that the smartphone would become a valuable surveying instrument within just a couple of years – and he was...

In December 2016, Aeromao – in collaboration with Foresight Surveyors – completed a full photogrammetric survey mission with an Aeromapper Talon over one of the most unique and exotic islands in...

Unmanned aerial surveying is developing at a fast pace. The latest progress sees the eBee UAV land on British shores being operated by KaarbonTech, an aerial surveying company. In June...

Surveying and mapping professionals can benefit from the new integration of imajing’s imajnet with Intergraph’s GeoMedia Professional. The combination of imajnet’s vehicle-mounted surveying system and cloud mobile mapping service with...

Trimble is holding its 2010 Surveying Student Paper Competition. The winning student author will have the opportunity to present their survey application paper at Trimble Dimensions 2010 in Las Vegas,...

Full-waveform terrestrial laser scanning enables high-precision 3D topographic modelling of unstable rock valleys that is valuable for various geomorphological investigations. The area below the archaeological site of Temple of Juno...

Surveyors have been working for centuries on creating cadastres, measuring buildings and other construction works, building roads and suchlike. Whenever there was a need for measuring with coordinates, the surveyor...

Teledyne Optech is launching survey instruments and workflow solutions for the productive and accurate collection of 3D spatial data at Intergeo 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. These include new solutions for...